Only difference between the winners and the losers are the stories they get to tell, and at that only if there are witnesses.
This particular story had about 20 witnesses, who also effectively kept the authorities away from the actual incident and told 20 conflicting stories. The downside to that was I was on my own re: fixing the hand but back in the day no one thought twice about seeking redress for shit like that.
I'm bowing out of this thread, because I'm not sure this has anything to do with Padova with a dildo-tipped broom handle up her coochie.