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New York man celebrating first anniversary with wife, child, brutally beaten by motorcycle gang
Fox News ^ | October 01, 2013

Posted on 10/01/2013 11:14:50 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bikermob; bikers; crime; hollywoodstunts; hollywoodstuntz; newyork; nyc
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To: LucianOfSamasota

According to Obama, there is no need for handgun magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds (or is it 8). That would leave more than 20 members of the biker gang unaccounted for.


21 posted on 10/01/2013 11:29:25 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: LucianOfSamasota

These bikers were wilding on wheels.
Video prior to the SUV incident. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cd_1380579664


22 posted on 10/01/2013 11:29:46 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: WayneS

And they should outlaw physical assault as well!


23 posted on 10/01/2013 11:30:04 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

I’d have ran the bastards over. No way I’d be getting out of the vehicle. Never give up a position of advantage.


24 posted on 10/01/2013 11:30:25 AM PDT by Maelstorm (The political class love diversity and choice only when the its choices they approve of.)
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To: bolobaby
The bike riders controlled this situation start to finish, obviously.

They are responsible for the injuries on both sides.

25 posted on 10/01/2013 11:30:53 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Don’t know why he didn’t just run bunches of them over when he was finally stopped by traffic off the freeway...by throwing it in reverse and gunning it. He clearly was flummoxed as evidenced by him not having his doors locked the first time he stopped...when a bunch of the bikers got in front of him and slowed to a stop.


26 posted on 10/01/2013 11:31:33 AM PDT by kimoajax (Rack'em & Stack'em)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

I don’t know if that is something I would be celebrating.


27 posted on 10/01/2013 11:33:21 AM PDT by AndrewB (FUBO)
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To: skeeter

I believe it. I personally hate most of these crotch rocket riders. But absent a full picture of what transpired, I’ll wait instead of passing judgment.


28 posted on 10/01/2013 11:33:37 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: LucianOfSamasota

From the Fox News report and the New York Post article it looks like more black on white crime. All I see are black bikers. (Change that, all I see are black thugs on motorcycles)


29 posted on 10/01/2013 11:34:03 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: bolobaby
I watched the whole video that one of the perpetrators was stupid enough to post on YouTube. You have a pack of bikers that for some reason decide to block this SUV. One biker pulls right in front of him, looks back and hits his brakes. There is contact and everybody stops. The bikers go after this guys vehicle trying to pull him out so he takes off. He gets stuck in traffic and get assaulted. There are only one set of aggressors in this video and it's the idiots on the bikes.

I think he would have been justified to stay on the parkway and start hitting as many bikes as it took to stop the chase. They definitely meant him harm and it is all on film.

30 posted on 10/01/2013 11:36:38 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: LucianOfSamasota

The attack took place OUTSIDE NY City.


31 posted on 10/01/2013 11:39:06 AM PDT by kitkat (STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY.)
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To: kitkat

Post 31 was meant for post #4.


32 posted on 10/01/2013 11:42:30 AM PDT by kitkat (STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY.)
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To: bolobaby
But absent a full picture of what transpired, I’ll wait instead of passing judgment.

There is a FULL PICTURE. Watch the video.

Also, the biker that caused the accident was charged, the SUV biker 'is not expected to be charged' per police.

33 posted on 10/01/2013 11:44:39 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: LucianOfSamasota

As a motorcyclist, let me say that my sympathies are tending towards Lien and his family. The bikers appear to have been out to cause trouble in the first place. The guy who got rearended appears to have been asking for it. And then a bunch of them stop, blocking the road, and start attacking the guy’s SUV in retaliation for an accident that they caused (deliberately, one wonders?). I’d probably have done the same thing he did, only they wouldn’t have gotten a second chance at attacking me.


34 posted on 10/01/2013 11:45:10 AM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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To: bolobaby

“How about the fact that a biker was apparently paralyzed by Lien prior to his arse-whooping?”

Maybe prior to the final beating, but after they had started surrounding his car, slashing his tires, and trying to smash his windows open to get at him.


35 posted on 10/01/2013 11:48:35 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: bolobaby
How about the fact that a biker was apparently paralyzed by Lien prior to his arse-whooping?

Hope it is true.

36 posted on 10/01/2013 11:51:31 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Fox News is about to do a piece on this and the tease was “the driver may be the one in trouble.”


37 posted on 10/01/2013 11:52:17 AM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: bolobaby
Nope, nor what transpired before. Which is why I’m going to wait.

Why don't you at least watch the video! Afraid of seeing the truth?

38 posted on 10/01/2013 11:53:13 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TigersEye
Fox News is about to do a piece on this and the tease was “the driver may be the one in trouble.”

I hope they report that the biker was the one charged and not the SUV driver ...

39 posted on 10/01/2013 11:54:27 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: LucianOfSamasota

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/01/20772232-1-biker-charged-another-critical-in-nyc-range-rover-chase?lite=

“He said police had fanned out around Manhattan to watch for trouble, arresting 15 bikers and confiscating 55 motorcycles unrelated to the attack on the Range Rover.”

Makes you wonder what was up with this.


40 posted on 10/01/2013 11:56:14 AM PDT by BeadCounter (Really? Syria?)
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