1. joe
   Admin
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   This is a crazy story... an Asheville N.C. firefighter shoots a cyclist in the head because he is biking with a child on a busy roadway. Thankfully the cyclists helmet stops the bullet.

   • Officers said the victim was riding with his wife and had his 3-year-old son in a child seat attached to his bicycle when a driver approached him.

     Police said the driver, Charles Diez, claimed he was upset that the victim was bike riding with his child on the heavily traveled Tunnel Road.

     Diez pulled a gun and opened fire, hitting the victim in his bicycle helmet, according to police.

     They said the bullet penetrated the outer lining of the helmet but did not actually hit the victim's head.

2. toddtyrtle
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   I'm reminded of the off-duty police officer who beat that guy in Toronto for stopping at a yellow light downtown. What *is* it with these guys? Or the cop in this case, for that matter? Seems like there's a need for education here. Education and perhaps a bit of anger management.

3. joe
   Admin
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   ooh, I had forgotten about that stoplight incident... but I found the blog post about it:

   • 
     Yes, the driver in the road rage incident yesterday (the one in which a driver lost his bananas on a cyclist who didn't bike through a yellow light) is a policeman. A suspended policeman.

     I'm tempted to give some "props" to the cop for turning himself in... but wonder if he would've if a video camera didn't catch the whole thing? Let's be positive and assume he would have.

   Here's the CityNews story about it.

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