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In reply to the discussion: Caught on video: Father with family in SUV chased, beaten by speed-demon bikers [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Until the SUV runs over the bike, there is nothing in that video of people damaging the SUV. Every rider in frame is looking at it, and you can't see the car. Every rider you can see stays put on their bikes. Hardly a mob. (Yes I See you used the word 'allegedly'.)
Once the SUV ran over a guy and a bike, all bets are off. Sorry. No I may not be objective about it. That's possible. I have chased vehicles myself, to vector in state patrol on the phone. You bet. And I can see a lot of these riders had a lot more on their minds than just calling the cops. But the only contact we can see, started with the SUV hitting a bike that brake tested him. There was no excuse for that contact at that velocity. None at all. Maybe stupid of the guy on the bike. Maybe it was warranted due to something that happened before the video starts, I don't know.
At the light, the guy who later breaks the window only opens his door. No property damage. There were allegations earlier that the SUV's tires were slashed. At that point in the video, either he has run flats, or the tires are not slashed. (I'd also like to know how they would differentiate between a tire slashed, or punctured by running up over the bike.)
Up until the second encounter at the light, I see no property damage, by the bikers against the vehicle. The smashed window was the first. (Though probably not the last)
Up to that point the SUV knocked down one bike. Ran over another. Broke a guy's leg. Fled the scene of an accident. All of that highly problematic for the driver. Regardless of whether the bikers behaved boorishly by brake testing him, etc.
Edit: I'd also like to point out the rider in the red track suit during the initial fleeing the scene, is fumbling with his cell phone, either trying to call 911, or trying to take a picture of his plate.