[Bethesda cyclist] Do you know this man?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is there a link that a person has been identified and charged? There is a guy who looks and acts like this on my block in Alexandria and I was going to call the number. He recently assaulted a few kids over walking on the grass and the police were called. He has a horrible reputation as a bully and screams at delivery drivers, neighbors, kids, etc. and he is an uber cyclist. He would definitely do this.

The name that was circulated on social media is wrong. Does the guy on your block have blue tires on his bike? Call it in. Though why someone from Alexandria would be on the CTT in the middle of the day, I don't know.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have actual facts. There are two names trending on Twitter - one finance dude and one former cop.

Also, folks on Twitter are saying that the Aussie voice is the person taking the video, not the assailant. What says DCUM?

(I'm Deaf, by the way, hence not being able to listen myself. Also hence my existing anger at aggressive cyclists on mixed use trails)

[Anonymous]

Please don't offer any IDs unless you actually know this guy and are SURE. I'm appalled by the accusations of innocent guys on social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where is there a link that a person has been identified and charged? There is a guy who looks and acts like this on my block in Alexandria and I was going to call the number. He recently assaulted a few kids over walking on the grass and the police were called. He has a horrible reputation as a bully and screams at delivery drivers, neighbors, kids, etc. and he is an uber cyclist. He would definitely do this.

The name that was circulated on social media is wrong. Does the guy on your block have blue tires on his bike? Call it in. Though why someone from Alexandria would be on the CTT in the middle of the day, I don't know.

I am not sure re the tires of his bike. I am not getting close enough to him find out. He definitely does super long rides so I can see him being that far on CTT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, the primary reason this is awful is because he attacked children who are a fraction of his size, and small fraction of his age. There's zero reason to attack kids the way he did - nothing would make it acceptable (unless the kids decided to physically mob randomly and suddenly)

The BLM part adds to his awfulness, but it's not the primary reason.

Again, the CNN article refers to the people being attacked as "a man and two women." The man refers to having attended HS in DC, so is presumably 19 or older. So references to "attacking children" are probably incorrect.

A few days ago, there was a woman asking if her Chevy Chase-dwelling daughter really truly needed to be out of DC after curfew. Her stated, non-ironic, rationale was that any police officer would understand she is "just a little girl" on her way home from a party.

By which I mean - somehow we extend childhood quite far for some kids, but not for others.

Police officers have been documented to underestimate white teenagers’ age by 1 year and overestimate black teenagers’ ages by 4 years. This is a well documented phenomenon.

[Anonymous]

Apparently the three people are college students.

https://patch.com/maryland/bethesda-chevychase/amp/28783508/bicyclist-attacks-students-on-capital-crescent-trail-police?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=share&__twitter_impression=true

[Anonymous]

The man who was filming said, “Honestly, I was mostly scared for my friends," he told Patch. "While I'm young, I'm not a tiny person and I can defend myself if need be ... my friends that I was with are both small women and to have a large man approach them and physically rip things out of their hands is quite terrifying, and they were both pretty shaken up after."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please don't offer any IDs unless you actually know this guy and are SURE. I'm appalled by the accusations of innocent guys on social media.

It’s the new and exciting form of vigilante and mob “justice”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the three people are college students.

https://patch.com/maryland/bethesda-chevychase/amp/28783508/bicyclist-attacks-students-on-capital-crescent-trail-police?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=share&__twitter_impression=true

Doesn’t change the fact that it was assault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have actual facts. There are two names trending on Twitter - one finance dude and one former cop.

Also, folks on Twitter are saying that the Aussie voice is the person taking the video, not the assailant. What says DCUM?

(I'm Deaf, by the way, hence not being able to listen myself. Also hence my existing anger at aggressive cyclists on mixed use trails)

When I listened to the video, I thought the cyclist had an accent.

Re who is it? I am letting the police figure that part out. There can be persons of interest - but it is not up to DCUM / Twitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have actual facts. There are two names trending on Twitter - one finance dude and one former cop.

Also, folks on Twitter are saying that the Aussie voice is the person taking the video, not the assailant. What says DCUM?

(I'm Deaf, by the way, hence not being able to listen myself. Also hence my existing anger at aggressive cyclists on mixed use trails)

Twitter has falsely named several several innocent people already. Don't add fuel to the fire. Let the police do their jobs.

[Anonymous]

He has been identified via a profile with a cycling club. I hope he realized this and turns himself in.

[Anonymous]

I found the name posted online. Now I understand why it’s taking so long to identify this guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He has been identified via a profile with a cycling club. I hope he realized this and turns himself in.

That was wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the three people are college students.

https://patch.com/maryland/bethesda-chevychase/amp/28783508/bicyclist-attacks-students-on-capital-crescent-trail-police?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=share&__twitter_impression=true

Doesn’t change the fact that it was assault.

Not at all! But posters keep referring to them as children. Just trying to insert some facts here as they emerge.