he also shows off his debit card pin # in the gas station videoHere are some more videos of their group ride:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cd_1380579664
None of the videos seems to lead up to the SUV incident.
yeah guns definitely would have helped the situation... on what planet can you believe that? the second the driver started firing (whether you feel it was justified or not) - any of the bikers who were carrying (if the driver can legally carry, then I would think the bikers could too) would return fire as you said. We'd be dealing with multiple fatalities rather than a few broken limbs. Firing a gun would not have removed the driver from the immediate danger, it would have escalated things way past the point of no return.
If any of them were carrying, he would have been shot instead of slashed. They aren't riders. They're thugs. In a more sane state, the second that door opened, a couple of attackers would have been eating lead sandwiches and the rest of those pussies would have turned their tails and run.
The bikers are idiots. But with that said, the SUV driver is in the wrong for running over a bunch of people just because he was intimidated. I'm intimidated by 300lb black dudes, doesn't mean I start shooting ever time they get close to me. The bikers were mad, but it's not like they pulled a weapon. You can't justify running over people even if they kicked your car (apparently some biker did that to the SUV).
I must not have read the same article as you, as I didn't read he was stabbed or even savagely beaten... he was just treated for lacerations to the face due to the drivers side window being smashed in with a helmet?
If he was actually attacked with knives and stabbed then yeah, I retract my statements previous
Lien was punched and slashed to the face with a knife in front of horrified bystanders. Cops arrived a few minutes later, but the bikers fled.
The bleeding Lien was taken to Columbia University Medical Center, where he received stitches for his wounds and was later released.
The one thing I am wondering now is why was his car doors unlocked? (the time his door was opened before the window smash)
Definitely in the news...
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...wild-upper-manhattan-attack-article-1.1472419
The police took minutes to arrive. Thanks, but no thanks. Under the circumstances I'd like to have the option to protect myself. They can try to arrest one or two of those who fled on their own time.
So if this was in say.. Texas - you think it would have turned out BETTER? Whether you agree or disagree with any of the actions in this particular scenario - the end result is what - no fatalities.
If the driver of the SUV pulled out a firearm and starts firing away (FROM INSIDE A CAR WITH HIS WIFE AND INFANT CHILD) at a MOB OF ANGRY MOTORCYCLISTS WHO ALSO COULD BE CARRYING.... You think THAT would reduce the risk to the family??? How would that remove you from the danger at hand? You would in all reality be sentencing yourself and wife/child to death as I imagine every biker that had a firearm at that point would feel justified in returning fire. Driving away would still have been the best possible means of escape/avoiding harm to your family.
You're taking a very simplistic approach to that scenario.
Consider this, they attacked him because they outnumbered him and he was an easy target.
Would they have done the same thing to a police car? Ofcourse not, because the cop could protect himself and get backup.
Simply having a firearm and the other person knowing this is deterrent enough. Most of the time you don't even have to use it in order for it to be effective.
Criminals aren't stupid or brave, thats why they rob/rape vulnerable individuals, and not ones that will likely fight back.
This. My Acura is like this too.Maybe the car has an auto power lock? In my car, as soon as I put it in park, the door automatically unlocks. When I reach 10km/h, the doors automatically lock.
Maybe the car has an auto power lock? In my car, as soon as I put it in park, the door automatically unlocks. When I reach 10km/h, the doors automatically lock.
If someone smashes your window in they can reach in and unlock the doors?
Meh he knew the kind of people he was riding with. Sure it sucks he got it and not Chris Cruz, the instigator and brake checker.Not here to say who is to blame. I just want to say that I feel sorry for that Mieses guy. High chance of being paralyzed from the waist down.