Comments on: What In The Sphincter Of Hell Kind Of Bull Sh*t Is This?!

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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:01:30 +0000

[...] to improve road design standards to include cyclists and pedestrians. Shoot a cyclist with a gun, get 120 days in county lockup; shoot a car with a pellet gun, get over three years in state prison. The next time a driver [...]

By: Dan Pugatch

Dan Pugatch — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:18:56 +0000

I think the fact former firefighter plays a role here. He totally knows the right people and someone owed him a favor. This is fucked up.

Totally another other person who did this would get life. And what about pain and suffering/trauma for the kid? This should of been a million dollar settlement and then some

By: hackneyedsojourn

hackneyedsojourn — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:09:36 +0000

I’m glad you’re following this issue. One might think, with our judicial apparatus,solutions are limited. Then it popped up, like a Google ad on BostonBiker,11/25/09 2:48 pm, “Front Sight Firearms Training Institute,” offering education in the use of a variety of fire arms. My initial euphoria was dashed though when I began thinking about the weight of tempered steel and lead rounds… where’s carbon fiber when you really need it- but then it occured to me, the heat generated by using the assault weapons that would be most reassuring to us bikers would melt carbon. My deflation was brief though when I remembered Seven and their titanium tubing were right in the hood. I look forward to what this future holds!

By: Chris Piascik

Chris Piascik — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:25:53 +0000

This is blowing my mind.

By: Jazzercycle

Jazzercycle — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:26:37 +0000

Unacceptable. This judge should be removed from the bench and the jurors who tried this as “not attempted murder” should be sentenced as well. The state should be taking along look at why they let another person,character being good or not, SHOOT ANOTHER PERSON IN THE HEAD and not get brought up on charges. Something is very very wrong here. This guys should be doing 20 to life, and his kids should be taken ASAP.

By: B-Lo

B-Lo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:21 +0000

There is so much wrong with the judicial system, it’s impossible to even begin to list all of the wrong.

The worst part is that the only way this guy would ever have gotten any justice would have been if the bullet had actually gone through his head. Very different outcome, but the shooter’s intentions would have been exactly the same. I don’t know if it’s laziness or just the rampant dislike of cyclists, but that judge f*ed up.

While I applaud military service in general, in this trial, it would actually lead me in the direction of CRAZY-ASS dude screwed up by the military, instead of “exemplary guy, but someone who tried to kill another person for no goddamn reason, WHOOPS.” And co-workers testimony of his good character? PLEASE. Like everyone is going to put all that crazy on display at work.

He should have been sentenced to have to ride a bicycle everywhere he went for the next ten years.