Maybe others have read more than is in this one article, and maybe the cyclist is a vile little man, as quoted in the article, but in isolation it is a tad lacking in information to make any valid judgement - where did this occur? Were any parties drunk? Were the pedestrians being obstructive? Or maybe aggressive? Did the cyclist really say "move because I'm not stopping"? If so, were there mitigating circumstances such as his being committed to a path by other traffic or a group of bears chasing him? Etc, etc. He may be as guilty as sin and deserve to rot away for the rest of his days but, on a few occasions when I have actually known the facts behind news stories, they have rarely figured in the published piece.
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