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Captain Matt wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:

Captain Matt wrote:America was founded by people who questioned authority.

So are you saying this guy was trying to take a stand against tyranny...LOL.

Sorry if that went over your head.

Captain Matt wrote:America was founded by people who questioned authority.

Furyataurus wrote:Here's the link for the GT thread: http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1001827" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Things go downhill fast for cyclist arrested in Fort Worth

FORT WORTH — A 23-year-old bicyclist rode right into trouble this week after making an apparent smart-aleck remark.

According to a report, a police officer had detained five people on a curb after a traffic stop in the 3900 block of White Settlement Road when the cyclist rode by them about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.

"Did y’all read them their rights first?" the cyclist said loudly as he pedaled past.

The remark drew the attention of the officer, who called for the cyclist to stop. "You don’t have a headlight on that bike," the officer said, according to the report.

Riding a bicycle without a headlight at night violates the Texas Transportation Code, the report states.

Things continued downhill when the cyclist ignored the officer and kept pedaling, prompting another officer to turn on his patrol car’s lights and chase the cyclist, the report states. Soon, another officer joined the pursuit.

The cyclist looked back at the pursuing officer, pedaled faster, hopped a curb, and rode through several driveways and yards. He stopped in the 3900 block of Monticello Drive, took off his backpack, threw his bike down and asked officers, "Why are y’all stopping me?"

The man was arrested on suspicion of evading arrest/detention.

But his troubles weren’t over.

According to the report, officers spotted the handle of a Glock pistol protruding from a mesh pocket on the man’s backpack. According to the report, the man has a concealed-handgun license. But because the gun was not concealed, he was also arrested on suspicion of unlawfully carrying a weapon by a license holder.

He was charged with both misdemeanors Thursday, court records show

mr.72 wrote:Cops get their egos bruised a little bit by a cyclist, suddenly they have prove his point by being overbearing jerks.

mr.72 wrote:Dude would not have been "evading arrest" if they weren't chasing him down in order to pump up their egos.

mr.72 wrote:They wouldn't have left whoever else they were harassing to go chase down the cyclist over the headlight unless they were defending their delicate egos

mr.72 wrote:.... indulged in this chase in order to stroke their egos.

mr.72 wrote:The point is that the police were jerks.
And we wonder why a lot of people don't trust the police?
And you guys wonder why gun owners tend to alienate others?

Furyataurus wrote:Apparently this cyclist has a brother who posted on Glock Talk about what happened. The GT'ers bashed his bro pretty hard. That thread is locked now.

mr.72 wrote:

Oldgringo wrote: I never intended to alienate anyone who didn't need alienating. I'm sure sorry if I've somehow offended you...that's for sure.

Not that anyone "needs alienating", but I wasn't talking about you. More like this comment:

One less spandex wearing yuppie screwing up traffic....works for me. Hope they took his bike

03Lightningrocks wrote:One less spandex wearing yuppie screwing up traffic....works for me. Hope they took his bike . What on earth was this clown thinking? Popping off at cops in the middle of an arrest??? I wonder if he could also be charged with some kind of interfering in an arrest type charge.

KD5NRH wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:So you figure the cop was wasting the other five peoples time? Must be nice to be clairvoyant.

It's called common sense; whatever it was wasn't worth missing the chance to smack down the impertinent peon who dared speak ill to the officer. If it wasn't that important, then he was wasting their time.

The punk on the bicycle popped off at the cops. That is not the same thing as failing to show proper deference.

That is exactly the same thing; he didn't harm them in any way, just didn't bow and scrape to their authority.

Aggie_engr wrote:Just to throw this one out there, police stated that just the "handle" was exposed. Could he get off because he was not 'knowingly' displaying his weapon? What if when he secured his gun in his backpack and somewhere along his bike ride it became exposed without his knowledge? In no way am I defending this guy for instigating police officers, I'm just curious about the technicalities of the law.

KD5NRH wrote:

Sangiovese wrote:I think we're pretty much in agreement that if he had rode past silently, none of us would be reading about him in the paper today.

Exactly; the safety violation wasn't worth the cop interrupting whatever he was wasting five other people's time with, and yet whatever that was, it was less important than smacking down some guy who didn't show proper deference to the uniform.