Cyclist Assaults Activist

[Drewdane]

Hoping someone recognizes this POS and turns him in. Heck, if you’re the POS in question and are reading this, know that you are degenerate trash, not worthy of being called a cyclist:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/victim-posting-racial-injustice-flyers-assaulted-by-cyclist-on-capital-crescent-trail/2322251/

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[ImaCynic]

This has made it to CNN. Now all cyclists are bad people, just wonderful…

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/06/05/friends-hanging-blm-posters-attacked-cyclist-ctn-sot-vpx.cnn

[Starduster]

@Drewdane 201304 wrote:

Hoping someone recognizes this POS and turns him in. Heck, if you’re the POS in question and are reading this, know that you are degenerate trash, not worthy of being called a cyclist:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/victim-posting-racial-injustice-flyers-assaulted-by-cyclist-on-capital-crescent-trail/2322251/

Book ‘im, Danno!

[Starduster]

@ImaCynic 201321 wrote:

This has made it to CNN. Now all cyclists are bad people, just wonderful…

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/06/05/friends-hanging-blm-posters-attacked-cyclist-ctn-sot-vpx.cnn

From Reddit- Someone got their signs up in spite of the red-helmeted a**hole: https://imgur.com/gallery/oBahgDL. Low paw!

[Boo Boo]

ID’d and arrested:

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/06/cyclist-who-charged-teens-putting-up-george-floyd-protest-flyers-arrested/

[Boo Boo]

And canned:

https://twitter.com/MadeToOrderInc/status/1269082194519064576

[Boo Boo]

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/06/exclusive-lawyer-of-suspect-in-viral-bike-trail-assault-says-client-was-on-his-way-to-priest-when-stopped-by-police/

[Drewdane]

I love a satisfying resolution!

[ImaCynic]

@Boo Boo 201342 wrote:

And canned:

https://twitter.com/MadeToOrderInc/status/1269082194519064576

Great. He now has all the time in the world to keep harassing. Too bad one can’t be banned from riding.

[arlcxrider]

Another aspect of this story is that a Twitter vigilante mob went after the wrong guy, after erroneously identifying him from a Strava ride. The cops added to this fiasco by initially posting the wrong date for the incident.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/what-its-like-to-get-doxed-for-taking-a-bike-ride.html

[huskerdont]

@arlcxrider 201387 wrote:

Another aspect of this story is that a Twitter vigilante mob went after the wrong guy, after erroneously identifying him from a Strava ride. The cops added to this fiasco by initially posting the wrong date for the incident.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/what-its-like-to-get-doxed-for-taking-a-bike-ride.html

I’m not sure if Twitter is the cause of everything wrong with the world or is merely a symptom of it, but it is surely one of the two.

[rcannon100]

Ask yourself what the strong variable is in all this social fiascos….. (Hint: its not twitter)

[Henry]

@huskerdont 201388 wrote:

I’m not sure if Twitter is the cause of everything wrong with the world or is merely a symptom of it, but it is surely one of the two.

Yeah, TWO mis-IDed riders were trending last week related to this incident. It was not Bike Twitter’s finest hour.

Henry

[Starduster]

@arlcxrider 201387 wrote:

Another aspect of this story is that a Twitter vigilante mob went after the wrong guy, after erroneously identifying him from a Strava ride. The cops added to this fiasco by initially posting the wrong date for the incident.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/what-its-like-to-get-doxed-for-taking-a-bike-ride.html

Massive and lethal abuses of power by police have us in the streets, yet here we are, relying on police to *properly and accurately* ID the suspect, Brennan. Two *mis-identifications* by us amateur detectives did not help.

Yes I know we are all MAD AS HELL. I am too. Massive police reform is needed in many places to undo ingrained cultures of extreme prejudice. A few departments might need to be dissolved and reconstituted. The attitude of the Outrageous Man behind the black fence needs to be dealt with as well. His acolytes, enablers, and collaborators too. But I hope on this *one* occasion, Maryland-National Capital Park Police earned a small amount of trust for doing their job well.

[rcannon100]

@Henry 201390 wrote:

Yeah, TWO mis-IDed riders were trending last week related to this incident. It was not Bike Twitter’s finest hour.

Henry

To be fair, twitter isnt the strong variable here.

[dbehrend]

The Washington Post reported that Anthony Brennan III was sentenced to three years’ probation for the attack.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/bethesda-bike-trail-attacker-gets-probation/2021/02/02/8c3a9de0-6559-11eb-886d-5264d4ceb46d_story.html

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