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.
Had a guy riding a Harley do that to me once in Dallas of all places. He was in the far left lane and cut strongly across to get in front of me in the far right lane. We were in stop and go for a few minutes. Then at one go point he hit his brakes right after starting to move. Caused me to slam the brakes after stating to move and barely miss hitting him. Got the impression he did it on purpose. Of course I was driving a rental car with California plates, so maybe that had something to do with it.
The video only starts when the bikers try to stop the SUV.
“You have a pack of bikers that for some reason decide to block this SUV.”
And herein is the open question: why? What happened prior? Did Lien try to run the bikers off the road first? Did he purposefully damage a bike out of spite and the bikers were trying to corral him until the police arrived? Do you know FOR SURE? I don’t, so I’m staying mum.
(BTW, that doesn’t necessarily excuse their actions, but I don’t know the full facts, so in the interest of NOT acting like the press in regards to George Zimmerman, I think I’ll just wait. Apparently some people didn’t learn from that case.)