My friend was hit in an intersection when a car rolled through a stop sign and after my friend said he and his bike were okay the driver of the car chased him down, ran him off the road, and punched him out because the bike scratched his car.

What is astounding is that my friend is being charged with mischief for intentionally damaging the car (when it hit him).

wtf ?

Portland is a nice city and I am aware of the rather excellent light timing... but it has it's share of *******s too.

Many people tie a lot of who they are to their vehicles and if you damage that they take it personally so you need to be prepared if you are going to touch a vehicle or tap on the glass as you did.

Same thing would happen if you walked up to someone's bike and started kicking it... it's owner might respond in a less than desirable way.

The response of the police to what is clearly assault is not acceptable.