bicycling and cars dont mix if you are carrying

[foszoe]

Bicyclist thought to have gun dies in crash with patrol car - latimes.com

 

[shibumiseeker]

Funny, I've OCed for 2 years now on my daily exercise ride without any incident. Why we should give a flip what goes on in Los Angeles is beyond me.

 

[KLB]

Wow. Ran him over because they thought he had a gun.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

 

[CalebToNowhere]

There has to be more to this story than what is in that article...

 

[AndersonIN]

As I see it here is the key sentence!

"Authorities said they were still looking for the handgun."

UNREAL!

Has to be a GREAT deal more to this story!

I also OC and bike often!

 

[CathyInBlue]

Anyone wanna lay odds on whether or not they do ever find a handgun connected to this legalized manslaughter?

 

[jbombelli]

"Collided with a patrol car." Is that copspeak for "we rammed him"?

 

[TAT7]

"Collided with a patrol car." Is that copspeak for "we rammed him"?

Exactly, and "still looking for the gun"? Riiiiiiight,

 

[Hornett]

How full of total fail has the media become?
Why even print that?
There are no useable details in that little blurb at all.
I am convinced that the media will never recover from where they are now.

 

[AndersonIN]

How full of total fail has the media become?
Why even print that?
There are no useable details in that little blurb at all.
I am convinced that the media will never recover from where they are now.

Hey get off the media's case. They can't do a complete story here they're to busy electing Obama again!

 

[Concerned Citizen]

Deputies were trying to stop the man, who they believed was armed with a handgun

The bicyclist and the patrol car collided at about 1:25 a.m. and the bicyclist,
who has not been identified, died from his injuries,

How hard do you have to try, that you ram him & kill him?

Authorities said they were still looking for the handgun.

...and OJ's wife's killer...maybe he has it.

 

[indykid]

Let's see, commiefornia where the Constitution of The United States of America is nothing more than a memory of those who proudly served in the military, and a news media where everyone with a firearm that isn't paid to wear a uniform is a criminal...not surprised.

Like many others, in this day and age with all the honest people ruling the Monon and other areas, I never ride my bike without my Kahr, and I do that almost daily!

 

[actaeon277]

If that was for a handgun, what if they suspected an AK??

 

[BehindBlueI's]

How full of total fail has the media become?
Why even print that?
There are no useable details in that little blurb at all.
I am convinced that the media will never recover from where they are now.

Because it lets you easily draw conclusions that paint LEOs in the worst possible light, yet doesn't come right out and paint LEOs in the worst possible light.

The media loves to tear down "the man" and anyone in typically holding a respected position in society. Its fashionable now to "support our troops", but remember how they portrayed us in peace time? Ever see the media so gleeful as when the pedophile priests were exposed? They sure never covered the good they did, or priests around the world killed trying to spread God's word in Africa and South America. Even the coverage of the current missing priest is snarky and insinuates maybe he voluntarily disappeared. You never see "Plumber gets a DUI", but if the school superintendent does its front page news.

And some people love to eat it up, and only want to see the worst in everyone.

 

[democracywins]

I expect nothing less from the state that I wish would just succeed from these United States. Having said that I ride my bicycle a lot and I always carry. Been a fair share of muggings on our community trail here in Marion over the years... And a number of free running dogs in the county...

 

[ditto]

Wow, just wow, someone enlighten me to how the "handgun" was in ANY way relevant to the story?

I saw some citizen of the year the other day riding his bike down a reasonably busy road, cellphone in one hand thumbing the touch screen. MANIAC.

 

[jrogers]

Wow, just wow, someone enlighten me to how the "handgun" was in ANY way relevant to the story?

I saw some citizen of the year the other day riding his bike down a reasonably busy road, cellphone in one hand thumbing the touch screen. MANIAC.

If the story is accurate, the handgun may have been the reason the officer was anywhere near the bicyclist in the first place. Had LACSD not attempted to stop the bicyclist it is unlikely that they would have killed him.

But don't let the facts stop you all from raging about the LIEbrul media besmirching the reputation of Our Boys in Blue who clearly can do no wrong! Perhaps several hours of Fox News (sic) and a tumbler of warm bacon grease would help you overcome your indignation.

 

[CathyInBlue]

I expect nothing less from the state that I wish would just succeed from these United States.

I think California has proven just how impervious to success it is. Billions in the red. Cities bankrupting left, right, and center. Now, if they were to secede...

I saw some citizen of the year the other day riding his bike down a reasonably busy road, cellphone in one hand thumbing the touch screen. MANIAC.

Apparently, just as suicidal as someone not biking with a gun, but mistaken as such, in the presence of the LA County Sheriff's Department.

 

[AndersonIN]

Wow, just wow, someone enlighten me to how the "handgun" was in ANY way relevant to the story?

I saw some citizen of the year the other day riding his bike down a reasonably busy road, cellphone in one hand thumbing the touch screen. MANIAC.

Why didn't you run him down???

Exactly why do you think the police were trying to contact this individual in the first place?