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A man who was beaten in the middle of the 5 Freeway in a road-rage brawl spoke out on Wednesday about the violent attack. The traffic dispute that turned into a fist fight happened on June 12 around 3:30 pm near downtown Los Angeles. The video was taken from a smartphone by a witness and posted to the website Liveleak.com. The victim, identified as 50-year-old Jerry Patterson, is seen arguing with three men outside their cars on the northbound side of the freeway near Seventh Street. He and another man raised their fists and started swinging at each other. "As I remember it, I'm trying to get away, they followed me. It got to a point where they blocked me on the freeway. I couldn't back up, couldn't move forward," Patterson said. "The guy got out of the car, and so I got out with him. I wasn't going to let him walk up on me, and I just defended myself to the best of my ability." Patterson was holding his own until another man joined the fight. It was two against one, and Patterson was quickly pulled to the ground. He was dragged and kicked several times in the head, and then left lying on the freeway as the other car pulled away. Soon afterwards, the people shooting the video approached him, asking if he was OK. "I grew up in the day where you fought, and you were friends the next day. Now people will shoot you, or they'll kill you or they kick you when you're down. No respect for human life," Patterson said. Emael Age, the man who shot the video, said his car was the ...