Physicians Assistant yelling “HELP ME” while stealing a CitiBike ?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is she fake crying, if she wants to be taken seriously?

Yes why is this victim not responding more gracefully to these bullies?

Why is that bully crying and screaming? While the victims try to calmly speak with her.

Why are they refusing to let her scan the bike she’s on? Explain.

Why is she refusing to get off the bike they scanned? Explain.

They scanned it after she was already on it. Literally they scan it in the video while she is sitting on it.

Everyone is convinced that this guy rented the bike before the video starts but he very clearly rents the bike midway through the video after preventing her from scanning the bike herself by covering the scanner with his hand. It's right there in the video.

Why didn't this kid just rent another bike. Explain.

Clearly he was renting the bike as it was activated and had the app open. She got on it and claimed it was hers. She didn’t even have her phone out or make any attempt to book the bike. Wouldn’t surprise me if she doesn’t even have the app.

Why didn’t she just rent another bike if she even could. Explain.

The video doesn’t show when he scanned the QR code. He might have scanned it after she sat down. Or scanned it then turned his back. Unclear what the situation was when she sat down.

Except that if he’d paid before she sat down, it would have already been unlocked, instead of unlocking during the video.

This. People are confused. You can't reserve or unlock a bike unless you are right next to it. The bike is locked at the beginning of the video, it is unlocked during the video. We clearly see him covering the screen so she can't unlock it, even though she is straddling the bike and therefore has a better claim to the bike.

She does not steal a bike he paid for. He pays for a bike she is already on, and prevents her from paying for it herself.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is she fake crying, if she wants to be taken seriously?

Yes why is this victim not responding more gracefully to these bullies?

Why is that bully crying and screaming? While the victims try to calmly speak with her.

Why are they refusing to let her scan the bike she’s on? Explain.

Why is she refusing to get off the bike they scanned? Explain.

They scanned it after she was already on it. Literally they scan it in the video while she is sitting on it.

Everyone is convinced that this guy rented the bike before the video starts but he very clearly rents the bike midway through the video after preventing her from scanning the bike herself by covering the scanner with his hand. It's right there in the video.

Why didn't this kid just rent another bike. Explain.

Clearly he was renting the bike as it was activated and had the app open. She got on it and claimed it was hers. She didn’t even have her phone out or make any attempt to book the bike. Wouldn’t surprise me if she doesn’t even have the app.

Why didn’t she just rent another bike if she even could. Explain.

The video doesn’t show when he scanned the QR code. He might have scanned it after she sat down. Or scanned it then turned his back. Unclear what the situation was when she sat down.

Exactly this.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She thought she had possession of the bike because she was sitting on it.

Somehow he scanned the QR code and unlocked the bike when she was sitting on it.

Once she realized what he had done she got off the bike.

He was in the wrong by snaking the bike, and she backed down.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

He did scan it. When she was on the bike. Then blocked her from scanning it. There’s no other reason for him to keep the code blocked.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She could not scan the code because he is covering the scanner with his hand the whole time! Literally look at the opening shot of the video. She is on the bike, holding the handlebar with one hand (her other hand is in the air). He is standing in front of her, covering the scanner with his hand. This is how the video STARTS.

He keeps his hand there the enter time even as she is reaching into her bag, putting away her ID and getting out her phone. He then reaches across her and scans the bike with his phone while blocking her with his other arm. The bike chimes and unlocks.

And it is only at this point that he starts saying it's his bike or that he paid for the bike. It is only at this point that he shows anyone his phone screen to prove he paid for it. He did pay for it, but only because he prevented her from paying for it.

She can't show anyone her phone proving she paid for it because he physically prevented her from doing so.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She thought she had possession of the bike because she was sitting on it.

Somehow he scanned the QR code and unlocked the bike when she was sitting on it.

Once she realized what he had done she got off the bike.

He was in the wrong by snaking the bike, and she backed down.

Yeah, she acted totally rationally. And THAT is why we are all talking about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is she fake crying, if she wants to be taken seriously?

Yes why is this victim not responding more gracefully to these bullies?

Why is that bully crying and screaming? While the victims try to calmly speak with her.

Why are they refusing to let her scan the bike she’s on? Explain.

Why is she refusing to get off the bike they scanned? Explain.

They scanned it after she was already on it. Literally they scan it in the video while she is sitting on it.

Everyone is convinced that this guy rented the bike before the video starts but he very clearly rents the bike midway through the video after preventing her from scanning the bike herself by covering the scanner with his hand. It's right there in the video.

Why didn't this kid just rent another bike. Explain.

Clearly he was renting the bike as it was activated and had the app open. She got on it and claimed it was hers. She didn’t even have her phone out or make any attempt to book the bike. Wouldn’t surprise me if she doesn’t even have the app.

Why didn’t she just rent another bike if she even could. Explain.

The video doesn’t show when he scanned the QR code. He might have scanned it after she sat down. Or scanned it then turned his back. Unclear what the situation was when she sat down.

Except that if he’d paid before she sat down, it would have already been unlocked, instead of unlocking during the video.

This. People are confused. You can't reserve or unlock a bike unless you are right next to it. The bike is locked at the beginning of the video, it is unlocked during the video. We clearly see him covering the screen so she can't unlock it, even though she is straddling the bike and therefore has a better claim to the bike.

She does not steal a bike he paid for. He pays for a bike she is already on, and prevents her from paying for it herself.

I agree except I can see a scenario where I’m standing next to a bike getting ready to unlock it, and someone slides in an sits on it. But we have no evidence about whether that’s what happened because the video doesn’t show it. Even if she did slide in, he was in the wrong to physically try to continue to rent the bike (reaching over her, covering up the QR code.) She is the one who backs down and ends the confrontation.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She thought she had possession of the bike because she was sitting on it.

Somehow he scanned the QR code and unlocked the bike when she was sitting on it.

Once she realized what he had done she got off the bike.

He was in the wrong by snaking the bike, and she backed down.

Yeah, she acted totally rationally. And THAT is why we are all talking about it.

Yes, that’s right. People are flipping out because she wasn’t a graceful victim. We do this all the time. You have to act JUST RIGHT as a victim or they will eat you alive.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She could not scan the code because he is covering the scanner with his hand the whole time! Literally look at the opening shot of the video. She is on the bike, holding the handlebar with one hand (her other hand is in the air). He is standing in front of her, covering the scanner with his hand. This is how the video STARTS.

He keeps his hand there the enter time even as she is reaching into her bag, putting away her ID and getting out her phone. He then reaches across her and scans the bike with his phone while blocking her with his other arm. The bike chimes and unlocks.

And it is only at this point that he starts saying it's his bike or that he paid for the bike. It is only at this point that he shows anyone his phone screen to prove he paid for it. He did pay for it, but only because he prevented her from paying for it.

She can't show anyone her phone proving she paid for it because he physically prevented her from doing so.

I don’t think I saw that part. I was thinking he might have scanned the QR code before the video starts, but completed the transaction during the confrontation.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She thought she had possession of the bike because she was sitting on it.

Somehow he scanned the QR code and unlocked the bike when she was sitting on it.

Once she realized what he had done she got off the bike.

He was in the wrong by snaking the bike, and she backed down.

Yeah, she acted totally rationally. And THAT is why we are all talking about it.

Yes, that’s right. People are flipping out because she wasn’t a graceful victim. We do this all the time. You have to act JUST RIGHT as a victim or they will eat you alive.

BS!!!! She wasn't a victim any more than he was.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She thought she had possession of the bike because she was sitting on it.

Somehow he scanned the QR code and unlocked the bike when she was sitting on it.

Once she realized what he had done she got off the bike.

He was in the wrong by snaking the bike, and she backed down.

Yeah, she acted totally rationally. And THAT is why we are all talking about it.

Yes, that’s right. People are flipping out because she wasn’t a graceful victim. We do this all the time. You have to act JUST RIGHT as a victim or they will eat you alive.

No you are thinking of black people. Which these victims did. They remained calm and you’re still blaming them instead of the woman yelling, snatching their phone and acting erratically. Only white people get the benefit of doubt.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She thought she had possession of the bike because she was sitting on it.

Somehow he scanned the QR code and unlocked the bike when she was sitting on it.

Once she realized what he had done she got off the bike.

He was in the wrong by snaking the bike, and she backed down.

Yeah, she acted totally rationally. And THAT is why we are all talking about it.

Yes, that’s right. People are flipping out because she wasn’t a graceful victim. We do this all the time. You have to act JUST RIGHT as a victim or they will eat you alive.

My god this! And to all the people saying she should have walked away from the start - eff that noise. You don’t give in to the bully. It just emboldens them. You call that sh¡t out EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She could not scan the code because he is covering the scanner with his hand the whole time! Literally look at the opening shot of the video. She is on the bike, holding the handlebar with one hand (her other hand is in the air). He is standing in front of her, covering the scanner with his hand. This is how the video STARTS.

He keeps his hand there the enter time even as she is reaching into her bag, putting away her ID and getting out her phone. He then reaches across her and scans the bike with his phone while blocking her with his other arm. The bike chimes and unlocks.

And it is only at this point that he starts saying it's his bike or that he paid for the bike. It is only at this point that he shows anyone his phone screen to prove he paid for it. He did pay for it, but only because he prevented her from paying for it.

She can't show anyone her phone proving she paid for it because he physically prevented her from doing so.

I don’t think I saw that part. I was thinking he might have scanned the QR code before the video starts, but completed the transaction during the confrontation.

DP and I agree that it’s unclear. However it is clear he hadn’t paid, which is why it’s still locked, and why he’s blocking the code. He knows she could rent it if he doesn’t block it.

If he scanned it before or after the video starts, either way, he wasn’t on the hook for the cost yet. So she wasn’t a thief.

Which is probably why The Roots changed its defamatory headline. She could sue them.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is she fake crying, if she wants to be taken seriously?

Yes why is this victim not responding more gracefully to these bullies?

Why is that bully crying and screaming? While the victims try to calmly speak with her.

Why are they refusing to let her scan the bike she’s on? Explain.

Why is she refusing to get off the bike they scanned? Explain.

They scanned it after she was already on it. Literally they scan it in the video while she is sitting on it.

Everyone is convinced that this guy rented the bike before the video starts but he very clearly rents the bike midway through the video after preventing her from scanning the bike herself by covering the scanner with his hand. It's right there in the video.

Why didn't this kid just rent another bike. Explain.

Clearly he was renting the bike as it was activated and had the app open. She got on it and claimed it was hers. She didn’t even have her phone out or make any attempt to book the bike. Wouldn’t surprise me if she doesn’t even have the app.

Why didn’t she just rent another bike if she even could. Explain.

The video doesn’t show when he scanned the QR code. He might have scanned it after she sat down. Or scanned it then turned his back. Unclear what the situation was when she sat down.

Except that if he’d paid before she sat down, it would have already been unlocked, instead of unlocking during the video.

This. People are confused. You can't reserve or unlock a bike unless you are right next to it. The bike is locked at the beginning of the video, it is unlocked during the video. We clearly see him covering the screen so she can't unlock it, even though she is straddling the bike and therefore has a better claim to the bike.

She does not steal a bike he paid for. He pays for a bike she is already on, and prevents her from paying for it herself.

I agree except I can see a scenario where I’m standing next to a bike getting ready to unlock it, and someone slides in an sits on it. But we have no evidence about whether that’s what happened because the video doesn’t show it. Even if she did slide in, he was in the wrong to physically try to continue to rent the bike (reaching over her, covering up the QR code.) She is the one who backs down and ends the confrontation.

Exactly. I said upthread that I don't understand how she came to be straddling the bike and holding he handlebars if he was in the process of renting it. If she actually came and slid into to sit on the bike, that would be REALLY egregious behavior on her part and I'd be fully on their side. But they don't say that's what she did. They just keep asserting it's "his" bike.

If it turns out she literally sat on the bike while he was trying to unlock it, I'll eat my words. But based on the video we see, all I see is him preventing her from scanning the bike out, then scanning it himself, then claiming it's his bike, and then her getting off it. You can criticize her demeanor if you want but I don't even think it's relevant -- she doesn't do anything wrong and it's pretty clear that he's using physical size and the presence of his friends to bully her out of the bike. Even if they both had equal claim to the bike (say they both arrived at exactly the same second), I find his behavior more troubling because of the physicality and the fact that his friends surround her. She is pissy but not aggressive. He's friendly/laughing but his physical choices ARE aggressive, especially holding his hand over the QR reader.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain what you are supposed to do if someone walks up and tries to physically shove you off a bike you are renting while their friends surround you, laugh at you, and start filming you?

Like is your only option to just get off the bike, let them have it, and not complain or speak of it? Is that the only way to avoid being accused of weaponizing your tears, being called racist, or people claiming you are trying to get the people who bullied you off the bike shot or arrested?

I'm just trying to figure out if this woman had ANY options that would be deemed acceptable other than just letting these kids take the bike and walking away. I think the answer is no.

I have never been accused of weaponizing my tears because I don't act like this woman. Yes, walking away when you're dead wrong is the right thing to do. And yes, these kids should have filmed this encounter because black men know that that they are the last to be believed. Just look at how some of you are trying to defend her.

Laughing? Why, yes. She is acting like a toddler so the correct response is to laugh.

I actually completely believe that you wouldn’t stand up for yourself in this situation. You’d probably let them take the bike under your account.

Is that what you read. I believe I see what your problem is. You see things as you want them to be rather than as they are. She was in the wrong and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away because she knew she was wrong. That is quite different than standing up for yourself when you're being mistreated (which she wasn't)

She was in the RIGHT and threw a tantrum. She should have walked away and taken another bike. But she was pissed because he scanned the bike she was on, to take it from her.

She should never have done it. She should have walked away.

But he was the bully stealing her bike.

But he is the only one showing the code to prove that he had in fact scanned it. Why doesn't she do the same if she was in the right? because she was wrong.

She thought she had possession of the bike because she was sitting on it.

Somehow he scanned the QR code and unlocked the bike when she was sitting on it.

Once she realized what he had done she got off the bike.

He was in the wrong by snaking the bike, and she backed down.

Yeah, she acted totally rationally. And THAT is why we are all talking about it.

Yes, that’s right. People are flipping out because she wasn’t a graceful victim. We do this all the time. You have to act JUST RIGHT as a victim or they will eat you alive.

No you are thinking of black people. Which these victims did. They remained calm and you’re still blaming them instead of the woman yelling, snatching their phone and acting erratically. Only white people get the benefit of doubt.

Every major news outlet has sided with the men, who took the bike from her. No mainstream has acknowledged (yet) that she was wronged.

White women may have lost the benefit of the doubt.