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vincev
02-12-09, 10:39 PM
Our local paper in indiana had a small item about a 50 year bike rider that was beaten unconscious by 40 to 50 young males!no arrests were made!hopefully it was nobody from the forum.we all should contact the KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN police to put pressure on to catch these cowards.

Panthers007
02-12-09, 10:53 PM
Pass out the MP5's. Let's roll.
purevl
02-12-09, 10:58 PM
40 to 50 people? Did he ride into an angry mob of soccer hooligans or something? Linky?

mkeller234
02-12-09, 10:58 PM
A group of 40-50 males! Man, what a bunch of cowards to go after one guy. That had to be pretty frightening, I hope the best for the rider's recovery.
purevl
02-12-09, 11:08 PM
Linky?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-bicyclistbeaten,0,1275263.story

More... (http://www.google.com/search?q=kalamazoo+cyclist+beaten&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)

The guy was developmentally disabled for Christ's sake, that's the most despicable thing I've heard about in some time.
abarth
02-13-09, 03:17 AM
This is sad. The guy try to protect his home got arrested. I guess he suppose to let the police handle it, but the police can't even catch the guys that put Timothy Stafford in the hospital.
JoebikerLa
02-13-09, 05:07 AM
Update (http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/02/update_beaten_bicyclist_expect.html)