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I disagree that the bikers were justified in their initial aggression. They did not just break his window (with a kid in the car), they assaulted the driver. That's not "insanely reckless, irresponsible, and uncalled for", that's criminal.
What the **** man. How about you read what I write rather than making a bunch of assumptions based on nothing but strawmen you're creating in your head.
NO WHERE have I said in ANY WAY that their "initial aggression" was "justified".
I stated I understood the group being annoyed with the SUV.
That's it.
Call me crazy, but being ANNOYED at someone isn't Aggression[b/]. The first act of "aggression" was the biker who got in front of him and then began to break causing an accident. You know what I said about that specifically in this thread?
The guy who was initially hit was being irresponsible and an ass breaking in front of the car forcing the initial collision.
The second "act of aggression" that was clearly seen was them stopping traffic. What did I say about that SPECIFICALLY in the very first post I made in this thread?
Group ride or not, the bikers do not own the road nor have legitimate authority to stop traffic like that.
I then proceeded to call them all Assholes, and prior to that stated I have very little sympathy for them.
The second post I made, which you quoted, was me trying to essentially give my take on how the events likely begun transpiring because we don't actually get to see that for the most part. The suggestion that the bikers were annoyed with the SUV not getting over was not an EXCUSE for the bikers nor in any way, shape, or form a statement that their actions were justified. Their actions ranged from highly reckless to outright felonious. It was simply trying to provide a hypothesis as to why they began making their aggressive actions to begin with.
If a police officer suggests that a woman stabbed her husband because she was (wrongly) paranoid that he was cheating on her, are you suggesting the police officer is "justifying" the woman stabbing her husband? NO, it's attempting to explain the motivation for why she did what she did.
If you want to believe the bikers just RANDOMLY decided to slam their breaks on in front of the guy, be my guest. Based on my previous experience and what I've seen on the videos, I HIGHLY doubt that's the case. I think they likely did it because they were annoyed at the SUV driver, and then proceeded to take that reasonable (imho) annoyance to completely unacceptable and unreasonable lengths with their wreckless and criminal behavior.
But me stating I can understand them being ANNOYED is in no way, shape, or form justifying or excusing their AGGRESSION when I've REPEATEDLY stated that I disagree with and condemn their ACTIONS.