Holy crap...
Lesson learned I'd say...read the ridiculous comments. This is why I bought a commuter bike but have been too scared to ride it.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090727/NEWS01/907270323
Firefighter tries to shoot cyclist
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- eff da po-lice
Holy crap...
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090727/NEWS01/907270323
Hey, its dangerous for you to have your child out here, so I am gonna shoot you in the head.
Yep, thats balanced.
Yep, thats balanced.
Question: Is this standard procedure with this kind of thing? "Diez has been placed on paid leave during the investigation, Burnette said."
Watch out for those firefighters. They're a nutty bunch.
I'm sticking with my theory on why I carry a gun. Don't want to start that debate, but I'd rather not go unarmed to a gun fight. Its already bad enough that I go unarmed to most battles of wits.
That's a good question. I was wondering if our local cycling group could protest that so I put this up on MTBR where they all hang out.
must spread rep 
I certainly hope playing billy-badass was worth it when his bunghole gets cored out. He won't be so tough without his gun.
Better not drive a car either.
Holy crap...
Lesson learned I'd say...read the ridiculous comments. This is why I bought a commuter bike but have been too scared to ride it.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090727/NEWS01/907270323
BTW, that is a dangerous road for a bicycle: 1360 Tunnel Road, asheville, nc - Google Maps
I don't think it's too bad - it's 4 lane with minimal curves. Or are you being sarcastic?
How did you determine the location? The article didn't say that the rider was on the interstate...
Guy is a piece of Sh!t does not matter what he used to do for a living a few years in pound him in the ass prison will change his attitude.
The article makes it sound like they were on the exit ramp (#55) off of I-40.
At least that is what I gathered.
I figured it was Eric and had some photo thread working.Watch out for those firefighters. They're a nutty bunch.
Thread related - People are stupid.
Not sure about your policework there, Lou. Check the article.....He confronted the guy on Tunnel Rd. On a Sunday morning in Asheville, it's a pretty benign road. The road off of exit 55 runs into Tunnel Rd.
I mean, either way......no matter where they were, the irony is so heavy it's redonkulous.
oh. :/
I just read that in the OP & failed to read the full article.
All the road rage, anti cyclists-on-the-motorway, and carless, sleepy or drunken driver incidents... are precisely why my road bike now sits in my garage with no air pressure in the tires.
I haven't ridden it ever since the couple that were well known in the bike community were killed by a drunk lady. I saw the photos, it was horrific... all that was left were a pair of helmets, 4 mangled wheels and a bunch of shredded carbon fiber... all on a well marked bike route that EVERYONE used. A fukin shame.
The trail is safer.
I haven't ridden it ever since the couple that were well known in the bike community were killed by a drunk lady. I saw the photos, it was horrific... all that was left were a pair of helmets, 4 mangled wheels and a bunch of shredded carbon fiber... all on a well marked bike route that EVERYONE used. A fukin shame.
The trail is safer.
Dude, GFF has a temper and is highly unstable. He also wields a mean chainsaw, so it's best to get the f out the way.
I wouldn't put him on leave with pay. I'd fire his sorry ass on the spot. Public image is kind of an important thing. Let alone having a kid in a carrier on the bike, and he was put on paid leave?
What would have happened if the bullet hit the kid?
What would have happened if the bullet hit the kid?
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yes!!! not a cop this time!!!
Well, statistically it was bound to not be at some point.
Where on Tunnel road did this take place, downtown side or big box store side ?
Probably very true...
I am serious. A four lane road with no shoulder is a little sketchy.
I think shooting someone in the helmet is a little overkill, though. Just sideswipe 'em!
sheeeeeeeeeeat, I thought this was gonna be about my boy Brett aka gonefirefightin'.....this is the reason I pack heat....
So...the guy who tried to kill a cyclist gets 4 months in prison.
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911200352
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911200352
Hmmm 4 months in prison for shooting at a man on a bike riding with his wife and child. I'm all for the right to bear arms until something like this happens. Unbelievable.
Complete horse sh*t. What the fvck kind of backwards logic is going on in Asheville.
The guy obviously has a hair trigger. I doubt this is the last we've heard from him. Next time, he's going to re-enact Ft Hood at the LBS.
I'm definitely ordering everything online now.
"Paid admin leave"????
How about attempted murder charges? What a psychopathic POS!
They tried to get him on first degree, but a grand jury only went with assault w/ a deadly weapon.
Also, he did wind up losing his job.
Taking the obvious anger because he was cyclist out of it,
do you guys ever wonder why our society rewards people with $hitty aim?
I mean he pointed a gun to this man's head, and pulled the trigger, and the only reason the guy is alive is because he can't aim a gun.
They should reverse the sentences for attempted murder and murder.
Don't reward poor performance.
"Yeah, you shot him, but at least you killed him with a shot right between the eyes, you get 4 months."
do you guys ever wonder why our society rewards people with $hitty aim?
I mean he pointed a gun to this man's head, and pulled the trigger, and the only reason the guy is alive is because he can't aim a gun.
They should reverse the sentences for attempted murder and murder.
Don't reward poor performance.
"Yeah, you shot him, but at least you killed him with a shot right between the eyes, you get 4 months."
I would have thought that'd be Golgiapparatus.
I hope somebody in prison makes Mr. Diez his bitch. Its the least he deserves.
I've always thought counting attempts as lesser crimes than successes was a crock. Supposedly it's for the deterrent effect...in the seconds before completing the crime, some criminals are apparently going to self-destruct in hopes of a lesser sentence. Or at least that's the way my brother explained to me when he was in law school. I never got it.Taking the obvious anger because he was cyclist out of it,
do you guys ever wonder why our society rewards people with $hitty aim?
I mean he pointed a gun to this man's head, and pulled the trigger, and the only reason the guy is alive is because he can't aim a gun.
They should reverse the sentences for attempted murder and murder.
Don't reward poor performance.
"Yeah, you shot him, but at least you killed him with a shot right between the eyes, you get 4 months."
One of the comments cracked me up. "He didn't kill him. He just fired a warning shot through his helmet!"
I honestly had to quit reading the comments.
I mean if you can catch the gay, then I could just as easily catch the stupid.