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Answers Tough To Find After Cyclist Hit By Chunk Of Concrete (Play Guess the Description)
WCCO ^ | 8/9/15 | Nina Moini

Posted on 08/10/2015 7:18:17 AM PDT by RightGeek

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A cyclist in Minneapolis never saw what hit him, but a witness said it was a vicious attack.

Mackenzie Jensen has a fractured jaw after someone threw a chunk of concrete at his face from a passing vehicle. Jensen was biking on 41st Street in south Minneapolis Friday afternoon when it happened.

He wasn’t doing anything wrong when police say a man drove by in a white Bronco, hurling a concrete chunk the size of a brick at Mackenzie’s head.

Police say witnesses saw the man wore a glove, his hands protected from the rough cement. While Mackenzie’s face was shattered, he’ll need two permanent plates near his cheeks.

It’s hard to say where exactly this driver was coming from or if he’ll even act out like this again. Investigators are really hoping people will keep their eyes out for this type of vehicle description they got from good witness information” A white Ford Bronco with a possible window broken toward or on the back with a piece of wood tacked up on it.

(Excerpt) Read more at minnesota.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bicycle; bike; bronco; crime; cycling; minneapolis
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Gosh all that info and no description of the actual perpetrator?
1 posted on 08/10/2015 7:18:17 AM PDT by RightGeek
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To: RightGeek

Minneapolis/St Paul could become the next Ferguson in a blinding instant. The media is too afraid to tell the whole story.....here’s the proof.


2 posted on 08/10/2015 7:21:23 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: RightGeek

How hard is it to hurl a brick out of window of a moving vehicle aiming at someones head while you are driving?


3 posted on 08/10/2015 7:22:23 AM PDT by funfan
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To: RightGeek

White Bronco wearing a glove....OJ?


4 posted on 08/10/2015 7:22:32 AM PDT by wattsgnu
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To: RightGeek

When I lived in Austin I cycled down MOPAC, which has a huge shoulder. A truckload of Mexicans once hurled a fishing lure at my back. It hit my fanny pack. I never rode near a major road again.


5 posted on 08/10/2015 7:23:24 AM PDT by albie
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To: RightGeek

Given how obnoxious a lot of spandex clad sissies on their Schwinn’s are, i’m only surprised stuff like this isn’t much more common.


6 posted on 08/10/2015 7:24:41 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: wattsgnu

Well, he’s got an alibi this time, since he’s still in prison in Nevada :)

Maybe it’s Al Cowlings. after all the Bronco was his, right?


7 posted on 08/10/2015 7:27:56 AM PDT by Boogieman
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The perp was “acting out?” Try attempted murder Nina!

Official description of the perp: ‘driving a white Bronco, man wearing pants, shirt and shoes. Wearing gloves. Has two eyes, hair and possible tatoo. Name is unknown, unclear if left or right handed. May not be welfare recipient.’


8 posted on 08/10/2015 7:27:59 AM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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He wasn’t doing anything wrong when police say a man drove by in a white Bronco, hurling a concrete chunk the size of a brick at Mackenzie’s head.

Police say witnesses saw the man wore a glove, his hands protected from the rough cement. While Mackenzie’s face was shattered, he’ll need two permanent plates near his cheeks.


9 posted on 08/10/2015 7:29:26 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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“White Bronco wearing a glove....OJ?”

Is he on parole?


10 posted on 08/10/2015 7:30:09 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Only, the anointed ones in the Beltway/NY City mediot/pundit cliques know what is best for us!)
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To: RightGeek

I’ll take a guess. Could the perp be one of Obama’s sons?


11 posted on 08/10/2015 7:30:52 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (1 of 172)
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And the same could be said for motorcyclists...I’m an ex-rider because motorists looking to get pay back for some wrong committed against them would target the first motorcycle they came across...

Not all cyclists are obnoxious, but they get labeled as such because of the obnoxious ones.

Your opinion of roadies is irrelevant in this situation, no one deserves this.

FTR; I’m a mtb’er and stay off the pavement for exactly these reasons.


12 posted on 08/10/2015 7:31:33 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Back from vacation?


13 posted on 08/10/2015 7:32:02 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: EvilCapitalist

http://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/workforce-centers/workforce-center-locations/mpls-south/

a Work Center......in South Minneapolis

Obama Yout YES mist likely


14 posted on 08/10/2015 7:33:08 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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"Police say they got multiple reports from bicyclists about similar situations that day. Mackenzie was hurt the worst."

Good people fear bad people with guns. Bad people fear good people with guns. And everybody fears the psychos.

15 posted on 08/10/2015 7:38:24 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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Minneapolis/St. Paul media abide by an unspoken rule that race will not be mentioned in crime reporting unless it is essential to the circumstances of the crime itself.

In other words only if a white guy does something to a black.

I went ‘round and ‘round with a managing editor of the St. Paul newspaper on this topic, after a white St. Cloud State student was punched in the face and killed while strolling down a St. Cloud sidewalk, busy streets, middle of the day.

This was clearly a “knockout game” situation and the perp and his friends were described as to height, build, clothes and model of car-—but no race.

I think the law eventually caught up with the reeking lousy feral scum that committed the crime. I do know the managing editor was fired, owing to plummeting circulation rates for the paper, and despite the fact he was plainly an affirmative action hire from the start.


16 posted on 08/10/2015 7:41:33 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Hey! How have you been?


17 posted on 08/10/2015 7:42:23 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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To: RightGeek

Happened about 5 blocks down the street from where I’m currently living. Thank God I am moving next week to a distant suburb. However our unelected Metropolitan Council is now pushing for minimum diversity numbers in housing for the suburbs meaning that at government mandate these kind of problems will be moving to your neighborhood.


18 posted on 08/10/2015 7:47:06 AM PDT by The Great RJ (“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.” Margaret Thatcher)
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To: RightGeek

Minneapolis has spent a lot of money on bike lanes and bike trails, but that doesn’t make the city “bike friendly”. My son lived in Minneapolis for about 5 years. He had a number of near death experiences riding a bicycle.

The worst was when a city bus ran him off the road. He dove off his bike onto the curb (separating his shoulder) while the city bus drove over his bike. He complained to the city. They told him the bus drivers reported no such incident, so it could not have happened.


19 posted on 08/10/2015 7:48:03 AM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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To: SZonian

No, nobody deserves a chunk of concrete, but a super soaker or a boat air horn is often well earned.


20 posted on 08/10/2015 7:54:40 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad.)
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