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 ...
Perhaps a new version of the knockout game?
You should seek help before you act on your anger and someone else is hurt or killed.
Suck it.
Don’t be a jerk and you won’t have issues, get it? Obviously not.
I don’t have an issue. I think driving up behind someone on two wheels and startling them with a blast from a loud air horn so that they lose balance and crash is an issue.
;^)
Doing OK, nice to see you around again.
You would think with all the cameras around they would be identified.
a man drove by in a white Bronco
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OJ ???
Don’t be a jerk and you won’t have issues, get it?
You talking to yourself...?
I saw the remains of a car and motorcycle accident a few weeks ago. The car driver developed a case of road rage and rammed a bike carrying a man and woman. They all survived the airlift out. The vehicles were toasted.
Only if they earned it.
Nope. Maybe you though, seeing as you had to jerkishly insert yourself into the conversation.
it's funny as hell to watch, though.
Not hard. I can remember a particular skill that I had... years ago... scoring 9 bottles out of a 12 pack lobbed from the drivers seat over the roof of my truck and pinging road signs at 2am, driving from Darlington to Myrtle Beach. That sound was the funniest thing to a bunch of drunks driving at night.... booyyyooaang!
It was really stupid looking back on it now but still... 9 out of 12... over the roof.
Skip the suburbs and go straight to rural parts.
I got my own boundaries, my own freedom to do whatever I want whenever I want.
I can shoot right off my back porch while taking a leak. And the worst that would happen is I might scare a cow or send a possum running.
Obviously not a chunk of concrete... but what do you do to a bicyclist that is on a two lane road, at rush hour, holding up a dozen cars waiting for a chance to go around?
Some riders are courteous but others DEMAND every car on the road be inconvenienced because of them. Doesn’t warrant attempted murder but a good horn honk and a middle finger might be justified. I don’t mind people exercising, until the exercising starts to get in my way. Am I supposed to wait put my life on hold because someone else wants to exercise?
If indeed this was a Ford Bronco it is a fairly old vehicle since the last one rolled off the assembly line in 1996. They were made from 1966 to 96 according to wiki. That old a vehicle should be fairly easy to locate one would think.
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