Two people were reportedly treated in hospital yesterday evening after the driver of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) crashed into a group of protestors on bikes in New York City’s Flatiron District yesterday evening.
The New York Daily News reports that the incident, which was caught on camera, happened on 5th Avenue near Madison Square Park a little after 7.15pm on Saturday evening.
The person filming can be heard repeatedly saying “Oh shit!” as the Infiniti SUV was driven past at speed before crashing into some of the cyclists.
The injured were attended to by other protestors pending arrival of paramedics.
According to the newspaper, the driver fled the scene, and police were still trying to track the motorist down on Saturday evening.
Car sped up and hit a few people on bikes about 45 minutes ago near Madison Square Park in NYC. Group appeared to be a bike riders protest. One witness told us they saw 5 ambulances on the scene https://t.co/nszZNxztAt
— @SCOOTERCASTER (FNTV) (@ScooterCasterNY) October 4, 2020
33 thoughts on “SUV driver crashes into cycling protestors in New York City (+ video)”
Yet another American domestic
Yet another American domestic terrorist incident?
He should “Stand Down and
He should “Stand Down and Stand By”
Proud Boys have every right
Proud Boys have every right to stand up for the USA as a contrast to what
Antifa do.
One is simply not a proper
One is simply not a proper dictator without a willing cadre of well armed jack booted thugs who can operate outside of the accepted norms of policing by consent at one’s beck and call or, to coin a phrase, dog whistle.
Do you know who Proud Boys
Do you know who Proud Boys actually are?
When you say stand up for the
When you say stand up for the USA you mean stand up for the USA minus the women.
You know that saying: when in a hole stop digging.
So I take it that if you saw
So I take it that if you saw a protest in New Zealand that you didn’t agree with, maybe something against the facists supporting “him” from last year, that you will just drive your car into them not caring if you cause any serious injury and / or deaths. It is their fault for protesting and getting in your way.
His vehicle will have a right
His vehicle will have a right to drive through….
NZ Vegan Rider wrote:
Without groups like the Proud Boys and the tacit support they seem to enjoy from – er – the US government, there wouldn’t be any “fa” for Antifa to be “anti”…
Apparently fighting facism is
Apparently fighting facism is wrong it seems in the eyes of some.
brooksby wrote:
I’ve seen a few Proud Boys pictures over the last few days and they look like a very loving bunch of guys.
I don’t get why people want to be against the anti-fascists – so they want fascists running the country? Is it the non-violence that people find abhorrent?
The driver shouldn’t have
The driver shouldn’t have done it but the cyclists need to remember it’s still a public road and vehicles have a right to drive through.
NZ Vegan Rider wrote:
You’re joking, right?
this “person” is a troll don
this “person” is a troll don’t reply please. There are two others on this site (at least) you will recognise them and please don’t feed them either.
NZ Vegan Rider wrote:
They have a right to protest, a peaceful protest! That is not superceded by anybodies “right” to drive.
Nobody, nobody, has the right to use their multi ton vehicle as a weapon and use it to drive through people.
I don’t care how much you disagree with their protest, or how inconvenienced by it you are. Although I suspect this has more to do with inconvenience than an informed extreme disagreement.
Been on the chocolate milk
Been on the chocolate milk again eh?
With a large side order of
With a large side order of Skittles….
How long are you going to let
How long are you going to let these muppets spew their bile road.cc?
Indeed Road CC, don’t you
Indeed Road CC, don’t you have any mods: I am sure some of us here would be happy to do so for a free set of kit.
Lets get rid of the Trolls (you know who they are) so we can get back to actually debating the incident rather than being derailed by morons.
Imagine thinking they’ll pay
Imagine thinking they’d give you anything for the job. They want people like this, they drive engagement and interest!
True….click bait drives
True….click bait drives sites like this.
However, trolls drive hate which pushes people away from the site meaning overall, the site will lose clicks and die.
It’s not “bile” and I have
It’s not “bile” and I have every right to state an alternative opinion.
Its upto the police to arrest
Its upto the police to arrest slow moving traffic, people should be out trying to kill someone because theyre going slow
What??
What??
You believe that on a public
You believe that on a public road “vehicles have a right to drive through” human beings?
Dude, I don’t know whether you were trying to be funny, but either way stick to the comments section of the Daily Heil.
I’m really not quite sure how
I’m really not quite sure how to take that. You’re clearly not a cyclist, but are you even a human being?
Perhaps you should consider
Perhaps you should consider deleting your ridiculous comment, now!
Vehicles do not have any
Vehicles do not have any rights to use any particular stretch of road, neither does a driver. In fact, the driver needs a licence, and if you don’t comply with the rules of your licence (i.e. obeying traffic laws) then the authorities have the power to remove that licence and therefore them from the road. I hope this driver loses his permanently as like you he doesn’t seem to understand the basics of right & wrong let alone the finer details like the fact it isn’t a vehicle, but a driver, a person that’s both responsible and in the wrong here.
NZ Vegan Rider wrote:
Do you understand the basis of a protest? without cuasing harm, or damage, some level of inconvenience is required to get the message.
You can protest but make sure no one is inconvenienced seems like a strange position to take.
“Medic, medic!” Didn’t know
“Medic, medic!” Didn’t know it was a warzone.
You obviously have not seen
You obviously have not seen many videos from protests in America the last few years then?. Anyone who does one nowadays needs to ensure they have assigned medical personal to help against ramming cars, indiscrimenent night sticks or rubber bullets / tear gas firing or Milita men firing paint balls or illegally held assualt rifles into the crowd.
What should tehy have shouted
What should tehy have shouted I wonder. “civilian skilled in first aid, civilian skilled in first aid!” doesn’t seem to have the same urgency…..
I hope this person is banned
I hope this person is banned from driving. Using a vehicle as a weapon must surely be illegal, even in America.
I imagine SUVs are even more popular in the US than the UK, and it’s scary to think that there are people around who are prepared to drive them into people.