Critical Mass riders injure driver (When liberals Attack)

[Servonaut]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008074874_webcriticalmass26m.html

Critical Mass riders injure driver in Capitol Hill altercation

Seattle police were still looking today for one of a group of Critical Mass bicyclists who injured a driver during a violent altercation on Capitol Hill Friday evening.

By Seattle Times staff

Seattle police said they were still looking today for one of a group of Critical Mass bicyclists who attacked and injured a driver during a violent altercation on Capitol Hill Friday evening.

Two other bicyclists have been jailed. But some riders in the event have said the driver was the aggressor.

Just after 7 p.m. Friday, the group of at least 100 bicyclists was moving en masse down East Aloha Street when a man and his girlfriend in a Subaru station wagon tried to pull out of a parking spot, said Seattle police spokesman Mark Jamieson.

For years, Critical Mass has held monthly public bike rides through Seattle to demonstrate for bicyclists' road rights.

According to Jamieson, as the Critical Mass group moved down the street, blocking traffic, some riders got in the way of the Subaru and prevented it from leaving. Some bikers sat on the car and were banging on it, he said.

"The driver was pretty fearful that he was about to be assaulted by the bicyclists," Jamieson said.

The man tried to back up, but bumped into a biker. "This enraged the group," Jamieson said.

Several of the bikers bashed up the Subaru, shattering the windshield and rear window, Jamieson said.

The driver tried to drive away, but hit another bicyclist, Jamieson said. Still, he drove about a block, to the corner of Aloha and 15th Avenue East, before the Critical Mass riders cornered the car again and started spitting on it and banging against it.

One bicyclist punched the driver through his open window, and another used a knife to slash the Subaru's tires, Jamieson said.

The driver got out of his car, and was hit in the back of the head, opening a large gash.

Eventually police arrived and the crowd dispersed. Witnesses identified two bikers who damaged the Subaru, two men in their early 20s, and they were booked into the King County Jail for investigation of malicious mischief, Jamieson said.

[RightCoast]

"License to carry"


All the reason you'll ever need to be for limited gun control.

[Chris_]

Critical Mass has a reputation for unruly, assholish behavior on the part of their members.  This is not the first time a driver has been assaulted and injured and his vehicle damaged by these jerks.

Sorry, but I'm going to have to side with the driver unless someone comes up with more information.

[DixieBelle]

^yes, they pulled this last year too.

http://cbs5.com/politics/critical.mass.bike.2.454365.html

[JohnnyReb]

All the more reason to drive 4-door dually's.....no problems with bicyclist, just wash them off the tires.

[Rebel]

We had something similar that used to happen in Atlanta. Except, it wasn't called Critical Mass, it was called Freaknik. ...and that were armed with Tec 9's and shit.

As for Critical Mass, Liberals on bicycles? Something tells me they wouldn't last long down south.

[Bondai]

We had something similar that used to happen in Atlanta. Except, it wasn't called Critical Mass, it was called Freaknik. ...and that were armed with Tec 9's and shit.

As for Critical Mass, Liberals on bicycles? Something tells me they wouldn't last long down south.

Bad idea in Arizona, everyone is packing heat. I would have felt that my life was being threatened when the windows got broken. The 1st shot should have cleared the area very nicely.