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01-15-2007, 11:55 PM

Gooserider wrote:
:: "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
:: news:12qnr8i94qr3qe1@news.supernews.com...
::: Ken C. M. wrote:
::::: Gooserider wrote:
:::::: Wow. And that's a bike friendly city. I hope the assailants are
:::::: caught and sent to prison.
::::::
:::::: http://www.katu.com/news/5184291.html
::::::
:::::: PORTLAND, Ore. - Two cyclists said they were attacked by three
:::::: teenagers near a north Portland bus stop on Wednesday.
::::::
:::::: The women, Ashley Gorman and her co-worker Heather Moles, were
:::::: riding their bikes home from work when the attack occurred near
:::::: Legacy Emanuel Hospital.
::::::
:::::: The cyclists said the teen girls were standing in the bike lane
:::::: waiting for the bus and they had to steer their bikes around the
:::::: group. The teens may have thought the cyclists rode too closely.
::::::
:::::: The next thing she knew, one of the teens kicked out Moles' tire,
:::::: causing her to fall.
::::::
:::::: "I felt the thud, and then the tire went, and I went skidding
:::::: into the road," Moles said.
::::::
:::::: That's when the beating began. Three teens punched both cyclists
:::::: in the head and dislocated Moles' shoulder.
::::::
:::::: Jonathan Corey was passing by and helped break up the fight,
:::::: pulling the teens off the cyclists.
::::::
:::::: "It became obvious who was the aggressor in the whole equation,"
:::::: he said.
::::::
:::::: Corey added that the assailants were ruthless.
::::::
:::::: "I felt like I almost didn't use enough force in retrospect as I
:::::: might have wanted to to make the thing stop," he said.
::::::
:::::: One witness heard a racial slur aimed at the cyclists, who said
:::::: they didn't hear it. The teens were black while the cyclists were
:::::: white.
::::::
:::::: The cyclists wonder whether race had anything to do with the
:::::: attack. They can't understand what caused it.
::::::
:::::: "I could imagine if we had said something but nothing was said,"
:::::: Gorman said.
::::::
:::::: Gorman suffered the worst beating. She went to the emergency room
:::::: but has no insurance to pay for it.
::::::
:::::: "I got bruised up pretty good," Gorman said. "I got my behind
:::::: handed to me."
::::::
:::::: A fourth teenager with the group apparently stood by during the
:::::: attack but then apologized afterward just before everybody
:::::: scattered and police arrived.
::::::
::::::
:::::
::::: And I thought Portland was generally regarded as very cyclist
::::: friendly! If thats friendly I would hate to see hostile.
:::
::: Surely you don't judge an entire city by the acts of a few stupid
::: teens....
:::
::: Strange (or
::::: maybe not) that race was mentioned in the article. I wonder if it
::::: was a predominately black (African American or whatever) part of
::::: town.
:::
::: Maybe it was just a random occurence. Who knows. Geez, people.
:::
:::
::
:: And MAYBE the black girls attacked two white women because they were
:: white, and did so while calling them racial slurs. Geez, Roger.

Given that you nor I were there, we'll never know. For all you know, one of
the women on bike could have said something to incite them.

01-15-2007, 11:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
Roger Zoul Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland Gooserider wrote: :: "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in message :: news:12qnr8i94qr3qe1@news.supernews.com... ::: Ken C. M. wrote: ::::: Gooserider wrote: :::::: Wow. And that's a bike friendly city. I hope the assailants are :::::: caught and sent to prison. :::::: :::::: http://www.katu.com/news/5184291.html :::::: :::::: PORTLAND, Ore. - Two cyclists said they were attacked by three :::::: teenagers near a north Portland bus stop on Wednesday. :::::: :::::: The women, Ashley Gorman and her co-worker Heather Moles, were :::::: riding their bikes home from work when the attack occurred near :::::: Legacy Emanuel Hospital. :::::: :::::: The cyclists said the teen girls were standing in the bike lane :::::: waiting for the bus and they had to steer their bikes around the :::::: group. The teens may have thought the cyclists rode too closely. :::::: :::::: The next thing she knew, one of the teens kicked out Moles' tire, :::::: causing her to fall. :::::: :::::: "I felt the thud, and then the tire went, and I went skidding :::::: into the road," Moles said. :::::: :::::: That's when the beating began. Three teens punched both cyclists :::::: in the head and dislocated Moles' shoulder. :::::: :::::: Jonathan Corey was passing by and helped break up the fight, :::::: pulling the teens off the cyclists. :::::: :::::: "It became obvious who was the aggressor in the whole equation," :::::: he said. :::::: :::::: Corey added that the assailants were ruthless. :::::: :::::: "I felt like I almost didn't use enough force in retrospect as I :::::: might have wanted to to make the thing stop," he said. :::::: :::::: One witness heard a racial slur aimed at the cyclists, who said :::::: they didn't hear it. The teens were black while the cyclists were :::::: white. :::::: :::::: The cyclists wonder whether race had anything to do with the :::::: attack. They can't understand what caused it. :::::: :::::: "I could imagine if we had said something but nothing was said," :::::: Gorman said. :::::: :::::: Gorman suffered the worst beating. She went to the emergency room :::::: but has no insurance to pay for it. :::::: :::::: "I got bruised up pretty good," Gorman said. "I got my behind :::::: handed to me." :::::: :::::: A fourth teenager with the group apparently stood by during the :::::: attack but then apologized afterward just before everybody :::::: scattered and police arrived. :::::: :::::: ::::: ::::: And I thought Portland was generally regarded as very cyclist ::::: friendly! If thats friendly I would hate to see hostile. ::: ::: Surely you don't judge an entire city by the acts of a few stupid ::: teens.... ::: ::: Strange (or ::::: maybe not) that race was mentioned in the article. I wonder if it ::::: was a predominately black (African American or whatever) part of ::::: town. ::: ::: Maybe it was just a random occurence. Who knows. Geez, people. ::: ::: :: :: And MAYBE the black girls attacked two white women because they were :: white, and did so while calling them racial slurs. Geez, Roger. Given that you nor I were there, we'll never know. For all you know, one of the women on bike could have said something to incite them.