Shades of Road Warrior.

[VTA]

I'm glad to see the driver is not facing charges. I hope it stays that way.

"Cops arrested one biker and were hunting for two more for beating and slashing a man in front of his wife and 2-year-old child after a wild chase through upper Manhattan," New York's Daily News reports. Christopher Cruz, 28, of Passaic, N.J., is due to be arraigned Tuesday.

Later in the afternoon, a second biker, Allen Edwards, 42, turned himself into police, the paper reported.

Frightening video of what happened Sunday in New York City when dozens of motorcyclists surrounded an SUV and then beat the driver is being studied by New York City police as they try to find and arrest the attackers.

What exactly led to the confrontation isn't yet known for sure, judging from reports by CBS New York and other news outlets. But the shocking violence is crystal clear from the helmet-cam video that's gone viral.

The SUV driver, 33-year-old Alexian Lien, was with his wife and their 2-year-old child, according to the Daily News. The newspaper says Lien "became the target of the brutal bikers when he accidentally struck one who cut him off on the Henry Hudson Parkway, triggering a wild 4-mile chase, cops said Monday."

As you can see near the end of the video, when Lien finally had to stop again the bikers surrounded his vehicle and began smashing its windows. That's the point when the helmet cam appears to have been shut off. Moments later, according to police, Lien was pulled from the vehicle and beaten.

According to CBS New York, "Lien was taken to Columbia Presbyterian where he received stitches for cuts to his face and was released, police said. He will not face any charges, authorities said."

Video at the Link.

 

[Jon88]

That's why you need to carry a gun in your vehicle. It would have prevented the slashing.

 

[VTA]

I was thinking the same thing. A gun would have saved that guy a lot of money on the damage to his truck.

 

[GloryDaysRBack]

There were like 20 plus bikers surrounding this guy. A gun wouldn't have done much. If he shot one guy, I'm pretty sure, him, his wife, and his kid would have died.

 

[jeebus]

There were like 20 plus bikers surrounding this guy. A gun wouldn't have done much. If he shot one guy, I'm pretty sure, him, his wife, and his kid would have died.

Yea because the bikers are suicidal, I am sure the would have screamed bonzai and charged.

When people are dieing, people don't charge the fire.

 

[GloryDaysRBack]

Go watch the video...those bikers were fucking crazy

 

[VTA]

Without guns of their own, I'm pretty sure they would have scattered.
The problem is, if he were allowed to carry a gun, they would be too...

 

[Jon88]

Should have stopped somewhere, let them surround him, then run over more. That's the only way he would have gotten away from them.

 

[peplaw06]

If that were me, I'd just be swerving and hitting them all, or brake checking those behind me and running down those who got in front of me.

 

[Jon88]

Yeah, that would have worked too.

 

[jeebus]

If that were me, I'd just be swerving and hitting them all, or brake checking those behind me and running down those who got in front of me.

I thought of that, but i didn't realize he had already hit multiple bikers.

 

[JBond]

He ran over three or four of them in attempt to escape. It is a damn shame he was not allowed to defend himself. The progressives have made it illegal for families to defend themselves. Yesterday morning a lunatic ran around slashing multiple people at a park. The cops were nowhere to be found and people were being stabbed left and right. The leaders do not care about the people, refuse to protect them or allow them to protect themselves. Pathetic POS city.