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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)I accept your revised claim, as an allegation. It MAY be true.
It may also be that they did not bang on his car, and that the tire was flattened by running over the bike. More evidence required to substantiate the allegations.
How reasonable Mr. Lien's fear, precipitating him running over a human in evasion, remains to be substantiated.
The events, including him being pulled from the car and beaten, cannot be used to justify that fear after the fact, because he seriously injured a person, and appears to be engaged in a hit and run, AFTER he decides to flee.
Having had an angry mob around my car at one point, I can sympathize. It's unnerving. I do not agree that it, in all cases, justifies running people over to escape. (I was in my Rodeo, surrounded by not very reasonable people, engaged in tit-for-tat with the SPD during the Seattle WTO riots. Initially they were upset with us, rocking the car, etc, but my wife and I were able to de-escalate the situation and drive away safely, and without property damage or personal injury.)
I need to see what happened, at the car, before he runs over the bike, to understand whether that attempt to escape was worth paralyzing a human being for.