Originally Posted by
Kontact
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This is one isolated incident, but you guys want to talk about it like its a major trend worthy of a universal response by cyclists. Meanwhile, there are groups that do face actual systemic attacks, and there is the general risk that everyone bears of random violence that is unrelated to lycra shorts. But neither of those categories are cycling related…
from the article :
They told FOX 8 that it is not uncommon for the 42-year-old man to drive aggressively and confront people on bicycles, even small children. That's why they are not surprised by the incident that sparked Wednesday's standoff.
so this guy displays (allegedly) a pattern of aggressive behavior towards cyclists and allegedly hits one in this incident. the issue is that nobody did anything about the previous incidents, which makes it more than an isolated incident but rather the result of an unsurprising lack of enforcement against his past behavior. you’ve got to be pretty bad for your neighbors to know that you aggressively confront children on bicycles, and any reasonable community’s law enforcement entities would take action. but they didn’t.