[Bethesda cyclist] Do you know this man?

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Anonymous wrote:The apology is bunk. No one just snaps and attacks, rages like this out of the blue for the first time ever. I'm sure he's had many raging encounters - on the trail, on the road, with people he knows... this is just the first time he got caught and is being held accountable.

And now he realizes he needs help. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Is no one in your world entitled to a second chance?

He must not have kids. My father is a mean old fart, but he would never approach, threaten or put his hands on somebody else's kids.

He apparently has 3 kids. I still can’t wrap my head around the instinct to dominate someone so much smaller than you. The tiny teen girl must have ended up with bruises all over her arm from where he wrestled the tape off of it. I don’t think there would have been nearly the same amount of outrage over this crime if we didn’t all feel so protective of that girl/young woman.

I have seen no reports that she suffered injuries of any kind and his actions, while completely out of line, did not look to me like it would have caused bruising like you described. Injury to the guy he apparently knocked over would have been more likely, but if there were any injury I assume it would have been widely reported.

The teen recording the video ended up with a cut on his calf from where the bike struck him. He posted a pic on Reddit. I disagree re the arm bruising. If you look at the video, the large tape roll was around her arm, and he grabbed her arm quite roughly and pulled hard at the tape while she resisted. The teen who posted on Reddit said both his friends valued their privacy and didn’t want to be IDd, so I wouldn’t necessarily expect any updates if the small one had bruises or scrapes.

I am also not sure if bruising would change the second degree assault charge to something more serious; presumably not, since the boy was injured and the assault on him was classified as second degree as well.

Should it matter if they have any injuries? My God, look at the rage on the guy! Plus, he came back onto the trail for the sole purpose of doing what he did - awful excuse for a human being. Awful.

Ask yourself if your “awfulness” meter would register so high if the young people had been plastering posters praising Trump for his tough response ? Hmmm.

First, you don’t know that. Maybe he is a simply a biker speed demon as which was pissed off that they were lollying about on the trail. Or maybe he doesn’t like litter. Or maybe some other jerk who worships “the Movement” would have taken umbrage at such blatant support for the President infringing on his or her “safe space.”

None of which justifies his shameless, blatant over reaction. He absolutely towered over that girl.

"What a man"?????

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I turned him in. Doubtful I'm the only one. He's a complete dickwad in the community. Shocker, I know.

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Honestly, this kind of “mistake” makes me want to stalk these twitter detectives. Among other things.

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Anonymous wrote:He grabbed the girl. That's assault. The ramming of the bike against the other kid is assault. Anthony Brennan III (can we dub him "Tony Three Sticks" to make this a little more fun?) is in trouble with the power system he so righteously defended.

Separate question: what are the chances he's a Trump supporter?

Tony three sticks! That’s his street name.

I hope he truly gets help for his obvious anger management issues. I don’t hold out hope that he won’t vote for trump again.

You may not have meant it but , by pushing this anger issues angle , you're giving the guy a sort of benefit of the doubt that's unacceptable. He's a thug, call him for what he truly is and stop pivoting to the 'anger issues' excuse that seem to be often reserved for middle aged Caucasian males. Enough !

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Bullies raising bullies.

[Anonymous]

This seems beyond diversion imo (former defense attorney and federal le manager/attorney.

I’d want at least a significant suspended sentence so any misstep if / while on probation (assuming that’s appropriate,) results in significant jail time.

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Anonymous wrote:I turned him in. Doubtful I'm the only one. He's a complete dickwad in the community. Shocker, I know.

But he thinks he is worshipped, right? We all know one of those. Complete loser.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people that claim cyclists don't suck at being people are cyclists.

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Valid point.

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Anonymous wrote:The apology is bunk. No one just snaps and attacks, rages like this out of the blue for the first time ever. I'm sure he's had many raging encounters - on the trail, on the road, with people he knows... this is just the first time he got caught and is being held accountable.

And now he realizes he needs help. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Is no one in your world entitled to a second chance?

He must not have kids. My father is a mean old fart, but he would never approach, threaten or put his hands on somebody else's kids.

He apparently has 3 kids. I still can’t wrap my head around the instinct to dominate someone so much smaller than you. The tiny teen girl must have ended up with bruises all over her arm from where he wrestled the tape off of it. I don’t think there would have been nearly the same amount of outrage over this crime if we didn’t all feel so protective of that girl/young woman.

I have seen no reports that she suffered injuries of any kind and his actions, while completely out of line, did not look to me like it would have caused bruising like you described. Injury to the guy he apparently knocked over would have been more likely, but if there were any injury I assume it would have been widely reported.

The teen recording the video ended up with a cut on his calf from where the bike struck him. He posted a pic on Reddit. I disagree re the arm bruising. If you look at the video, the large tape roll was around her arm, and he grabbed her arm quite roughly and pulled hard at the tape while she resisted. The teen who posted on Reddit said both his friends valued their privacy and didn’t want to be IDd, so I wouldn’t necessarily expect any updates if the small one had bruises or scrapes.

I am also not sure if bruising would change the second degree assault charge to something more serious; presumably not, since the boy was injured and the assault on him was classified as second degree as well.

Should it matter if they have any injuries? My God, look at the rage on the guy! Plus, he came back onto the trail for the sole purpose of doing what he did - awful excuse for a human being. Awful.

Ask yourself if your “awfulness” meter would register so high if the young people had been plastering posters praising Trump for his tough response ? Hmmm.

First, you don’t know that. Maybe he is a simply a biker speed demon as which was pissed off that they were lollying about on the trail. Or maybe he doesn’t like litter. Or maybe some other jerk who worships “the Movement” would have taken umbrage at such blatant support for the President infringing on his or her “safe space.”

Did you even read the articles on what happened? He was not annoyed at their being on the trail or littering. He said they were inciting looting and other acts of civil disobedience. It was the topic of the flyers he was annoyed about. Not the three being on the trail.

WTOP has a lot more info on what he did afterwards leading up to his arrest. Seems he was hiding the helmet and stored the bike blocks away. And got rid of the shirt.

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Anonymous wrote:When I read all those posts from middle age men raging about their wives not having sex with them, I imagine them being like this guy.

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Look at him and the way he conducts himself - do you blame her? :BARF:

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Anonymous wrote:The apology is bunk. No one just snaps and attacks, rages like this out of the blue for the first time ever. I'm sure he's had many raging encounters - on the trail, on the road, with people he knows... this is just the first time he got caught and is being held accountable.

And now he realizes he needs help. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Is no one in your world entitled to a second chance?

He must not have kids. My father is a mean old fart, but he would never approach, threaten or put his hands on somebody else's kids.

He apparently has 3 kids. I still can’t wrap my head around the instinct to dominate someone so much smaller than you. The tiny teen girl must have ended up with bruises all over her arm from where he wrestled the tape off of it. I don’t think there would have been nearly the same amount of outrage over this crime if we didn’t all feel so protective of that girl/young woman.

I have seen no reports that she suffered injuries of any kind and his actions, while completely out of line, did not look to me like it would have caused bruising like you described. Injury to the guy he apparently knocked over would have been more likely, but if there were any injury I assume it would have been widely reported.

The teen recording the video ended up with a cut on his calf from where the bike struck him. He posted a pic on Reddit. I disagree re the arm bruising. If you look at the video, the large tape roll was around her arm, and he grabbed her arm quite roughly and pulled hard at the tape while she resisted. The teen who posted on Reddit said both his friends valued their privacy and didn’t want to be IDd, so I wouldn’t necessarily expect any updates if the small one had bruises or scrapes.

I am also not sure if bruising would change the second degree assault charge to something more serious; presumably not, since the boy was injured and the assault on him was classified as second degree as well.

Should it matter if they have any injuries? My God, look at the rage on the guy! Plus, he came back onto the trail for the sole purpose of doing what he did - awful excuse for a human being. Awful.

Ask yourself if your “awfulness” meter would register so high if the young people had been plastering posters praising Trump for his tough response ? Hmmm.

First, you don’t know that. Maybe he is a simply a biker speed demon as which was pissed off that they were lollying about on the trail. Or maybe he doesn’t like litter. Or maybe some other jerk who worships “the Movement” would have taken umbrage at such blatant support for the President infringing on his or her “safe space.”

Did you even read the articles on what happened? He was not annoyed at their being on the trail or littering. He said they were inciting looting and other acts of civil disobedience. It was the topic of the flyers he was annoyed about. Not the three being on the trail.

WTOP has a lot more info on what he did afterwards leading up to his arrest. Seems he was hiding the helmet and stored the bike blocks away. And got rid of the shirt.

Again, "what a man" - a coward and (how I hate this word) giant p*ssy. May he get everything he has coming to him, frankly. Too many of this kind of person go through life thinking they can get away with how they treat other people, and cameras are their downfall. At last.

[Anonymous]

Great line! "On his way to see priest....." Funny, I know some people who go to church every Sunday, without fail, and they are the worst toward other people, of all: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/06/exclusive-lawyer-of-suspect-in-viral-bike-trail-assault-says-client-was-on-his-way-to-priest-when-stopped-by-police/

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10 years max sentence x 3 = 30 years: sounds about right. Arsehole.

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Anonymous wrote:This seems beyond diversion imo (former defense attorney and federal le manager/attorney.

I’d want at least a significant suspended sentence so any misstep if / while on probation (assuming that’s appropriate,) results in significant jail time.

Every bar fight I’ve seen which involved actual cold cocking with black eyes on the other guy ended up with diversion so grabbing some papers out of a kids hand isn’t that big a deal. Don’t get me wrong the video is shocking. And he seems an ass. But the legal consequences should be minor.

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Anonymous wrote:I turned him in. Doubtful I'm the only one. He's a complete dickwad in the community. Shocker, I know.

Awesome. Tell us more about Tony to the B!

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Anonymous wrote:10 years max sentence x 3 = 30 years: sounds about right. Arsehole.

I have a feeling there going to make an example out of him. I think he’ll take a plea deal and serve a few months of jail time or maybe house arrest.