Sounds like he got what he asked for.
It's like the old saying:
Don't bring a bicycle to a gun fight.
Need control on these assault vehicles.
Scratch one obnoxious bicyclist.
One down a million more to go.
Calling Rev’s Sharpton and Jackson...Get to Detroit at once!!....
.......{He is described as a white man between 35 and 40 years old with gray hair}......
Ohhh.....wait....nevermind.
Everyone driving a pickup has a gun, and the older guys will not get out and fight with you, they will just kill you.
While I realize a headline can only be so long, one must wonder why ‘they’ manage to mangle it and mislead the readers.
To read the headline, one would conjure up an image of a bicyclist being shot by a mean old pick up truck driver - AT LEAST it wasn’t an SUV - then ‘they’ could have thrown in Assault Weapon.
This society raised on sound bites and USA Today will never know that
A., the bicyclist caused the accident and
B. the bicyclist assaulted the driver and
C. the driver was apparently acting in self defense - NOT the suggested aggressor.
hmmmm, white, 35-40, riding a bicycle yet disobeying traffic laws, blaming everyone else for his mistakes. One less liberal voter.
LLS
Also, bikes on the road are supposed to follow “road rules” not “pedestrian rules” - although a number of vehicle drivers and bike riders don't know that.
Liberals ride their bikes with total disregard for motorists thinking that because they’re “saving the environment” they have the right of way at all times.
The cyclist is now a former member of Critical Ass.
I’m sorry the bicyclist ended getting shot for his idiocy, but bicyclists not obeying stop and other traffic signs is common where I live. I’m willing to bet a lot of money that the great majority of cyclists sail through stop signs (and many time traffic lights) without stopping. So while cyclists have rights, they also have responsibilities.
>He is being held pending any charges.
WTF? They just jail him until they can think or trump up charges?
Note to self: Don't run to vehicle of someone with whom you have a dispute and start hitting them through the driver's side window (or any window for that matter).
A liberal guy and liberal gal, ride their bikes in the ghetto....
Why is the driver being held? You’ve got a witness affirming self-defense, the driver called it in and waited for the police, he is most likely a local with longstanding ties to the community. Why would you not release him on his own recognizance while being investigated? Does he have a criminal record or something?
I’ve been waiting for this. Bicyclists are the among the most arrogant and sanctimonius bastards I know. They continually scoff at traffic regulations. They have their rights, you know.
Matbe the yeomanry is going start to put some fear into the ‘protected’ classes.
Also, the article says the driver hit the cyclist, but then they quote a witness who says it was the other way around.