We all know that, for the most part, YouTube ‘social experiments’ are just an excuse for people to behave like total arseholes and get away with it — though they don’t always get away with it to be fair.

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29-year-old Conrad Barrett stepped way over the line with this effort, which has resulted in him being locked up for six years after he admitted racially-motivated assault.

Barrett filmed his attack on 79-year-old Roy Coleman, saying before he did it:

The plan is to see if I hit an elderly black person, would this be televised nationally?

Uh, sweet plan mate? He ended up fracturing Mr Coleman’s jaw in two places and knocking some of his teeth out during the attack in Texas.

Watch below:

The moron didn’t even upload the footage online, but rather showed it to an off-duty cop who promptly arrested him. The video was then made public by the US Department of Justice, not entirely sure why though.

Mr Coleman’s daughter said:

It broke my heart to see someone actually hit my father and actually knock him off his feet.

I forgive him, because you have to have forgiveness to move on with your life. This is not going to define the rest of my life.

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The good news is that Coleman has recovered well.

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