SUV Runs Over Motorcyclists in Manhattan

By: Edward Cochrane
     Nearly two weeks ago in Manhattan Alex Lien was pulled out of his black SUV and beaten by a group of motorcyclists in front of his wife and daughter. This news spread like wildfire because of a video posted by one of the motorcyclists who had a camera attached to his helmet on YouTube a video sharing website and went viral almost instantly . The video begins with what seems like a large group of motorcyclists surrounding an SUV on a freeway, causing the driver to hit one of the motorcyclists with very little force.  The group to completely stopped, after about ten seconds of being consumed in a mob of agitated motorcyclists the SUV plows through the group running over two motorcyclist,the rest of the group attempts to catch the driver for about five minutes until finally they have the driver trapped in New York City traffic the video comes to an end as one of the motorcyclists approaches the car with his helmet in hand and smashes the driver seat window. The whole video and information released with the video seems vague, and biased towards the group of of motorcyclists.

    The New York City Police Department released an official statement, and information about the event after investigation saying that one of the rear view mirrors  of the SUV was broken by the motorcyclists before the incident, Lien was arrested with charges of reckless endangerment one of the victims of the incident Edwin Meises suffered injuries to his spine and it is likely he will be paralyzed for the rest of his life,One of the bikers James Kuehne was arrested on charges of assault for beating Lien with his helmet while he was on the ground,and another biker Wojciech Braszczok testified untruthfully claiming he did not witness the beating but the video evidence shows him breaking a window.In  Liens own defense he said he panicked because the bikers threatening actions posed an imminent threat to himself his wife and his daughter.

Here is a link to the video it is not the original, the original is hard to find with so many re-posts:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvJW8Up65og