The Michael Bryant - Allan Sheppard Bicycle Incident: Update Charges Dropped 5/25/10

[thelefteyeguy]

I couldn't believe what I had read in the star this morning either. A former Attorney General for Ontario involved in a hit and run!

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/689220

Sad day when people who should know better than anyone else does such a thing.

...seriously this surprises you? A politician in another scandal

too bad it wasnt Miller...but I think he rides a bike/public transit? (....i won't go there)

[Frankie3s]

...seriously this surprises you? A politician in another scandal

too bad it wasnt Miller...but I think he rides a bike/public transit? (....i won't go there)

Point well made. I should've known better since this guy was one of McGuinty's MPPs. And now he's working with David Miller!

[chickenbones]

Maybe the cyclist was trying to attack the driver after a minor bump? Witness say the cyclist jumped on the car with the top down and started to attack the driver. Maybe the driver was trying to get away while fighting off the attacker. I'm sorry the cyclist died, but if he was attacking the driver then I would probably drive evasively the same way.

[thelefteyeguy]

if this was flipped around...there would be a ban on cars in the city of Toronto...but now I think the city will be moving to a ban on Bicycles...it's just too dangerous for politicians driving their cars!

[thelefteyeguy]

Maybe the cyclist was trying to attack the driver after a minor bump? Witness say the cyclist jumped on the car with the top down and started to attack the driver. Maybe the driver was trying to get away while fighting off the attacker. I'm sorry the cyclist died, but if he was attacking the driver then I would probably drive evasively the same way.

...seriously? maybe my initial reaction was wrong...I would have stopped. But I guess that's dangerous too...who knows if the cyclist was a psycho or not.

[Winkle]

I dunno all the facts yet, 680 news this morning was reporting that the cyclist and driver got into a verbal altercation, the cyclist jumped on the car, and was dragged for about 150 m while holding onto the head rest and then slammed into a hydrant and died.

This looks real bad for the driver, and not defending him or anything but while we may know the end result we have no idea of the circumstances of the incident... I would need more details of this "altercation" before I can form an opinion.

[makilla]

our justice system is perfect how can you say anything against it, its just that some animals are more equal then others.

[starbright]

Maybe the cyclist was trying to attack the driver after a minor bump? Witness say the cyclist jumped on the car with the top down and started to attack the driver. Maybe the driver was trying to get away while fighting off the attacker. I'm sorry the cyclist died, but if he was attacking the driver then I would probably drive evasively the same way.

No, they did not say this.

[chickenbones]

...seriously? maybe my initial reaction was wrong...I would have stopped. But I guess that's dangerous too...who knows if the cyclist was a psycho or not.

Dude, if someone is pounding on your head you would try to flee not stop and get beat up.

Burrows would not confirm witness reports the cyclist jumped on the car after a collision around 9:45 p.m. on Bloor St., just west of St. Thomas St., and began fighting with the driver of a black Saab.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/689220

No, they did not say this.

[slowtyper]

Its possible. Its too early for comments as "I hope this SOB gets 10-20 years". Wait for the investigation to complete and the whole story to come out first.

[Winkle]

No, they did not say this.

Because its still under investigation and not all the facts have yet come to light.

[gilboman]

I couldn't believe what I had read in the star this morning either. A former Attorney General for Ontario involved in a hit and run!

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/689220

Sad day when people who should know better than anyone else does such a thing.

he hasn't been convicted yet, at most is alleged to be involved.

can we not assume guilt first?

[thelefteyeguy]

Dude, if someone is pounding on your head you would try to flee not stop and get beat up.




http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/689220

not sure I heard that part about pounding the head... BUT if that was the case...i would have put the metal to the pedal!

[starbright]

Because its still under investigation and not all the facts have yet come to light.

Then perhaps you shouldn't be posting your own speculation either.

And certainly not prefacing it with 'witnesses saw him attack the driver!'

[gilboman]

Its possible. Its too early for comments as "I hope this SOB gets 10-20 years". Wait for the investigation to complete and the whole story to come out first.

this is rfd, at most, people will read the title if even and then jump to conclusions.