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(16,646 posts) Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:45 PM Jun 2020

Cyclist Charged With Assaulting Teenagers Who Posted Fliers Against Police Brutality [View all]

Source: NYT

The Maryland-National Capital Park Police said the cyclist, Anthony Brennan III, 60, of Kensington, Md., was tracked down after the agency received hundreds of tips from people who had seen the video, which has been viewed more than 29 million times on Twitter.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/-maryland-cyclist-assault-anthony-brennan.html?action=click&algo=top_conversion&block=lone_trending_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=807489045&impression_id=959847295&index=2&pgtype=Article&region=footer

Looks like they actually caught the guy.

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Cyclist Charged With Assaulting Teenagers Who Posted Fliers Against Police Brutality [View all] zipplewrath Jun 2020 OP

They caught that ASSHOLE....YES!!!!!!!! Bengus81 Jun 2020 #1

Bullshit. He was too strong a believer. His lawyer told him exactly what to say to slide on this. BComplex Jun 2020 #2

translated "I am really sorry I got caught - rurallib Jun 2020 #16

Who Knew People Video Everything? ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #19

Those Trump humpers can't stop themselves even when they know video is rolling......... Bengus81 Jun 2020 #33

Obviously Correct ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #34

Because they think they are in the right. christx30 Jun 2020 #71

Maybe a Few Months in Prison Will Help Him NonPC Jun 2020 #3

Save the money for incarceration Traildogbob Jun 2020 #31

The video is shocking hibbing Jun 2020 #4

When I looked at the video I thought I saw a sexual grab at the girl. Maybe it was just the papers, erronis Jun 2020 #12

Here's the guy: George II Jun 2020 #5

Intolerance, self-righteousness, lack of respect for norms and boundaries bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #10

Red??? Grokenstein Jun 2020 #15

Yep. My first thought, too! RVN VET71 Jun 2020 #18

Dresses like Red, acts like Clarence Boddicker. Grokenstein Jun 2020 #23

Have some sympathy. 3Hotdogs Jun 2020 #27

30 years max. Give him 29...one year knocked off for wearing a face mask Bengus81 Jun 2020 #6

JAIL TIME!!!! THEN bluestarone Jun 2020 #8

Stated in another thread his brother is a Rethug federal judge.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #7

He's SIXTY years old - he should have gotten counseling a long time ago csziggy Jun 2020 #49

I think this is a result of people who have existed unquestioned..... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #52

It almost looked like 'roid rage to me csziggy Jun 2020 #53

Fitness freak, eh? KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #54

The people he assaulted solara Jun 2020 #9

He needs to star in a Lincoln Project ad RVN VET71 Jun 2020 #20

I Think She Was 11 ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #21

I'm not a believer in capital punishment. byronius Jun 2020 #11

You would consider the death penalty for this guy? Polybius Jun 2020 #57

Nah. byronius Jun 2020 #68

He was fired from his place of employment over it also. appleannie1 Jun 2020 #13

When I first saw the video, I thought they were younger: 10 or so. The article says they're 18-19. C Moon Jun 2020 #14

I Read The Youngest Was 11 ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #22

Where does he: live, work, workout, eat, shop, pray(sarcasm), vacation, drink, socialize, SayItLoud Jun 2020 #17

Well, We Can Forget About Where He Works! ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #24

Post removed Post removed Jun 2020 #25

He is still guilty of assault, regardless of his regret. Ptah Jun 2020 #35

I agree, except... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #38

There's video of him doing it blugbox Jun 2020 #39

True, but... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #40

I wouldn't either unless it was clear as hell in a video and audio........ Bengus81 Jun 2020 #41

I don't know if he's sincere or not, but Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #43

I'm not speaking for we, I'm speaking for me. Ptah Jun 2020 #44

Let's lynch him... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #46

. Ptah Jun 2020 #48

Lazy thinking to pretend our opinions, lacking in any consequence, is a lynching. LanternWaste Jun 2020 #76

Guilt and innocence are determined by courts of law... not by our opinions. LanternWaste Jun 2020 #75

Please don't ignore the facts of criminal law bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #36

I'm not ignoring the law. Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #37

Fuck him. And fuck Drew Brees, too. Iggo Jun 2020 #42

Really? Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #45

Yes, really. Iggo Jun 2020 #47

Benefit of the doubt, and... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #50

Benefit of the doubt and waiting to see what happens? Iggo Jun 2020 #61

I also can't figure out why this is any different than... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #51

Hmmm... qwlauren35 Jun 2020 #55

+1 nt Javaman Jun 2020 #56

What if he does plead guilty... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #60

I'm not sure what you want. qwlauren35 Jun 2020 #69

I had no idea who Drew Brees was until now Withywindle Jun 2020 #66

The person was arguing in circles... Iggo Jun 2020 #70

Contrite when caught zipplewrath Jun 2020 #58

They? Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #59

Okay, that's enough. Iggo Jun 2020 #62

When you get caught zipplewrath Jun 2020 #63

Maybe, but... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #64

Who cares if they're contrite when caught? Withywindle Jun 2020 #67

I don't care if he's contrite or not Withywindle Jun 2020 #65

It won't be enought to spend some time in jail. LiberalFighter Jun 2020 #26

Oh man - I use to richdj25 Jun 2020 #28

People who knew him personally couldn't wait to turn him in. LOL rainin Jun 2020 #29

Oh, wait. He's a white guy? FailureToCommunicate Jun 2020 #30

He could have just kept cycling by but he made a choice. A bad choice. Talitha Jun 2020 #32

Yep, it'd be a whole different world for him today if he had just acted like a decent human being. Iggo Jun 2020 #72

Twitter....the virtual milk carton. n/t dixiegrrrrl Jun 2020 #73

Asshole needs some jail time Yeehah Jun 2020 #74