[Bethesda cyclist] Do you know this man?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is terrible. The man should be charged with assault.

But to those who are attaching flyers to every tree in our neighborhood (defund the police!), please stop. The staples hurt the trees, and it’s illegal. And we will tear them down as fast as you put them up.

These kids were using tape.

So who is going to remove the tape? In DC they barely empty public trash cans.

Tape on the posts vs a man's life... give me a min and let me think about what's more important.... ok done. I know what's more important.

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Listen to yourselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This story was on the local news this morning! They showed the whole encounter. It was AWFUL. He grabbed fliers from a teen girl MUCH smaller than him. A woman or other teen was screaming "Dont you touch her! Get away from her!" From the chilling screams it sounded like her parent. It gave me chills.

I saw the whole thing and there is no other interpretation. He attacked teens for holding up BLM fliers. Chilling and I hope they catch him, arrest him and he gets fired.

I'm absolutely NOT defending his actions and he needs to be held accountable. But why are the gals' parents allowing them to litter in a park? I can't freaking stand litter and fliers and tape are litter. Plus nobody gave them permission (permit) to put fliers up on public land. It's very entitled behavior. Put fliers up on your front door or your car -- not in a public park.

Stay on topic please. If you want to talk about “littering,” start a new thread.

I suspect their littering and/or their blocking of a bike trail while putting up the fliers is what set him off. Doesn't absolve him of his actions, but he likely didn't care about (or even know) what was on the flier -- yet that's how it's being perceived on social media right now.

These kinds of aggressive cyclists are the worst, and they are all over the Mount Vernon Trail in Alexandria in Arlington.

A few weeks ago, some cyclist blamed and yelled at me because I didn't get out of his way while running - he was trying to weave in between myself (right lane) and another cyclist traveling in the opposite direction - and crashed on a downhill curve, because I "blocked" him (despite being in the right lane per trail etiquette).

They are always 50+ year old ragey white males.

I agree they are obnoxious and often unhinged lunatics — but pedestrian crashes kill and perm hurt bicyclists and pedestrians all the time. Often it’s the result of careless pedestrians. Yet on social media this is framed as stemming from his opposition to BLM. I’d assume he was set off by the girls obstruction the trail and not their fliers.

Who cares what set him off? he is a dangerous menace and should have the book thrown at him

The book? What does that entail in your mind? Maybe, maybe you could get a simple assault charge, but beyond that seems impossible and even that may be tough to get to stick. Absent public opinion pressure, which might be sufficient here, this is not a case where charges would normally be brought.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you all realize that this thread is a bunch of anonymous and wild accusations based on thirty seconds of footage with zero context?

IKR?!?! Who knows what those kids, especially the little one, did BEFORE the filming started?!? They must have done something to make the adult assault them?

Pathetic.

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Yeah, sure. He has no responsibility in regulating his actions and refraining from grabbing a kid or ramming his bike at someone. And I’m sure you think George Floyd must’ve upset the police officers and women who are raped must’ve worn something sexy.

[Anonymous]

Saw he’s been identified per Reddit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw he’s been identified per Reddit.

Tell us!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw he’s been identified per Reddit.

Link please!

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Anonymous wrote:This story was on the local news this morning! They showed the whole encounter. It was AWFUL. He grabbed fliers from a teen girl MUCH smaller than him. A woman or other teen was screaming "Dont you touch her! Get away from her!" From the chilling screams it sounded like her parent. It gave me chills.

I saw the whole thing and there is no other interpretation. He attacked teens for holding up BLM fliers. Chilling and I hope they catch him, arrest him and he gets fired.

I'm absolutely NOT defending his actions and he needs to be held accountable. But why are the gals' parents allowing them to litter in a park? I can't freaking stand litter and fliers and tape are litter. Plus nobody gave them permission (permit) to put fliers up on public land. It's very entitled behavior. Put fliers up on your front door or your car -- not in a public park.

Stay on topic please. If you want to talk about “littering,” start a new thread.

I suspect their littering and/or their blocking of a bike trail while putting up the fliers is what set him off. Doesn't absolve him of his actions, but he likely didn't care about (or even know) what was on the flier -- yet that's how it's being perceived on social media right now.

These kinds of aggressive cyclists are the worst, and they are all over the Mount Vernon Trail in Alexandria in Arlington.

A few weeks ago, some cyclist blamed and yelled at me because I didn't get out of his way while running - he was trying to weave in between myself (right lane) and another cyclist traveling in the opposite direction - and crashed on a downhill curve, because I "blocked" him (despite being in the right lane per trail etiquette).

They are always 50+ year old ragey white males.

I agree they are obnoxious and often unhinged lunatics — but pedestrian crashes kill and perm hurt bicyclists and pedestrians all the time. Often it’s the result of careless pedestrians. Yet on social media this is framed as stemming from his opposition to BLM. I’d assume he was set off by the girls obstruction the trail and not their fliers.

Who cares what set him off? he is a dangerous menace and should have the book thrown at him

The book? What does that entail in your mind? Maybe, maybe you could get a simple assault charge, but beyond that seems impossible and even that may be tough to get to stick. Absent public opinion pressure, which might be sufficient here, this is not a case where charges would normally be brought.

Yeah, this is problematic. Everything is all or nothing. Either the kids provoked him or it's throw the book at him.

Book him and have him sit in a cell, plead him out on assualt, a weekend in jail and then some community service. Punishment, absolutely. Doesn't need to be a federal case.

It's ok to try to be calm and stay balanced in this crazy time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is terrible. The man should be charged with assault.

But to those who are attaching flyers to every tree in our neighborhood (defund the police!), please stop. The staples hurt the trees, and it’s illegal. And we will tear them down as fast as you put them up.

These kids were using tape.

So who is going to remove the tape? In DC they barely empty public trash cans.

The pp’s objection was to the staples. If that pp was you, then it’s clear that the staples concern was bs.

Maybe you and the guy in the video can start a vigilante posse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Saw he’s been identified per Reddit.

Link please!

https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/gwo0vq/assault_on_capital_crescent_trail_near_macarthur/ I don't see that he's been ID'd

[Anonymous]

Apparently he’s been identified on Strava, an app for cyclists. The pic he uses for his profile on there is identifiable as him, apparently. I’m just reporting what I saw on Twitter.

[Anonymous]

Doxing probably not allowed on DCUM either, correct? Assume the police will have more info than we do. Hope they find him and the judge requires extensive therapy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Saw he’s been identified per Reddit.

Tell us!!!

The thread in r/publicfreakout was locked for doxxing. There’s no telling if they had the right name. Those comments have been deleted.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Saw he’s been identified per Reddit.

Link please!

https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/gwo0vq/assault_on_capital_crescent_trail_near_macarthur/ I don't see that he's been ID'd

I saw that another reddit thread was locked because the guy had been id’d/ doxxed without linking to a reputable news source. It was made clear on the above linked thread that it would be locked if the same thing happened.

[Anonymous]

Don't know if it's really true or panned out, but clearly the DC bike crew is gunning to find him and turn him in.

https://twitter.com/korevec/status/1268665589540614144?s=19

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently he’s been identified on Strava, an app for cyclists. The pic he uses for his profile on there is identifiable as him, apparently. I’m just reporting what I saw on Twitter.

I don’t see that on twitter. But if he’s smart he’d come forward.