apollored

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co....h-hour-4032244


A cyclist is in hospital with a broken jaw after a brutal rush-hour assault by a gang of teenagers who dragged him to the ground and beat him up.

The victim, 38, was left in pain when he spoke due to injuries suffered in the attack – and has since had surgery to screw metal plates into his jaw – at the junction of Corporation Street and Miller Street near Victoria Street station.

zonatandem

I am glad I no longer live in Europe; seems like no one likes anybody else.

frantik

I wonder what the cyclist did to escalate the situation

GP

Was he on a cyclepath?

Ekdog

That's quite a statement to make about the an entire continent based on one incident. I guess the state of Arizona is such a tolerant place that anywhere else seems just unbearable to you.

Arizona a magnet for hate groups says Anti-Defamation League

Sounds like a veritable love fest.

robble

That didn't take long to blame the victim.

frantik

he made a choice to get on his bike. it's his fault.

DX-MAN

I'll chalk that one up to facetious/sarcastic, and move on without further ado....

tergal

I feel bad ,


My first thought was "is the bike ok "

frantik

Chris516

I wouldn't have a problem living in other parts of Western Europe. But I definitely don't want to live in England again!!!! I hated it!!!!!

Chris516

Maybe from him. But definitely not from me. I lived in London for two years, in the 1970's, and hated it!!!

FBinNY 

There's no mention of anything related to the fact that he was on a bicycle, except that he happened to be.

It sounds more like a gang attack, maybe some kind of rival gang, or hate related attack, but nothing to relate to bicycling per se. It;s no different than an attack on pedestrian. Like pedestrians, cyclists are more vulnerable to these kinds of attacks, because they lack steel and glass armor.

Given the circumstances, I don't see why we're discussing it on the advocacy forum.

frantik

was he wearing a helmet?

B. Carfree

Me too. I read the article and was disappointed to find no mention of the bike's well being. What shoddy journalism.

CB HI

So you think the 38 year old cyclist was a rival gang member, riding his bike solo in enemy gang territory? Really?

apollored

No he was on a busy street in Manchester City Centre, possibly going to work?

apollored

The witnesses dont say if he said anything to the thugs but they were calling him names and then just attacked him which sadly is happening more and more in Britain.

People get attacked for virtually no reason at all.

Thugs believe there is no deterrent so they can carry on attacking people.

frantik

i was being facetious and imitating replies i've seen made about similar issues. that's pretty scary if gangs of kids just attack people for no reason

CB HI

Pretty sad when 'blame the cyclist' post are so common that people cannot tell when someone is being facetious.

Walter

Please avoid posts that obviously try to politicize the thread. Nobody has been decapitated by order of the government in England for quite some time now.

Carry on

(and keep calm)

Ekdog

Someone who can't spell "wow" giving us all lessons on how we need to read more so we might edify ourselves and attain the pinnacle of knowledge that he purports to have reached.

rydabent

Another case where concealed carry would have been a good idea.

jimc101

You may want to look at the country where this happened, you get a mandatory 5 year sentence for carrying a firearm in the UK.

As for the incident, far too little info to draw any conclusions.

Ekdog

A good idea for whom? What if the three lager louts had been packing heat?