Michael Bryant Accident Video
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Here's the video(s) of Bryant hitting the cyclist.
I must say this changes my opinion of things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFISP_PrhFo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufM7zvX3-tM&annotation_id=annotation_193242&feature=iv
Really, really weird!!
Why would he do sucha thing??!!!
I must say this changes my opinion of things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFISP_PrhFo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufM7zvX3-tM&annotation_id=annotation_193242&feature=iv
Really, really weird!!
Why would he do sucha thing??!!!
I'll leave that one for the pros who will get paid to watch it over and over and over and over.
The bubbles overlays are kind of nice though.
The bubbles overlays are kind of nice though.
Holy shit.
Hard for Bryant to justify that behaviour under any circumstances. Completely wilfull.
Hard for Bryant to justify that behaviour under any circumstances. Completely wilfull.
I'm inclined to agree
But there has to be more videos from all the other Bloor st. stores.
I'll wait with judging till I see those
Not sure its so plain.
At the red light..Bryant..like a lot of us..probably started forwarded when it turned green. But the bike remaining stationary longer, caused him to nudge the back tire of the bike.
I don't think the video shows more than a nudge.
Then it is too grainy to know, but allegedly the cyclist becomes SO ENRAGED by this 'accident', that BRYANT then apparently feels threatened.
THREATENED ENOUGH that he tries to flee. Clearly the cyclist has gone into road rage if he crawls onto hood.
The issue really is...HOW THREATENED WAS BRYANT - and was it justified.
I don't know...But I suspect a jury will find him innocent.
IT COMES DOWN TO ROAD RAGE. Yes he nudged the back of the bike ACCIDENTLY!! Does that justify the cyclist going into rage???
We will see!!
At the red light..Bryant..like a lot of us..probably started forwarded when it turned green. But the bike remaining stationary longer, caused him to nudge the back tire of the bike.
I don't think the video shows more than a nudge.
Then it is too grainy to know, but allegedly the cyclist becomes SO ENRAGED by this 'accident', that BRYANT then apparently feels threatened.
THREATENED ENOUGH that he tries to flee. Clearly the cyclist has gone into road rage if he crawls onto hood.
The issue really is...HOW THREATENED WAS BRYANT - and was it justified.
I don't know...But I suspect a jury will find him innocent.
IT COMES DOWN TO ROAD RAGE. Yes he nudged the back of the bike ACCIDENTLY!! Does that justify the cyclist going into rage???
We will see!!
Maybe you're wrong....
You are still trying to justify Bryant's behaviour. I think that it may be too late for that.
Did it ever occur to you that he may have fallen onto the hood of the car from his bicycle being tapped from behind. Perhaps he lost his balance.
You are still trying to justify Bryant's behaviour. I think that it may be too late for that.
A "nudge"? ...he put him up on the hood he pushed him so hard.
To me, it looks like Bryant was probably pissed at Sheppard when he swung in front of his car at the light. Maybe their paths crossed earlier up the road...you know what it is like trying to pass a cyclist, only to have them ride between cars, thru stop signs etc.
In this day and age, you would think just once we get a clear security video. Who designs these things...fuk'n lawyers?
To me, it looks like Bryant was probably pissed at Sheppard when he swung in front of his car at the light. Maybe their paths crossed earlier up the road...you know what it is like trying to pass a cyclist, only to have them ride between cars, thru stop signs etc.
In this day and age, you would think just once we get a clear security video. Who designs these things...fuk'n lawyers?
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C'mon fmahovalich, the video shows him pushing Sheppard forward about a car length and Sheppard being knocked off his bike. Sheppard was directly in front of him and not moving. Even a green light doesn't excuse that kind of driving, that looks pretty clearly like he did it on purpose. Check the timing on the video, Bryant flees immediately after he hits the bike, he backs up then takes off. There is no way Sheppard had to to establish himself as a threat, he wasn't even standing before Bryant had the car in forward.
guilty
Thats what I was thinking also
Does anyone else find Bryant's behaviour odd when he was sitting in the back of the police cruiser??
Bryant is seeing his life flash in front of his eyes that's why. He was just realizeing where he was, what he has done, and now he's going into the system and he's losing it.
In looking at the video a few times:
Bryant is stopped, cyclist disobeys traffic law and comes flying up on the outside passing stopped cars and cutting in front of motorist. Cyclist should have stayed on right and waited in line like the rest of the cars, but instead, cyclist figures rules of the road don't apply to him and passes the stopped cars by crossing the yellow line and utilizing the oncoming lane as a way to get ahead in the traffic.
Now, that said, the construction had Bloor down to one lane in each direction which created an entirely different situation. I sure hope for that construction company's sake that they had the proper signage in place warning drivers (and cyclists alike) that there was constuction and lane restrictions ahead. MTO has very specific requirements for constricting traffic due to construction. (If proper signage was not in place, cyclist could have made the arguement that he did not understand the traffic implications and was actually in what would have normally been the westbound lane.)
Note how quickly cyclist swerves in front of motorist because the cyclist saw the oncoming traffic coming at him fast.
Motorist is infurated at the cyclist for cutting the line up and swerving right in front of him.
Cyclist is now stopped at light for whatever reason. (Not known in that video.) Bryant is furious that he has been both cut off and is now waiting at a green light. (Maybe cyclist wanted to turn right and was waiting for pedestrians, maybe cyclist is having at it with the motorist, maybe cyclist is inebriated and hasn't realized the light turned green, or maybe his foot just slipped off the pedal.
In either case, it doesn't really matter and it doesn't give Bryant the right to hit the gas and throw the cyclist up on his hood.
To me - Bryant is the one who escalated the situation, not the cyclist.
I made the point earlier, why didn't the cops give Bryant a breathalizer? He looked loaded in the cop car. I would love to see the dinner bill. Anniversary celebration and no wine, doubt it.
My earlier decision confirmed by the video.
By the way, no driver has the right to so much as nudge anyone ever regardless of the situation.
After 1st reports I was totally on Bryants side. After watching the vids, I think Bryant is in a heap of trouble. Looks like he bumps the cyclist, backs up and then takes off immediately,with Sheppard knocked onto the hood of the car. NOT GOOD.
Except at that time I dont think the cyclist had died yet.
Didnt they keep him alive in the hospital a few hours after the incident??
You guys have great eyes....it's too blurry for me to make this out in such detail.
There must be other security videos.
There must be other security videos.
Another thing, how do we know this video is really him??
Maybe some joker rented a convertible, shot some fake video and put it on youtube
Maybe some joker rented a convertible, shot some fake video and put it on youtube
