Quite seriously, I've nearly hit dozens of psycho cyclists who illegally violate the rules of the road by weaving past stopped cars at relatively high speeds instead of acting like any other road vehicle.
In this case the driver hit a cyclist who was STOPPED on the road in front of him, so I don't think anything you just wrote is relevant at all.
Well... unless Bryant has the exact same ill-informed biases that you do, and brought that attitude to the situation. Through that biased lens a cyclist who is STOPPED on the road might appear to be "asking for it".
Maybe you should pass along your ideas to the prosecution, it really might help them flesh out the "motive" part of their case!
There is absolutely nothing on either video that shows conclusively what was SAID, when it was said, and what the hell else was happening in context when all this went down.
That's true. If there is ANY evidence that Bryant was aware of the bicycle before the initial collision--say that he was shouting at him to get out of the way--that will put Bryant away for a long time. That would turn that initial "accident" into assault with a weapon, and totally blow away any claim of self-defenes by Bryant.
All this "bikers are saints" garbage is what set me off - if ANY driver pulled what bikes get away with in this town, it would make the news every night.
Practically every car driver I know *routinely* violates the rules of the road. Moreover the stats show that in 60-70% of car/bike accidents it is the car driver who is at fault.
Most infractions by car drivers, like most infractions by cyclists, are relatively minor affairs--rolling through a stop sign on a bike strikes me as safer than, say, speeding.
But don't give me any bull crap about how car drivers follow the rules of the road--I don't know ANY car drivers who routinely follow the rules. Not one.
I bet you don't follow the rules of the road either, I bet you are some hippocrite car driver who routinely speeds, fails to properly signal. You probably talk on your cell phone while driving. You probably pass cyclists without giving them a full meter's berth. You probably turn right on red without coming to a complete stop and drive backwards on one-way streets when you miss your turn.
Quit with the hypocrisy about how cyclists are the only ones who violate the rules of the road--when you follow the rules perfectly, every rule, THEN you can talk.