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You would only want to use a gun as a last ditch. Also flashing a gun when your life is not perceived to be in danger can get you in hot water. But I fully endorse carrying a gun. Just responsibly. Mace would have been a nice touch though, just also check legalities of self defense.
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Originally Posted by mtb_addict
(Post 20932682)
How old are you?
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Sounds like reason 493 to not use biopace. Everyone knows Sakae Ovaltech was WAY better!
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
(Post 20932640)
Sorry, Charlie, but the kids' race has nothing to do with the price of tea in China. If they had been any other race would the incident not have bothered you? Would you not have started this thread?
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No idea what this encounter was about, but I second the view that your priority here should probably be fixing the drive train on your bike before you take it out again--when I rode in New Orleans, there was more than one time where riding fast got me out of trouble, and riding a bike prone to breakdown is generally asking for all kinds of trouble (safety from accident as well).
Over the years, I've had a couple of situations where someone has attempted to mug me, but they were on foot. It actually was kind of pitiful because there was no way they were going to get me unless I was stupid enough to let them corner me. Last time, they actually told me to "Hey! Come over here!" in a threatening-sounding voice while they were standing next to some bushes in a park. I resisted the temptation of asking them if that ever worked and rode on. Another time, a kid tried to put a stick in my spokes while I was riding in the street (I think he wanted the bike). Turns out you don't even consciously have to know that's happening before you swerve to avoid by reflex. |
Originally Posted by mjac
(Post 20932668)
You are indeed entitled to your opinion. But I vehemently and strongly disagree with you. Race did not even cross my mind when contemplating and writing this Post. It is an accurate and honest description of what happened. It is not about Race but about three kids assaulting and threatening someone on a dedicated, "Safe" Bike Path that members of this forum can appreciate. Yet you cherry pick one word and change the discussion. I find this object able. To assume I would not have written this post if it did not include this detail is just plain wrong. It is accurate. That is all.
To give you an idea of what the Crime Situation is in New Orleans, the reality, not the Racist, Insuggest you go to YouTube and search "Euric Cane." Look for "Shooting of Tulane Medical Student Peter Gold." Pay particular attention how he tries "Three" times to unjam his gun to finish him off. Then scroll down to " A clearer CCV" to see the lead up and aftermath. Sorry Charlie Indeed. WTF? |
You are right
Originally Posted by Litespud
(Post 20932583)
1. Fix your drivetrain - seems like every time you were in a position to go around them or outrun them your chain fell off or you were "nursing" your drivetrain.
2. Hook up a Go-Pro or equivalent and keep riding. If they're there the next time, film them and go to the cops, if they're not, just carry on. 3. As a last resort, and assuming that this is a repeated issue and you don't get any satisfaction from law enforcement, consider Mace (never a gun), but ensure that you're on safe legal ground wrt carrying Mace in your state/jurisdiction, and that the conditions under which you use it are justified self-defense in response to a clear and recorded assault (IANAL, so take this "legal advice" for what it cost you) Right |
Originally Posted by livedarklions
(Post 20932707)
So wait, race "didn't cross your mind", and your proof for that is the race of the perpetrator of a shooting four years before this incident?
WTF? |
Originally Posted by mjac
(Post 20932736)
No fool, it is to illustrate how serious the Crime Situation is in New Orleans. These are the things that happen. Everyday. I merely stated the facts. This is what happened. This is who did it.Accurate. Honest. If you can not live with that and have to interject race into everything that is your problem. State one thing that is inaccurate or dishonest. I am waiting. Stating facts is not Racist. It is stating facts.
Why does a 4 years ago murder tell us anything about why you saw fit to mention the race of the people who assaulted you? You didn't mention what kind of shoes they were wearing, the kind of tires they had on their bike, or any number of other details that don't really add anything to us understanding the situation. Obviously, you don't expect us to identify the perpetrators, so a physical description of their skin color wasn't really a necessary part of the story. Frankly, I really don't care much about the injection of race into your story, but it annoys me when the person who clearly injected race (you) accuses everyone else of having been the person who injected race. And BTW, I already posted a link showing that crime is actually dropping in New Orleans. I lived in New Orleans in the 1980s, it was wayyyyyy more violent then. |
This demonstrates the correct way to report on an incident like this.
https://abc7chicago.com/some-arrests...-mile/5257106/ |
I feel like OP also brought up kids this unfairly biases older people and that somehow they are incapable of assaulting people.
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Originally Posted by mjac
(Post 20932684)
I gave an accurate and honest description of exactly what happened.
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Originally Posted by mjac
(Post 20932539)
I ran this by " JoeyBike" because he is from New Orleans and have not heard back from him yet but I decided to throw this out for general discussion and see what type of feedback I get. I was basically assaulted yesterday evening by three young kids on the Bike Path I ride every morning and evening. Did not know them, had no previous encounter with them that I know of, had no beef with them. They just picked me out. It wasn't too bad but I was wondering if this is an indication of things to come because I ride at specific times. First they were ahead of me on three Stingray type Bikes coming toward me. They turned around ahead of me so they were going in the same direction. When I caught up with them they stopped me from passing by swerving in front of me deliberately. Then trying to accelerate hard to take advantage of a gap my chain came off because I think my BioPace is worn. So they rode ahead and put there bikes across the Bike Path on the ground so I could not pass. I just dismounted and walked down the face of the levee around the Bikes without looking over and continued on. On the way back they were coming in the opposite direction and played chicken with me. I just got down on the Aeros, hugged the Sea Wall and kept my line and the last bike swerved out of my way then one slapped me on the back. I thought that was the end of it then one of them caught up with me because I was nursing the Chain Ring and watching the Sun Set and he slapped me behind the head. Then trying to accelerate the chain came off again. The three of them basically cornered me but when they saw I was serious they did not advance. So I got back on the Bike and rode off.
Is this a sign of things to come? I am debating exactly what to do. Just avoid them not to give them any satisfaction. Carry a Gun or Mace. Avoid the Bike Path. ( I like my Rides)A little feedback would be nice. Just talking about it made me feel a little better. The problem only deescalated after I thought to ask for my daughter's phone to take their photos. They dispersed quickly. Cell phone photos or video go a long way to showing the police who they have to be on the watch for or for filing a report. Serious hooligans would assault you for your phone, but in my continuing experience since then, most people just want to get out of "recorded evidence" range. |
Originally Posted by mjac
(Post 20932598)
You carry your .380 Glock. " Carrying a gun is a pretty bad idea IMO."... Please explain.
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And the conversation goes off the rails again. The color of the teens' skin is irrelevant (the new "race-neutral" description of the original incident works just as well as the original), as is whether crime in NOLA is on the increase or decrease. The OP got into a distressing incident while on his bike, which looks like it'll affect his cycling activities and enjoyment. That's what's relevant. He's looking for some feedback from other cyclists as to how to respond going forward.
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
(Post 20932773)
Honesty is not necessarily the best policy if/when super sensitive PC types are on a trip-wire alert to be offended by such honesty.
Honesty is definitely not doing as the OP did--bringing up the race of the perpetrators, then acting shocked that people thought he brought up the race of the perpetrators. I wouldn't have said anything about it if he hadn't been so disingenuous about that. |
Originally Posted by mjac
(Post 20932539)
I was basically assaulted yesterday evening by three young kids on the Bike Path I ride every morning and evening. Did not know them, had no previous encounter with them that I know of, had no beef with them. They just picked me out. It wasn't too bad but I was wondering if this is an indication of things to come ...
Highlights how a person should value knowledge of the surroundings, those nearby, changing threat levels. Highlights the value of being capable of self-defense. Even if "only" out riding a bike. In the end, we can only control what's in our control, and even then some of those things won't turn out the way we prefer. Hard to predict how the unpredictable, random stuff might turn out, in our daily lives. About all we can do is: keep our tools prepared, remain aware, remain fit, remain capable of withstanding such "u-turns" right in front of us. As for having tools with me: yes, I do. Always have. Always will. Haven't yet been forced to use them, while out cycling. But if violently assaulted, we each have a choice to make when it's coming down on our heads. I try to vary my routine, my times. I always keep my "head on a swivel" and remain as aware of my surroundings as possible. I've no problem "ejecting" from a situation that's brewing in an attempt to skirt it. I'm not capable of outdistancing anyone on a bike or running, these days, so for me it's a matter of picking the ground (as best as can be done) in order to have the greatest chance of withstanding whatever's coming. About all one can do, if one is going to go "out there" where others might do their thing. |
Originally Posted by livedarklions
(Post 20932760)
You're babbling incoherently and then calling me "fool". Nice.
Why does a 4 years ago murder tell us anything about why you saw fit to mention the race of the people who assaulted you? You didn't mention what kind of shoes they were wearing, the kind of tires they had on their bike, or any number of other details that don't really add anything to us understanding the situation. Obviously, you don't expect us to identify the perpetrators, so a physical description of their skin color wasn't really a necessary part of the story. Frankly, I really don't care much about the injection of race into your story, but it annoys me when the person who clearly injected race (you) accuses everyone else of having been the person who injected race. And BTW, I already posted a link showing that crime is actually dropping in New Orleans. I lived in New Orleans in the 1980s, it was wayyyyyy more violent then. My position is simple. I am an honest person. When I wrote the Post I was concerned about what happened and mostly whether or not it might escalate. I gave an accurate description of what happened and who did it. No more no less. Given the sensitivities of this day and age mentioning accurately who did it is accused of being racist. The idea of Race did not even cross my mind at the time. I was describing who did it. That is a fact. The man that shot the Doctor is a fact. You can draw any conclusions from those facts that you want. It is ironic that I could very well have been singled out because of my race and mildly assaulted and when I accurately describe who did it I am accused of Racism and interjecting Race. But to correct the oversight I went back and deleted the accurate description yet that consideration is overlooked by you and you continue to go on and on. Oh, by the way, since you read the ever present Advocate so religiously, there were stories a while back how young people of a certain race stepping off of the curb between two parked cars and hitting cicylists square in the face with a baseball bat. Several Incidences. Several. We are talking Brain Damage, Face disfigurement, Multiple, Multiple Plastic Surgeries. That is a fact. That is not Racist. You think I might look out for that? |
Originally Posted by mjac
(Post 20932831)
I am babbling incoherently? First of all it was not a murder. The young doctor miraculously survived. Thanks mostly to one of the best Level One Trauma Centers in the Country and the people who came to his aid. Two,the entire nation was going through a Crime Epidemic in its Urban Centers in the 80's due to the Crack Epidemic. Three, if you believe the Advocate and New Orleans Police Department Reports, I can not help you.
My position is simple. I am an honest person. When I wrote the Post I was concerned about what happened and mostly whether or not it might escalate. I gave an accurate description of what happened and who did it. No more no less. Given the sensitivities of this day and age mentioning accurately who did it is accused of being racist. The idea of Race did not even cross my mind at the time. I was describing who did it. That is a fact. The man that shot the Doctor is a fact. You can draw any conclusions from those facts that you want. It is ironic that I could very well have been singled out because of my race and mildly assaulted and when I accurately describe who did it I am accused of Racism and interjecting Race. But to correct the oversight I went back and deleted the accurate description yet that consideration is overlooked by you and you continue to go on and on. Oh, by the way, since you read the ever present Advocate so religiously, there were stories a while back how young people of a certain race stepping off of the curb between two parked cars and hitting cicylists square in the face with a baseball bat. Several Incidences. Several. We are talking Brain Damage, Face disfigurement, Multiple, Multiple Plastic Surgeries. That is a fact. That is not Racist. You think I might look out for that? /ignore |
not sure where this is going. Started as a thread asking is this direction our society is going (pretty un-answerable)
is society changing, yes. is it getting better or worse, I guess that's everyone's own opinion |
Originally Posted by livedarklions
(Post 20932833)
/ignore
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I read the after-edit original post, and was absolutely befuddled. Three youths on Stingrays, harassing MUP users? I had immediate thoughts of some real 1950s-type toughs... you know, hi-top Converse, leather jackets, one of 'em probably has a switchblade comb.
I don't live in anything resembling a proper city, it's just endless urban sprawl for 80 miles to the Pacific Ocean. So this whole tale of woe is simply bizarre. |
Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
(Post 20932773)
Honesty is not necessarily the best policy if/when super sensitive PC types are on a trip-wire alert to be offended by such honesty.
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Putting aside the feelings this has stirred, I do find it interesting that as a society we have tended to identify perpetrators by race, except if they're "white." More so in the past IMO. I am not implying any overt racism. For example, I don't recall the Newtown school shooter (Adam Lanza) being identified as white. In fact, all the school shootings I recall (as well as other public mass shootings) were committed by white males. If you are a member of an other than white "race" I can see where this would seem pretty unfair. If mentioning race as a description is reasonable (I would argue it is in a report to law enforcement), why not mention white perpetrators. Just to be clear, I am not directing my comments toward the OP or anyone else here. I am asking why society (which is all of us) does what it does and what, if any, are the implications.
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
(Post 20932760)
Frankly, I really don't care much about the injection of race into your story, but it annoys me when the person who clearly injected race (you) accuses everyone else of having been the person who injected race.
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