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Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Angry Biker Gangs Terrorize New York
There's a wild story whipping all of New York into a frenzy, but it's a little complicated so let me explain it as best as I can.
A huge biker gang tried to take over the West Side Highway, slowing down and blocking on ramps, so they could have the entire road to themselves. One car, driven by Alexian Lien got caught in the middle.
One biker, Christopher Cruz, purposely cut off Lien, who bumped into his rear tire. The bikers then surrounded the car, slashed his tires and one biker even opened the driver's side door. When that happened, Lien hit the gas and sped away, running over one of the bikers on the way out of Dodge.
CORRECTION: the first confrontation occurs 30 seconds into this video, when he bumps Cruz, and then runs over Edwin Mieses. You can see the right side tires go up in the air. The second confrontation occurs at about 4 minutes and 30 seconds into it:
The guy who got run over is Edwin Mieses. Both his legs are broken, he's in a medically-induced coma and could be permanently paralyzed.
Instead of helping their friend (maybe a couple did), the majority of the bikers took off after Lien. The finally caught up with him when he had to stop due to the slashed tires, attacked his car, eventually pulled him out and beat the shit out of him in front of his wife and 2-year-old daughter.
They beat the shit out of him pretty good, and slashed his face.
But he doesn't have any serious injuries. He will not be charged with a crime. The biker who started it all, Cruz, has been charged with menacing, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
Remember, his 2-year-old daughter was in the backseat. The same seat where one of these assholes was breaking the window.
This driver, Alexian Lin, did the right thing. He tried to protect his family from an attack. The only thing he should have done differently was run over more of them.
Two things:
ReplyDelete1. We happened to be at a birthday party on the Upper West Side on Sunday, and I saw these assholes (there were literally like a thousand of them, whizzing by up Amsterdam Ave.
2. Couldn't agree with you more on this one. I don't feel bad at all for biker who is injured.
is it known whether the suv driver tried to call the cops while on the highway? That's the only thing I would have done different, other than making sure when I pull off I can not hit traffic and get right to a police station.
ReplyDeletePerfect justice for the douche on the motorcycle. He was to live with the consequences of being a dick.