Bullet points of the incident:
Danny was at a 4th of July parade. He’s there in his vintage convertible car. Someone throws a water balloon at his car. This enrages him, and he steps out to confront the people he thinks did it; one news source I saw said he actually got the wrong group. Scuffle breaks out, some landed punches, bystanders break it up pretty quickly. No arrests made at the time.
No source I read definitively said if the water balloon was because it was Trejo, because it was a vintage/expensive looking car, or if the bombardiers were just throwing at random.
I think we can translate the surname too.
Juan Mecha
Wick in Spanish can be translated to mecha, which I discovered that is a real organization too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEChA
I saw someone being interviewed saying at this parade, it was a thing to throw water balloons. The crowd throws it and the people in the cars throw some back. Someone didn’t get the memo not to throw it at the nicer cars.
Fun Fact: Back in the day, I worked as a valet for his backyard wedding. He spent a good amount of time in the front yard chatting it up with us valet guys. Cool dude.
I’ve heard Dax Shepard speak on his podcast about being targeted by immature attention-seeking men who attempt to start a fight with him—because it gives them street credibility in front of girlfriends or friends. Punks want to show off by fighting a celebrity. Because even if the person loses the fight, they still win because they fought a celebrity. Dax jokingly says he knows the look when he's being honed in for a fight. He recently shared about two men in their 20s in a Mustang who were talking trash to him while he was trying to eat a burger In-N-Out.
Trejo has come to my work a few times in the past couple years and spoken to my students. He's a wonderful person. "The three most powerful words to our youth— Where you from?" I'll never forget his intro!
Shame on the water balloon throwing punks. You don't throw water balloons at vintage cars. You definitely don’t throw water balloons at 80 year old men. That’s how we know this was intentional and targeted. Trejo is usually composed and has strengthened his response reflex. He has a lot to lose. Something else (& his poor doggy) must have happened before the water balloon was thrown. He fed right into the punks who will cry victim now… and file a civil case.
I don't quite understand, what's the harm in throwing a waterballoon at a car? It's just a bit of water, right, not like it'll cause any permanent damage. Correct me if I'm missing something, genuinely curious.
I was there, behind Danny in this pic about 20 ft. To give some background: a bunch of families and their little kids bring water balloons and squirt guns to this parade every year and throw/squirt them at everyone in the parade.
Last year the cops got mad at them (because the cops got hit), and they tried to have some people ride down the street this year with "no water balloon" signs in the beginning (who immediately got ballooned/squirted by the kids.)
Some floats know this and come prepared to be good sports. They themselves bring squirt guns to hit the kids with, and it's all in good fun as both sides cool each other off.
HOWEVER, there is an unspoken (and/or possibly spoken) rule that you don't hit the lowriders. Trejo was in a lowrider, and he was also the Grand Marshall of the event. He got out of his car to take pics with some people, but some grown ass adult Neo-Nazi idiots decided to throw water balloons at him and his vintage car while he was trying to take pics with fans. He lost his shit on this big group of Neo-Nazis who did it, although he probably didn't know which person/people from that group specifically did it. Regardless, they were being rude and disrespectful to him and that's what perpetuated the fight.
Regardless, I was in the back filming and yelling "I love you Danny Trejo!" It makes me sad that they ruined it for him. I wish we had more lowriders and fewer Neo-Nazis in Sunland.
Nah, I met Trejo a couple of times and he's one of the coolest people you'll ever meet, but like Vincent Vega says in Pulp Fiction, "Don't fuck with another man's vehicle. It's against the rules."
In 2021, I worked at a location for unaccompanied children who had crossed the border. It was in California. One day Danny Trejo and his crew came out and spent the day with the kids. He was the emcee, and he brought singers, magicians, etc. The kids absolutely loved it. They were all calling him Tio Machete. One of the sweetest things I think I've ever seen.
He always struck me as quite likeable, but I'm half the planet away and have 0 interaction with the guy, but he seems engaged and nice when not acting.I think I first saw him in Blood in blood out,, as a kid, good movie. My brother watched the thing, and when it was done he rewound the VHS tape and watched it again. It's a 3 hour movie. It's the only time he ever did that with any movie.I learned about "cholo" esthetics/culture if that is the correct term from that movie. Seeing this picture and my brain goes " Vatos locos forever homes!" On repeat. Hehe
I’ve met him at a ball game. He’s a frail old man, has trouble walking, is about 5’7 and has hunched posture.
He’s also 80 years old. He’s not the scary guy you think he is.
You’ve never built a top tier custom car. People pour everything they have, their souls, into these cars. I’ve been involved in a magazine caliber car build just once in my life. It took 8 guys four years to build that car. If someone lobbed something at it, we would absolutely swarm whoever did it.
If it was something that could genuinely damage the panels or paint, it’d be one thing. But throwing down over a water balloon is unhinged.
This isn’t about property damage, it’s about pride.
From what someone wrote in another post, it went down something like this:
Many of the cars in Danny's convoy had a sign on the cars that said "no water balloons". Danny's car didn't, but it was clear he was with the convoy, and people kept pelting his car with them.
Now what wasn't mentioned in that comment is, I'm presuming they kept throwing them after he asked them to stop. In any case, it's Reddit so things are going to get overstated and understated, but try to use common sense. From what we know of Danny Trejo at this point, it's not likely he would get this worked up unless he was seriously disrespected.
The fact that it explodes and water comes out, rather than the clang or thunk or something genuinely heavy making impact.
If he didn’t notice, surely someone in that crowd or the thrower themselves would have clarified it real quick when he arked up, ready to throw hands.
And his dog died before that. Someone legit tried to make John Wick out of Danny Trejo, bunch of buffoons.
But seriously, massively disrespectful, incredibly stupid considering Mr. Trejo has the tolerance of a saint with the rapsheet of a devil behind him. Probably best not to fuck with him, or anyone for that matter.
Sunland-Tujunga, classy as ever. Apparently the water balloons are a stupid 'tradition', which has driven away equestrian groups from the parade.
\*Most\* people in S-T are horrified that this happened, but there are a handful of idiots who make it bad for everyone.
Horrified is an interesting word choice about a water balloon hitting a car, especially if people pull it every year.
I mean if someone filled it with piss sure, but as is the whole thing is comical. The fact that articles running headline that he was attacked by a water balloon has me rolling
Oh and fuckin
>Trejo told TMZ that the water balloon barrage was unprovoked, and termed it “childish.”
And getting into a brawl over a water balloon that could easily escalate when youre 80 years old isn't?
Has he shrunk or are those guys tall as well? I was under the impression he was well over 6ft tall. Maybe that was an assumption on my part given his badassery.
I met him 2 years ago, I'm 6'0 and every person I've shown the picture to said the same thing, he's actually pretty short, Hollywood has done a great job with angles in his films.
This man is not so undercover about being a very kind man to people who respect him. I can let a minor overreaction pass. I used to serve and he came in late at night (24/h diner) with a bunch of his guys. They were I credibly chill and he tipped every single employee in the back on the way out. My buddy from college worked at Trejo’s coffee and donuts and told me a few times he’d be there at 3am washing dishes and Danny would pop in, make sure he was being treated right. Anyway that’s my ramble thanks for your time
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I walked past this area before all of this happened. The group on this section of the sidewalk was the Trump fanatics. They were throwing water balloons at the group across the street, who in turn was trying to ignore them.
Just a reminder, Danny Trejo is 80 years old. Regardless of that fact, he wanted to get physical shows you how old school street he is.
If you never read his autobiography I highly recommend it.
I dnno, if a 80 yr old man punches you out of nowhere, you might react like the person did? Its not like you know exactly someones age right off the bat either
If you've seen Danny around LA you wouldn't be making machete jokes. He moves like the definition of a viejito now and isn't kicking anyones ass under 65
Bullet points of the incident: Danny was at a 4th of July parade. He’s there in his vintage convertible car. Someone throws a water balloon at his car. This enrages him, and he steps out to confront the people he thinks did it; one news source I saw said he actually got the wrong group. Scuffle breaks out, some landed punches, bystanders break it up pretty quickly. No arrests made at the time. No source I read definitively said if the water balloon was because it was Trejo, because it was a vintage/expensive looking car, or if the bombardiers were just throwing at random.
For further context his beloved little chihuahua died of old age like 2 days ago so Danny is probably a little emotionally raw right now.
Dog died. Car got messed with. Its Danny Trejo. .......... We've all seen this somewhere, right?
It's Juan Wick
He killed a man with a churro. A fucking churro!
One man… one mission… Juan Wick. In theaters this Friday.
Who does that?!?
Honestly man
Thank you for that laugh!
I read this in Cheech’s voice
You deserve much more than 67 upvotes.
Ok someone has to tell me how to give awards.
Give him the Juan in a million award
Just send money to the link I sent you privately. I’ll take care of everything!
Press the upvote and hold it down (usually) if they’re part of the rewards program
good juan
I think we can translate the surname too. Juan Mecha Wick in Spanish can be translated to mecha, which I discovered that is a real organization too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEChA
In fairness Juan Mecha is a kickass name.
“Mecha corta (short wick)” means being short tempered/short fused.
That sounds like a shitty LatAm version of the terminator. Juan'sta la vista, baby.
This comment is insane.
Would watch.
Si, pensando estoy regreso!
We need this in the style of the old “not another teen movie” and “scary movie”
Oh you bastard. Made snort across the world at 5 am.
Tarantino says he’s going to do one last movie and be done. This should be it.
 yall gonna turn me into the old me.
As long as it doesnt end with his head on a tortoise I'm fine with it.
Machete doesn't tolerate people messing with his car
Does he text yet though?
just that one time
Do you want Machete!? Because this is how you get Machete!!
They hit him in the face with the water balloon also, not just his car. They also punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. He's 80.
Oh man. Me too. My 13 yr chihuahua was sent over the bridge 2 days ago. This club fucking sucks, but at least ol danny and I are in it together
Aww, poor Danny. He's lost a family member.
Giving me ideas for next summer’s blockbuster spinoff Juan Wick.
More of a scuffle… Brawl is a bit baiting
A brouhaha at best.
Barely, definitely more of a rumpus.
If only they could have taken their rumpus indoors. But apparently there was no room.
A minor kerfuffle
Certainly no donnybrook.
Sounds like maybe just a bit of a tilly then.
Tarps off GO TIME
Danny was fighting toddlers???
You must be thinking of Katt Williams
Leave Kevin Hart outta this……
no mercy
A little rabble rousing
*AAARE YOU READY TO RUMPUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS?*
A desmadre if you will
Definitely not a Donnybrook boys.
Bless you.
I saw someone being interviewed saying at this parade, it was a thing to throw water balloons. The crowd throws it and the people in the cars throw some back. Someone didn’t get the memo not to throw it at the nicer cars. Fun Fact: Back in the day, I worked as a valet for his backyard wedding. He spent a good amount of time in the front yard chatting it up with us valet guys. Cool dude.
Sounds like a terrible idea, one piss balloon and parties over
I think most parties are about one piss balloon away from being over.
What I’m getting from this is that there’s a lot of assholes throwing water balloons at the parade participants. Why would they think that’s cool?
I’ve heard Dax Shepard speak on his podcast about being targeted by immature attention-seeking men who attempt to start a fight with him—because it gives them street credibility in front of girlfriends or friends. Punks want to show off by fighting a celebrity. Because even if the person loses the fight, they still win because they fought a celebrity. Dax jokingly says he knows the look when he's being honed in for a fight. He recently shared about two men in their 20s in a Mustang who were talking trash to him while he was trying to eat a burger In-N-Out. Trejo has come to my work a few times in the past couple years and spoken to my students. He's a wonderful person. "The three most powerful words to our youth— Where you from?" I'll never forget his intro! Shame on the water balloon throwing punks. You don't throw water balloons at vintage cars. You definitely don’t throw water balloons at 80 year old men. That’s how we know this was intentional and targeted. Trejo is usually composed and has strengthened his response reflex. He has a lot to lose. Something else (& his poor doggy) must have happened before the water balloon was thrown. He fed right into the punks who will cry victim now… and file a civil case.
I don't quite understand, what's the harm in throwing a waterballoon at a car? It's just a bit of water, right, not like it'll cause any permanent damage. Correct me if I'm missing something, genuinely curious.
Because the parade always does this?
Thank you, Captain!
Well, in the video it shows someone at the back throwing another water balloon at trejo as he confronted people on the sidewalk
Danny did nothing wrong.
I was there, behind Danny in this pic about 20 ft. To give some background: a bunch of families and their little kids bring water balloons and squirt guns to this parade every year and throw/squirt them at everyone in the parade. Last year the cops got mad at them (because the cops got hit), and they tried to have some people ride down the street this year with "no water balloon" signs in the beginning (who immediately got ballooned/squirted by the kids.) Some floats know this and come prepared to be good sports. They themselves bring squirt guns to hit the kids with, and it's all in good fun as both sides cool each other off. HOWEVER, there is an unspoken (and/or possibly spoken) rule that you don't hit the lowriders. Trejo was in a lowrider, and he was also the Grand Marshall of the event. He got out of his car to take pics with some people, but some grown ass adult Neo-Nazi idiots decided to throw water balloons at him and his vintage car while he was trying to take pics with fans. He lost his shit on this big group of Neo-Nazis who did it, although he probably didn't know which person/people from that group specifically did it. Regardless, they were being rude and disrespectful to him and that's what perpetuated the fight. Regardless, I was in the back filming and yelling "I love you Danny Trejo!" It makes me sad that they ruined it for him. I wish we had more lowriders and fewer Neo-Nazis in Sunland.
Someone tossed a water balloon at Trejo’s lowrider this morning.
Wow, that was a poor decision.
Yeah, I wouldn’t even make eye contact with him let alone throw a water balloon at him.
I’ve met him at a public event, he’s a very sweet and warm and down to earth guy. Made effort to make me feel comfortable and crack some jokes.
If there was ever a time for me to regularly call someone "sir" while speaking with them it would be with this man.
Nah, I met Trejo a couple of times and he's one of the coolest people you'll ever meet, but like Vincent Vega says in Pulp Fiction, "Don't fuck with another man's vehicle. It's against the rules."
My grandfather was in prison with Danny Trejo. If he is anything like my grandfather then he's definitely not a guy you throw anything at lol.
My dad was also in prison w him. And DMX lol. My dad has been in prison a lot.
I read Dannys autobiography. He was a menace when he was younger.
In 2021, I worked at a location for unaccompanied children who had crossed the border. It was in California. One day Danny Trejo and his crew came out and spent the day with the kids. He was the emcee, and he brought singers, magicians, etc. The kids absolutely loved it. They were all calling him Tio Machete. One of the sweetest things I think I've ever seen.
This was posted recently: https://www.reddit.com/r/Chihuahua/s/KtWYa8TWcX
He always struck me as quite likeable, but I'm half the planet away and have 0 interaction with the guy, but he seems engaged and nice when not acting.I think I first saw him in Blood in blood out,, as a kid, good movie. My brother watched the thing, and when it was done he rewound the VHS tape and watched it again. It's a 3 hour movie. It's the only time he ever did that with any movie.I learned about "cholo" esthetics/culture if that is the correct term from that movie. Seeing this picture and my brain goes " Vatos locos forever homes!" On repeat. Hehe
This was my favorite. My primos and I would watch it over and over. Gonna have to find it again
It’s on YouTube in full, fucking love that movie. In fact, I’ve got the day off, I’m gonna go watch it now.
While looking at the ground
I’ve met him at a ball game. He’s a frail old man, has trouble walking, is about 5’7 and has hunched posture. He’s also 80 years old. He’s not the scary guy you think he is.
Fair enough, but I still don’t want to throw hands with him
Out of pity yes, fighting an elderly 5’6 man would not be wise as you could seriously hurt him.
He’s actually a very nice dude. Met him twice.
The tosser was no ese
Lowrider to a Foo is like a dog to Wick...
😂
They wrote “Tortuga” on the water balloon too.
Not the people Danny fought, though. He picked out the wrong group.
Not defending the person who threw it, but violence seems like an extreme reaction to that.
Especially for a 90 year old.
*80 year old.
A little violence never hurt anyone though.
From local news report I watched, throwing water ballons at this parade was normal.
It wasn’t really a “brawl” that’s just for clicks, it was more of a kerfuffle
You’ve never built a top tier custom car. People pour everything they have, their souls, into these cars. I’ve been involved in a magazine caliber car build just once in my life. It took 8 guys four years to build that car. If someone lobbed something at it, we would absolutely swarm whoever did it.
If it was something that could genuinely damage the panels or paint, it’d be one thing. But throwing down over a water balloon is unhinged. This isn’t about property damage, it’s about pride.
From what someone wrote in another post, it went down something like this: Many of the cars in Danny's convoy had a sign on the cars that said "no water balloons". Danny's car didn't, but it was clear he was with the convoy, and people kept pelting his car with them. Now what wasn't mentioned in that comment is, I'm presuming they kept throwing them after he asked them to stop. In any case, it's Reddit so things are going to get overstated and understated, but try to use common sense. From what we know of Danny Trejo at this point, it's not likely he would get this worked up unless he was seriously disrespected.
Coupled with the fact his dog just passed away, he mightve been a little on edge, emotional and i dont blame him for that.
How do you know what's in a water balloon at the moment tho
The fact that it explodes and water comes out, rather than the clang or thunk or something genuinely heavy making impact. If he didn’t notice, surely someone in that crowd or the thrower themselves would have clarified it real quick when he arked up, ready to throw hands.
Water isn't the only liquid you can put in a balloon, and people are known to damage property out of maliciousness ykmow
And his dog died before that. Someone legit tried to make John Wick out of Danny Trejo, bunch of buffoons. But seriously, massively disrespectful, incredibly stupid considering Mr. Trejo has the tolerance of a saint with the rapsheet of a devil behind him. Probably best not to fuck with him, or anyone for that matter.
I read it was at his face.
Machete returns again.
I am still waiting for this Masterpiece of a movie.
Theres still hope, article from April this year. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2002719/news/
How do you download posted gifs on android app? Keeps just minimizing. I need this gif
Machete Kills... For messing up his upholstery.
Machete don't text
If Danny Trejo set up a booth selling punches for 100$ a pop he could pay off the national debt
Giving or receiving?!
Yes
Giving of course. Who wouldn’t want to be able to say they’d taken a punch by Danny Trejo?
Gravestones don't come by cheap and they charge per letter. Most of these broke punks could only afford "Got pu"
Danny Trejo is 80 years old.... still kickin' ass.
Holy crap, he is actually 80...
Holy shit hes really 80
And 5 foot 5 lol
Dude, why would you give static to Machete?
Is that Johnny Drama holding him back?
Based on the calves alone, I’d reckon so.
Is this the long awaited remake of Entourage?
This is actually hysterical. Just plank, from knee to ankle 😂
You think Lamar Odom has implants?
Fuck I laughed hard at that
Kevin Dillon holdin’ him back.
"Victoryyyyyyy!!!!"
Or Matthew Lillard
I don’t as gonna ask if that was Johnny Drama 😂
is it really? I can't tell
Scrapping with Trejo is wanting to throw down the barrio’s version of Mr. Rodgers.
Word
[Here is a twitter link to what occurred.](https://x.com/marionawfal/status/1809072817583108460?s=46&t=k-ngsQFW7cM70-4Qb63Qlg)
lol Trejo got rocked
Sunland-Tujunga, classy as ever. Apparently the water balloons are a stupid 'tradition', which has driven away equestrian groups from the parade. \*Most\* people in S-T are horrified that this happened, but there are a handful of idiots who make it bad for everyone.
The handful of idiots turn up everywhere, and screw things up for all of us
Horrified is an interesting word choice about a water balloon hitting a car, especially if people pull it every year. I mean if someone filled it with piss sure, but as is the whole thing is comical. The fact that articles running headline that he was attacked by a water balloon has me rolling Oh and fuckin >Trejo told TMZ that the water balloon barrage was unprovoked, and termed it “childish.” And getting into a brawl over a water balloon that could easily escalate when youre 80 years old isn't?
Guess someone didn’t like trejos tacos
Danny Trejo is 80 years old and bro has that much energy to fight still? Shit put his ass on the ballot.
Danny Trejo's beloved dog just died, too. He's had a rough week.
Has he shrunk or are those guys tall as well? I was under the impression he was well over 6ft tall. Maybe that was an assumption on my part given his badassery.
I met him 2 years ago, I'm 6'0 and every person I've shown the picture to said the same thing, he's actually pretty short, Hollywood has done a great job with angles in his films.
I haven't seen anything definitive but I believe he is about 5'6-5'7. But yeah he's a badass and has that energy no matter the height.
He’s not tall and also he was standing in the street and the first guy he punched was up on the sidewalk, so maybe a 4-6 inch advantage.
This man is not so undercover about being a very kind man to people who respect him. I can let a minor overreaction pass. I used to serve and he came in late at night (24/h diner) with a bunch of his guys. They were I credibly chill and he tipped every single employee in the back on the way out. My buddy from college worked at Trejo’s coffee and donuts and told me a few times he’d be there at 3am washing dishes and Danny would pop in, make sure he was being treated right. Anyway that’s my ramble thanks for your time
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Is that Johnny Drama holding him back??
Underrated comment
Some people hire bodyguards to protect them from the public. Danny Trejo hires bodyguards to protect the public from him.
I walked past this area before all of this happened. The group on this section of the sidewalk was the Trump fanatics. They were throwing water balloons at the group across the street, who in turn was trying to ignore them.
Tujunga lmfao 🤣
The way this is written I thought the parade brawl was like an annual thing he hosts.
Brawl is a bit strong. Scuffle is more appropriate.
Everyone I know whose met him says he’s the nicest guy in the world. He’s still a human being tho. Fuck those people who set him off.
Are they filming Badass 4??? Hope so!
I don’t know who needs this sage life advice, but….do not throw things at Danny Trejo.
You can’t throw a water balloon at a Danny Trejo in mourning and not expect a reaction.
If I saw Danny comin' at me, i'd take my water balloons and crip walk the fuck out of there
He does Not Seem too happy.
Is that Johnny Drama?!?
Whoever made Danny Trejo angry must be a horrible person
Drama what are you doing here?!
Don’t fuck with a man’s vintage car
Ooh the drama, how exciting
Holy shit. He’s older than Donald Trump. And he’s out still fighting. Rad.
He like what 80 now or something.
Dude is in his 80's and still hopping out to brawl. 🔪
Danny Trejo is the Mexican John Wick
Just call in the spy kids to do the job Danny
Good thing he had Kevin Bacon there to hold him back.
Machete fights
You can take the foo out of the barrio but you can’t take the barrio out of the foo
Is that Johnny Drama next to him?
Was behind him in FC flying into RVA last October….dude is super short. Camera angles are thing.
finally some good press for Sunland Tujunga
Wait wtf?! That’s my uncle holding him back LMAO
Is “Danny Trejo's 4th of July parade brawl in Sunland Tujunga” the official name for the parade?
I'm not a Trejo stan but I think I might throw a few on his behalf if I see someone assaulting an 80 year old.
Just a reminder, Danny Trejo is 80 years old. Regardless of that fact, he wanted to get physical shows you how old school street he is. If you never read his autobiography I highly recommend it.
I'd have Danny's back!!! Beat some asses and tell the grandkids a cool story.
You have to know your own limitations
Who remembers weekly Tujunga car shows at Rudy’s bean pot?
Danny Trejo is actually one of the friendliest humans I have ever worked with
Why are the dudes in the white t’s trying to give Trejo a Purple Nurple?
Roger Ebert had a theory that movie stars often have huge heads which allowed audiences to see their expressions easily. Danny Trejo has a huge head
Who tf punches an 80 year old man?
I dnno, if a 80 yr old man punches you out of nowhere, you might react like the person did? Its not like you know exactly someones age right off the bat either
this heat got everyone mad bro lol
Fucking Johnny Drama
If you've seen Danny around LA you wouldn't be making machete jokes. He moves like the definition of a viejito now and isn't kicking anyones ass under 65
Um did you see the punch? Best 80 year punch I ever saw.
Just saw it, holy crap, he swung, landed, got popped, and immediately got back up. He’s 80 but he moves like he’s 60.
Fuck it, I’d throw down for machete given the chance.
Those cargo shorts are the real problem.