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October 3, 2013 at 3:38 PM #20792October 3, 2013 at 3:45 PM #766145anParticipant
Here’s some more info on what happened:
http://jalopnik.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-terrifying-suv-vs-1440131015
October 3, 2013 at 3:53 PM #766144spdrunParticipantYuck. I ride, and I normally wouldn’t take the side of an SUV driver in a bike-vs-mastodon dispute (I at first assumed that he must have done something stupid to provoke this), but in this case, sounds like the bikies were completely out of control and out of line. Word had it that even before the chase and beating, they were blocking streets, racing down SIDEWALKS, and making general asshats of themselves.
And Gloria Allred – ugh. She has a way of picking the most sensational cases even if the folks whom she represents are mostly in the wrong.
October 3, 2013 at 4:01 PM #766146no_such_realityParticipantThe bikers had, note past tense, lots of videos up. The more videos you saw, the more obvious it was that the bikers caused the situation, escalated the situation and started the attack that lead to the one biker getting run over.
October 3, 2013 at 4:22 PM #766147SD RealtorParticipantI saw some of the videos as well. Correct me if I am wrong but the bikers were pissed off to begin with because they were not granted a permit that they wanted for the ride. Agreed they were not only at fault but this poor family bore the brunt of their ire.
What a bunch of friggin sad sacks. It is one thing if they want to raust another bunch of bikers. Beating up a family guy in an SUV.
Real brave.
October 3, 2013 at 8:34 PM #766164CDMA ENGParticipantStupid Bikers…
They think they have it bad now… Wait till the City of NY bans more then 4 people riding together in a pack…
I am glad they got ran over. They acted like a gang… Bullied the motorist in their way and in general did anythign they wanted by using mob rule.
CE
October 3, 2013 at 8:55 PM #766165scaredyclassicParticipantthey may choose not to litigate.
or could be a move to maybe gain tactical adantage in future criminal proceedings against bikers for felony murder against the biker friend who was killed (i think they could be held criminally responsible for their coriders death).
also possibility of getting hit with the other side’s attorney’s fees for a truly lame lawsuit….
October 3, 2013 at 9:21 PM #766167spdrunParticipantWon’t work in NY — felony murder only applies to the course of a few specific felonies (not including assault or mayhem) and is pretty rarely applied out here anyway.
In any case, lawyering up in a civil suit is totally separate from whatever criminal charges the city DA may bring.
October 4, 2013 at 2:23 AM #766191CA renterParticipant[quote=no_such_reality]The bikers had, note past tense, lots of videos up. The more videos you saw, the more obvious it was that the bikers caused the situation, escalated the situation and started the attack that lead to the one biker getting run over.[/quote]
Agreed. I just watched the videos the other night. There is no question that the bikers caused all of the problems.
Apparently, they had blocked all the on-ramps to the freeway because they wanted the entire road to themselves. One of the bikers got in front of the SUV and **very intentionally** slowed down/brake-checked the SUV in order to slow it down so that the bikers could all get in front of it and ride together without any other vehicles on the road with them. When the SUV stopped as a result of the brake-check (after hitting this motorcycle — no injuries to the biker who INTENTIONALLY caused the accident), some of the bikers parked right in front of the SUV — blocking him from driving forward — while others began banging on the SUV’s windows, doors, etc. with their fists and helmets. The SUV driver freaked out (as most people would, especially with their wife/kid in the car) and tried to drive off in order to avoid the confrontation; his wife was on the phone with 911 at the time. Over 200 calls were made to 911 by various parties around this time because of actions and behaviors of this group of bikers.
I feel so horribly for the poor family in the SUV. They did NOTHING wrong, and the fact that they now have to deal with this asinine threat of a lawsuit makes the whole ordeal even more egregious. If these biker jackasses want to look for trouble, then they had better get ready to receive trouble.
Gloria Allred is making herself look like more and more of an ass with every passing day.
October 4, 2013 at 7:41 AM #766200ltsdddParticipantdel
October 4, 2013 at 10:17 AM #766203CoronitaParticipantYes, because everyone is a “victim”
I hate fvcking liberals… now even more so with a passion…
October 4, 2013 at 10:38 AM #766204SK in CVParticipant[quote=flu]Yes, because everyone is a “victim”
I hate fvcking liberals… now even more so with a passion…[/quote]
I must have missed something here. What is the “liberal” side of this?
October 4, 2013 at 11:45 AM #766205zkParticipant[quote=SK in CV][quote=flu]Yes, because everyone is a “victim”
I hate fvcking liberals… now even more so with a passion…[/quote]
I must have missed something here. What is the “liberal” side of this?[/quote]
SK, you wouldn’t know what flu is talking about unless you, too had been brainwashed by the right-wing noise machine. Or at least were familiar with their tactics. All liberals are pansies, crybabies, victims, freeloaders, and bleeding-heart (god forbid anybody should be concerned about anybody but themselves) losers. And all pansies, crybabies, victims, freeloaders, and bleeding-heart losers are liberals. Apparently even biker gangs.
October 4, 2013 at 11:55 AM #766206spdrunParticipantThis wasn’t an bikie gang in the sense of the Hell’s Angels or Bandidos (who probably tend to be on the conservative side). This was multiple bike-stunter clubs riding around NYC raising a ruckus, and pissed off because the cops wouldn’t let them into Times Square.
Come to think of it, this was probably what the gangs were like in the 50s and early 60s, before they got older, organized, and into real crime rather than petty crap.
October 4, 2013 at 12:35 PM #766207FlyerInHiGuest[quote=CA renter]
Gloria Allred is making herself look like more and more of an ass with every passing day.[/quote]She wins cases and makes money. The law is the law. Good for her is she an make a convincing case and win.
I think there’s more to it.
Yes the bikers are asses. But Lien likely did something to antagonize them. Lien probably felt big in his SUV and bumped into one of them.
Let the crazies pass. No need to get riled up because the other guys might get angrier than you.
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