Bam Margera gets into a street brawl in Los Angeles and claims self-defense as ... trends now
Footage of Bam Margera in a recent street fight in Los Angeles has surfaced online.
A video obtained by TMZ shows the 44-year-old troubled star in a violent confrontation with an unidentified man.
The Jackass personality appeared on Instagram on Monday to explain that he had been fighting in self-defense and complain that police never arrived, despite his making multiple calls.
Margera uploaded a black and white video of himself on the phone as evidence, sharing it to Instagram.
He wrote in the caption of the post on Monday, 'In regards to the bum fight, I called 911 8x times and waited nearly 3 hours and no cops ever showed the f**k up!'
Footage of Bam Margera in a recent street fight in Los Angeles has surfaced online; pictured in an Instagram clip on Monday
The Jackass personality appeared on Instagram on Monday to explain that he had been fighting in self-defense and complain that police never arrived, despite his making multiple calls
He added that he was encouraged by 'the whole neighborhood' to engage in the altercation.
'...and the whole neighborhood told me to go handle it … and then they clapped when I was done because he finally shut the f**k up,' he finished before signing off with his name.
In the outtake shared with his nearly 100,000 followers, Bam shouted into his iPhone that it had been 'two hours' and 'you guys have done nothing.'
He warned the 911 operator, 'I'm filming this and I'm gonna send it to the news. You guys don't do sh**.'
The expletive-laced recording showed Bam visibly irritated as he sat on a couch in a T-shirt and lounge pants.
He pleaded during the phone call, 'Get a police officer here. Los Angeles Police Department is f*****g worthless.'
Bam went on to say, 'It's been two hours of us trying to sleep and this dude's throwing sh*t evverywhere and nobody showed up.'
The fight took place last week, per TMZ, who was in contact with his Margera's manager Margera Mike Quinn.
Also on Monday, the former MTV star recorded himself after receiving a tattoo that was not to his liking
Bam complained about his latest face tattoo being 'f*****g crooked'
Quinn shared that the scuffle came after a stranger 'threatened to kill Bam and his entourage outside of the property where Bam was staying.'
'This individual, who had been pacing nearby for hours relentlessly, and causing disturbances by yelling and overturning trash cans, escalated the confrontation by punching Margera when he stepped outside to smoke,' he relayed.
And Bam shared: 'I'm not going to be threatened or attacked without defending myself and my friends or people trying to just walk by this idiot, I aimed only to neutralize the threat and ensure the safety of my crew.'
It was added that the fight quickly
