New York man celebrating first anniversary with wife, child, brutally beaten by motorcycle gang

Fox News ^ | October 01, 2013

[LucianOfSamasota]

A New York City man who was out driving Sunday celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife and 2-year-old daughter was brutally beaten by members of a motorcycle gang in front of his horrified family after a high-speed chase.

Police said Tuesday morning it remains unclear what caused the confrontation that led to the assault on Alexian Lien. Lien, 33, was left bloodied and had to be hospitalized. But investigators are studying a 6-minute helmet-cam video that shows part of the chase and cuts off just before Lien is pulled out of his luxury SUV and beaten by the mob, The New York Post reported.

NYPD confirmed that there has been one arrest. Christopher Cruz, 28, was charged with reckless endangerment, menacing, reckless driving and acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17.

Lien’s first encounter with the bikers shows a group of them taking off their helmets and denting the side of Lien’s SUV, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told The Post. A few other riders slashed the tires. Lien apparently panicked and stepped on the gas. He was surrounded at the time and slammed into a few of the riders, the report said.

[LucianOfSamasota]

How does a violent chase involving 30 motorcycles go 50 blocks in NYC without some sort of Police intervention?

The only thing I can figure is that Dim governed areas go 'tribal' after a while, and the police mainly exist to extort money for the ruling faction - not to keep the peace?

[piytar]

Bikers might be dangerous. You don’t expect NYPD to put themselves at risk just to protect citizens including a 2 year old child, do you?

[1rudeboy]

50 blocks at high speed is what, 2 minutes? 90 seconds?

[LucianOfSamasota]

A block in Tulsa is one mile.

How large are blocks in NYC?

[proxy_user]

Know NYC, 500 police officers arrived on the scene within 5 minutes.

[proxy_user]

20 to a mile.

[Tax-chick]

The story begins in media res, with bikers surrounding and assaulting Mr. Lien's vehicle. Trying to escape, he ran some of them over, with (according to the story) severe injury to at least one. THEN they chased him down, broke into the vehicle, and beat him up.

[angcat]

This happened on the West Side Highway.

[bolobaby]

Shades of Zimmerman on display with the press here.

The facts are not in. How about the fact that a biker was apparently paralyzed by Lien prior to his arse-whooping?

I have no idea how this transpired, so I’ll wait until a full picture is painted before passing judgment.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The word 'bikers' evokes images of unshaven, burly Harley riders.

This was a group of 30 or so punks riding rice burning crotch rockets. Too bad it was NYC. I would have loved to see the driver unload his .45 in the face of the puke who busted the window with his helmet. Now That's Entertainment.

[Psalm 73]

A simple handgun in the vehicle would have ensured the safety of all occupants.
But this is NYC, where guns and big sodas are off limits.........

[AppyPappy]

Luckily he didn’t have a gun. He might have gotten hurt /sarcasm

[1rudeboy]

No idea. But I'll guarantee you that they are not one mile long.

[miss marmelstein]

It was the Westside Highway, not the streets of NYC.

[WayneS]

Clearly, NYC needs pass some restrictive motorcycle-control laws...

[Psalm 73]

"How about the fact that a biker was apparently paralyzed by Lien...."

Did you even SEE the video is question?

[Tax-chick]

Good point.

[ek_hornbeck]

Bikers might be dangerous. You don’t expect NYPD to put themselves at risk just to protect citizens including a 2 year old child, do you?

Of course not.

Protecting people from assault and attempted murder doesn't generate revenue. Writing tickets to people who double park for a few minutes does.

[Tax-chick]

This was a group of 30 or so punks riding rice burning crotch rockets.

I seem to remember reading about attacks on motorists by similar groups in Baltimore.

[bolobaby]

Nope, nor what transpired before. Which is why I’m going to wait.