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The Story Of Me Being Assaulted WARNING VERY VIOLENT AND DISTURBING

WARNING! The following story is very violent, graphic and disturbing. Reader Discretion is Advised.

Introduction
Hey my fellow Toonami Livebloggers, it’s me The Pop Cult Gamer. Back at the end of April, something happened to me. I was assaulted and could have been murdered by a late 40’s-early 50’s man. I have not shared this story publicly for the longest time due to man possibly seeing the story being shared on the internet and telling his lawyer that I am embarrassing him. And because it probably would have had the case dropped due to publicly talking about what he did to me. Even if I never told anyone what happened to me, people would still find out because he now has a criminal record and it would show up on sites like BeenVerified, InstantCheckmate, Public Records, Megan’s Law (if he committed sex crimes), etc. I am not sharing this story just to embarrass him. I am also not sharing this to scare people into not cosplaying nor showing appreciation for anime. Because if we are all afraid to express our love for anime, video games, cartoons, comics, etc. That would be giving what the man wants. He would want me and everyone to hate him, fear him and be afraid to cosplay or enjoy anime or whatever. Now, I am going to explain the story and I am gonna warn you guys again that this is very violent and disturbing. You have been warned…

Few Days Before The Assault
There is this place I got to frequently. I am a regular patron there along with several of my friends. I have been going here for more than three years. People love and care about me here. In fact, it actually helped me developed as a person. I went from being shy to a social butterfly. People with Asperger’s (a form of Autism) such as myself often have trouble with social skills. But going to this place for the last three years, helped me develop social skills. And whenever this place has events, I always participate in them. At the event I was assaulted at, it was a “Halfway to Halloween” costume party where bands played and people dresssed up in costumes. I wanted to cosplay as Ichigo Kurosaki’s Hollow Mask but I felt that it would make some patrons feel uncomfortable and I asked the owner of the place (I am close friends with them) if it was okay for I wore it. They said yes and encouraged me to wear it. This was the mask I wore: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1CX0kIXXXXXaaXXXXq6xXFXXXL/Wholesale-Bleach-cosplay-Kurosaki-Ichigo-bankai-Full-Hollow-party-Masks-Red-in-White-10pcs-Lot-Free.jpg

April 28th, The Costume Party
That night, I arrived to the place for the costume party wearing my mask with my usual attire which consists of grunge-flannel, jeans and wear T-shirts of many different things. That night I wore a Naruto: Shippuden shirt. There were people dressed up as zombies, werewolf masks and many other things and characters including children.

About 15 minutes after arriving, I saw this black-haired woman sitting at this table after I got water from the drink dispenser. I thought this woman was one of my friends who was a regular patron there like me and told her it was just me under the mask. I said “Hey, it’s me Brandon under the mask. You know the regular guy that’s always here?” She said “Who?” Then I took off the mask and said “Oh sorry. I thought you were someone I knew?” And walked away. Because I see so many people that look the same, I could accidentally mistake the person for another person. It’s happened to all of us at least once where we mistake someone for someone else we know?

About 5 minutes later, I wanted to go to talk to my friends from a few doors down the place (they also go to the same place a lot too) to show off my mask. I leave the place and start walking towards the place but I was followed and confronted by two men from behind about 20 feet from leaving the front of the place. One was a white man with a shaved head, heavyset build, sky blue t-shirt, tannish shorts, blue eyes and blood-shot red eyes. The other man was a Hispanic man around the same age with tall spiky black hair, a black shirt and a mustache. The former is the one who assaulted me. What he does to me next is a bit graphic and I am gonna warn you guys again, this is disturbing and very violent.

The Assault
After the shaved head man confronts me, he puts his arm around my shoulders telling me to take off the mask. I take it off and he was so close to me that his face was almost touching mine. The whole time I didn’t say anything but felt uncomfortable in my mind. He was acting overly friendly to where it was really creepy. What stranger follows you, puts his arm around you getting so close and acting too friendly towards you? His eyes were blood-shot red like he was drunk or on drugs. After talking to me for sometime, he suddenly starts viciously choking me shouting “Don’t ever talk to my wife!” I remember his face while he was choking me. His eyes were closed, tighten his mouth and had veins coming out of the sides of his head. It looked like he was choking me with all his strength as if he was literally trying to squeeze my head off! Then he threw me to the ground where I could have easily hit my head on a concrete table nearby and died instantly. I briefly saw a blonde-haired with a ponytail run towards us. Then on the ground, he repeatedly punched me in the face 3-4 times while I was screaming bloody murder. I screamed so loud that everyone in the whole shopping center heard it. My friend heard it and said it was “disturbing.” After he left me go, he said the most scariest thing anyone can ever say to something “You better run for your life!” And began a countdown saying “1…….2……” as I was running away in genuine terror with my mask in one hand. I ran, so far. Everyone I passed by I told them I was assaulted and for them to call the police. I stopped in front of a ColdStone and called the police. Families with their children were unfortunate enough to see my beaten face. I talked to the 911 operator and cried and cried like Jonathan Davis at the end of the KoRn song, Daddy. A friend from the place I was going to a few doors down stopped to comfort me and did the rest of the talking to the 911 operator telling her that I was autistic. I was just crying with my beaten in face in front of everyone outside ColdStone. My friend was comforting me saying “Everything’s gonna be okay. Not everyone is nice in this world.” Shortly, the police arrived and interviewed me taking photos of my injuries. The injuries I suffered were two black eyes, a popped blood vessel in one eye and a mark above that same eye. The police complimented my Hollow Mask and asked me how long I have been a fan of Bleach. I told them since I was in middle school. The witnesses told the police that the man got his kids and drove off. Then the paramedics arrived and interviewed me. They too also complimented the mask. I told them that I should tell Tite Kubo, the creator of Bleach and Johnny Yong Bosch, the English voice actor for Ichigo Kurosaki that I got assaulted for showing my appreciation for Bleach. I also told them that I am a Christian as well. The ambulance took me on a stretcher to ride in the back of the ambulance. My friend that comforted me rode with me to the back of the ambulance van and another friend from the same place waited with me to the hospital to get evaluated.

At the hospital, my mother, older sister and my uncle who is a police officer met me, my friend and my other friend from the place I was going to. My uncle was surprised and others were surprised too that I didn’t get knocked out by 3-4 punches in the face in key areas! The man was heavyset and was at least 6 ft tall (I am 5 ft 10 in.) After a little, I was able to leave the hospital with an icepack. For the next few days, my eyes turned purple, then eventually green.

The next day and weeks after
It was revealed that the woman I talked to told her husband who assaulted me falsely accused me of “saying something inappropriate.” All the people who were there that night said I did nothing wrong. The only thing I said was “Hey, it’s me Brandon under the mask. You know the regular guy that’s always here?” When she failed to recognize me, I said “Oh, I thought you were someone I knew?” And walked away. She could have thought I was trying to flirt with her, but I wasn’t. I just thought she was my friend. Even if I did say something “inappropriate” it still does NOT give anyone the right to follow someone, assault them and threaten their life! Absolutely NO ONE is allowed to let hands on you! I am beginning to wonder if she told her husband to beat me up? If she did, she should be charged with conspiracy to commit assault. In fact, on the Shouse California Law Group site and they clearly say here under the 3rd section of the article: http://www.shouselaw.com/battery.html#4.3

People’s reactions from the place, the place I was going to and the whole shopping center were in extreme anger, disgust, sadness, heartbreak and fear (especially the last one.) The shopping center has a reputation for being safe and many people with their families come to this shopping center to have a great time with food, entertainment, hangouts and to see movies. Especially on Friday nights when I was assaulted. It’s not fair to the regular patrons at the place and it’s not fair to anyone else. It has been reported that the man who assaulted me was allegedly drunk at the time and was kicked out of the place that same night before assaulting me (which can explain why he was acting so friendly at first and his eyes being really red.) And the witnesses did say that he got his kids and drove off. Which means he has done the following things:

1. Public Intoxication - Being kicked out of a public place for being too drunk. 2. Following me - Since he did this, he clearly intended on harming me. 3. Assault - He choked me, threw me to the ground where I could have hit my head and died and repeatedly punched me in the face 3-4 times. 4. Threatening someone’s life - The way he said “You better run for your life!” And “counting down” saying “1……2……” 5. Fleeing from the scene of the crime 6. Taking his children and driving off while allegedly drunk at the same time, aka DUI

People were especially pissed off that the man had children with him in the car while allegedly driving drunk. He could have not only killed me. But he could have killed other pedestrians nearby, other people on the freeway and even his own children including himself if he were to crash! It could have turned into a bloodbath.

People were so upset that this happened to me that they did a APB on the man. They were posting it on the towns community’s groups on Facebook. Everyone reacted with the Angry and Sad reactions. Unfortunately, when the police looked over the security cameras. They all had the wrong times on them. However, one of the bartenders knew the Hispanic man that was with the assailant’s name and revealed it to the detectives. Apparently, the Hispanic man opened a tab for the assailant to share using the former’s name. Then the Hispanic man was interrogated by the police and ratted out his friend’s name.

It took a few times for the police to get ahold of the assailant when they tried to pay him a visit but he apparently wasn’t home. When they finally got ahold him a few days later, he admitted to following me and assaulting me. However, he lied to the police claiming he “smacked me once” and said “Get the f*ck out of here!” The evidence photos of my injuries showed that he was lying. Remember I got two black eyes, a popped blood vessel in one eye and a mark above that same eye. One slap couldn’t have caused that, instead there would have been a print across my face. He also told police that he had no idea how I ended up on the ground while all the witnesses including myself all said he threw me. In fact, according to my detective. All the witnesses testimonies matched my description of the assault. To add insult to injury, the assailant told police that he thought what he did to me was “no big deal.” Let me you something, everything he had done that night is a HUGE deal! Getting kicked out of a place for being too drunk is already a big deal because you pose as a threat to everyone in the place and it’s a disruption to the business. Following someone without them knowing is creepy and it showed that he intended on assaulting me. Putting their arms around them acting strange is also creepy as well. Especially if they are a stranger! Choking them, throwing them to the ground, repeatedly punching them in the face 3-4 times and threatening their life! Fleeing from the scene of the crime to avoid getting arrested proves his guilt. And taking his kids and driving off while reportedly being intoxicated is the nail in the coffin! Because the police department was swamped with cases. It took them several, several weeks to finally give the assailant criminal charges. I do not know how the assailant pleaded after he got the charges? This past week, he was issued a warrant for him to turn himself in to be incarcerated. I assume he pleaded “no contest” due to my detective saying that he was likely to plead no contest due to him not wanting go through the trouble of hiring a lawyer and missing work. And for him to plead “no contest” is technically pleading guilty but you don’t want to go through all the trouble like the detective said. But it unfortunately, gives you a lighter sentence. In my opinion, what’s the point in pleading guilty if you can get a lesser sentence by pleading no contest? At least it’s good to know that he is gonna for sure going to be incarcerated unless he flees the city or even the US? If the latter happens, he could end up on FBI’s Most Wanted for fleeing the country to avoid jail time.

The Aftermath of the Assault and how I felt
I have been very traumatized by what had happened. I was scared to leave my house for a while. Everytime I would see a middle-aged man who had a shaved head and was heavyset. I would get really nervous like they are gonna hurt me.

The next day after I was assaulted and a few weeks after, it was very difficult to watch Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters, Attack on Titan Season 2 (it was airing at the time), Hunter X Hunter and Naruto: Shippuden. It was also difficult to watch Gotham as well. Even playing fighting games (which I play everyday at least once) such as Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Marvel VS Capcom, etc. was difficult. Even watching Maximilian Dood and tournament matches was difficult. All of these were difficult to play or watch because I was assaulted in real-life. It makes me wonder how all the producers of those games, Maximilian Dood and those professional players like Justin Wong would have reacted to me being a fighting game fan getting assaulted in real-life?

It also hurt me emotionally. It made me feel like I am not a human being anymore. It made feel like I am just an object for people to abuse.

Everyday, I would see this photo of my mother holding me at about two months old. I imagine myself disappearing from that photo as I could have died from the assault. And there other photos of me when I was toddler and a kid. I just imagined all of them where I am not in them. I even once saw a family photo from 1999 in my parents bedroom where I saw a piece of paper blocking me out of the picture. I started trembling and I told my parents and they said “Awwww! I am sorry Brandon!”

I also have been imagining scenarios in my head where I actually did hit my head and died. I imagined it turning into another OJ Simpson Bronco Chase on the freeway. I have even imagined my assailant coming back to place and doing something even worse. I even told my detective that if the man develops an obsession with killing me like Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons. My detective said “You watch too much TV. It’s all fake news like Trump says!” And you guys would all say “I highly doubt someone is like Sideshow Bob in real-life! That is really rare for someone to be that crazy!”

I even imagined a Wikipedia article on me if I got killed by the assault:

“Born: May 2, 1994

Died: April 28, 2017

Cause of Death: Homicide”

Sadness and looking back at the past
Since I was assaulted 4 days before my 23rd Birthday. It was a sad birthday. Instead of celebrating being a year older, I was injured and emotionally and mentally hurt. I never celebrated my birthday at all. In fact, really couldn’t have had a 23rd birthday if I were to die from the assault.

Even before I was assaulted, I have thought all the years I have been an adult and the years were I was in high school. Even though in high school, I was an honor’s student and got good grades. I was a bit of a prankster and a class clown. I would flirt with my peers, I would laugh too much in class and I would pull practical jokes. To give you an idea, I was like Bart Simpson, Beavis and Butt-Head and Peter Rabbit. I acted like this just to make people laugh and think I was cool. But I highly regret acting like this. People who knew me in high school all say “Everyone was weird in high school” and “You were only just a kid.”

Since I turned 18, I completely changed and became too good of a person. To the point where I would call out someone for disobeying rules when I was originally on deviantART as YoshiWii1 or doing something that would get them in trouble with people. Or have people think weirdly of them. I really tried to help these people to do the right things in life.

In fact shortly before I turned 20, there was a time where I was walking and I took a water bottle with me. However, there was no trash cans nearby. So, I had to walk into the parking lot of this Golf Course and throw away the water bottle. I was stopped by a police officer and asked me why I was there. I told him that there wasn’t a trash can nearby to throw away my water bottle and I couldn’t litter. He believed me and said “If you were really up to no good, you would have tried running away from me!” We then chatted a bit about exercise and I told him I take Zoloft for Anxiety and Depression.

On my 21st Birthday in 2015, it was a birthday I would literally NEVER forget! Me and my family were driving home from seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron and I witnessed a car getting side hit by another car right in front of me about 10 feet away! I remember seeing all the dust and the car that hit it when over the curve in the middle of the street that separates the opposite lines! Me and my family stayed behind and I called 911. I was in shock but tried to stay calm as much as possible. We helped out the woman in the car and called an ambulance. The officers thanked us for staying behind to help the woman. Thankfully, it was all just an accident and no harm was intended.

Throughout the times I would go to the place where I was assaulted at. If I see anything suspicious I would report it. I was playing Pokémon Go last year and I spotted someone driving erratically in the parking lot. I called the police and the Karaoke DJ thanked me over the microphone that I was keeping everyone safe. These people are like a second family to me. I care deeply about this place and the safety of others. I have also helped this place get business as well by recommending items on the menu and being the light of parties. In fact, I just posted a GIF of me rocking out at the place: https://thepopcultgamer.tumblr.com/post/164356233747/just-me-rocking-out

It also me made think that if I died. I could have never accomplished my goals in life. What I wanted to do with my life is to become a professional video game artist and designer for the major video game companies. I also wanted to become a part-time actor and singer as well. I would have also liked to have gotten married and kids as well. If that man were to kill me, I would have never have accomplished my goals in life.

My Assault compared to other misfortunes I endured
Through out my adulthood, I have not had a good year. I have been trying to get a job (I am still trying), but no luck. Even though I would get an occasional interview.

In 2014 (which I often consider the worst year of my life.) I was a target of cyberbullying from the Sonic fanbase that was on deviantART in the form of defamation, slander, online-shaming, humiliation and harassment. All because I redesigned and drew Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose as adults. And because I liked my Adult Amy redesign and other Adult redesigns that helped inspire mine. I didn’t like the Sega Amy Rose design (the design from the Sonic games) because it was 12. It got so bad that I had to quit the site in September of 2014. And you know what happened around the same time of me quitting? My beloved mother was diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer. Both of my parents were sick with my dad being on dialysis from Kidney Failure since 2011 and my mother having Breast Cancer. Just imagine being in my shoes? I found out months ago that the main people responsible for starting the whole thing were hypocrites and hoarders. I felt like such an idiot for letting those people get to me for as long as I did. Everyone else I know was right as rain. Those people are crazy. But even then, the horrible things they said about me really hurt me emotionally and mentally.

In the past year, three of my friends have died. My pastor whom I have known since middle school died of Stomach Cancer. A family friend of mines who I have known my whole life died from Ovarian Cancer. And a high school friend of mine died of complications of pneumonia. I was going to attend he funeral of the latter the next day after I was assaulted but couldn’t make it due to my injuries being very visible. I apologized to his mother and she understood. She was very disgusted that I was assaulted.

Out of the misfortune of not getting a job and getting defamed, harassed, slandered, online-shamed, humiliated, etc. by the Sonic fanbase. They are nothing compared to my parents being sick, my friends dying and me getting assaulted. I will eventually find a job. And those Sonic fans are just people behind a computer screen saying words, not actually physically harming me like the assailant did.

Looking at other similar tragedies that happened to famous musicians
I have a YouTube Channel where I uploaded Karaoke videos where I put on a show for people in a comedic manner. What I wanted to do with my life is be a part-time singer and actor. But I mainly want to become a professional video game artist and designer.

Since I was assaulted, I watched and read documentaries about Dimebag Darrell from Pantera getting shot and killed while performing on stage. The night he was shot was supposed to be fun concert for people to enjoy. But this man with a gun walked on stage and blow him away. He also killed a few other people in the audience including the technician. He had a hostage until a police officer shot him in the head and freed the hostage. It was so sad and his family that loved and cared about him so much was left heartbroken. My father once told me that Dimebag’s was like me. Thinking about it made me even more sad because I could have ended up like Dimebag and other innocent people could have been killed by the assailant drinking and driving with children in his car. Remember guys, the assailant did threaten my life and the way he was “counting down” sounded like he had a gun!

Also Christina Grimmie, a talented, gifted and beautiful young woman was shot and killed by a 27 year old. The killer committed suicide shortly after. Christina was born in the same year I was born, 1994. She was 22 when she died and I could have died at 22 too. She also loved Zelda just like me. Again, people trying to see a concert to have fun and the monster killed her put everyone else’s lives in danger.

What I have been doing to cope with my trauma
I been trying to watch happier and more upbeat things. I am fine with the shows on Toonami now and Gotham. And playing fighting games again. But I have been watching Looney Tunes to make me laugh and get my mind off what happened to me. I have also been watching Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers. Yeah, Gadget is my favorite character right now haha! And I have been watching Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats! I have also been collecting figurines of these characters as well (I can’t find any of the Catillac Cats figurines as they are too rare!) I have most of the main Looney Tunes but I am trying to get all of them. I have also the full cast of the Rescue Rangers. I might upload a picture of it if you guys wanna see it?

What I had planned before the assault
I was originally planning on writing a fan fiction short story starring my Adult Sonic and Amy redesigns from my Adult Universe of Sonic earlier this year. But because I got busy with college at the time and because I was assaulted. I just couldn’t write it due to my Adult Sonic Universe being violent and I didn’t want to write something violent after being recently assaulted in real-life. If you’re curious what the story was gonna be, this is what it was gonna be:

https://thepopcultgamer.tumblr.com/post/159176012757/another-message-to-sonic-fans

I will eventually write it. And I will do some artwork with my Adult Sonic and Amy redesigns. I have a practice sketch that I did of my Adult Amy’s head. It will change in the final drawing. I will fix the ears by lowing them on the head, the eyelashes where one of them go near the middle on both eyes like it should be. Slightly make the nose go upward and more round. Fix the mussel to where it’s more curvy on top. And most of all, get rid of the hair line: https://thepopcultgamer.tumblr.com/post/162153775037/update-i-decided-to-fix-this-one-last-time

^^Yeah, I know. I am very OCD when it comes to art.

How I looked before and after the assault
Because I cannot post pictures of my injuries due to being against Tumblr’s guidelines. I do have a picture of me a few weeks before I was assaulted:

https://thepopcultgamer.tumblr.com/post/159540947527/my-new-haircut-i-decided-to-part-it-on-the-side

This one was taken two months after I was assaulted and my injuries have healed:

https://thepopcultgamer.tumblr.com/post/164272250862/hey-fellow-toonami-livebloggers-this-is-my-first

A Message to the Assailant
If you ever happened to discover this and you are reading it (whether you are still incarcerated or released). I hope you understand the true seriousness of what you did to me. Not just me but to absolutely EVERYONE at this place including the owners, the regular patrons, patrons, the bands that were playing that night, the other places nearby including the place I was going to when you assaulted me and the rest of the shopping center. Because of your behavior, you posed a threat to everyone else around you including your wife, kids and yourself.

Let me ask you something? What if you killed me during this assault? Would you still say “It’s no big deal?” Or if you ran over people on the sidewalk in front of the stores or the street from drinking and driving? Or you hit and ran other drivers on the freeway and killed them? Or you crashed and killed your kids in the car? Would still think it’s “no big deal?” That kind of attitude you had with the police. You outta be ashamed of yourself.

I hope that you will learn your lesson. And you will show remorse for what you did, repent and ask Jesus to be your lord and savior. Even though God and eventually myself will forgive you. You are still gonna be labeled as a dangerous criminal now that you have criminal charges. And it will be very hard for you to get a job. Businesses will worry you will hurt someone on the job because of your anger. You will also never be allowed to go near this place because of what you did. Or else you will get arrested trespassing and possibly burglary if you intended to commit another crime at the place. The next time you get questioned by police, they aren’t gonna be so easy on you due to having a criminal history where you committed violent crimes.

I hope you will try your best to become a functioning member of society. And I hope you understand?

Conclusion
As I said in the beginning. The purpose of this story is not to scare people from cosplaying nor going to places to have fun. It’s to rise awareness of being careful in places where people are drinking. And to be alert and safe. I hope you guys all enjoy Toonami tonight and god bless all of you!