Cyclist Charged With Assaulting Teenagers Who Posted Fliers Against Police Brutality

[zipplewrath]

Source: NYT

The Maryland-National Capital Park Police said the cyclist, Anthony Brennan III, 60, of Kensington, Md., was tracked down after the agency received hundreds of tips from people who had seen the video, which has been viewed more than 29 million times on Twitter.

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Looks like they actually caught the guy.

[Bengus81]

1. They caught that ASSHOLE....YES!!!!!!!!

Yet another Trump lover who never looks quite so bad ass in a mug shot.

Listen to Mr. tough ass now:

“I am sick with remorse for the pain and fear I caused the victims on the trail, and online,” Mr. Brennan said in a statement released by his lawyers, Andrew Jezic and David Moyse. “I am cooperating fully with authorities. I am committed to making amends by addressing, through counseling, the underlying issues that led to my abhorrent behavior.”

LOCK HIM UP!!
LOCK HIM UP!!

[BComplex]

2. Bullshit. He was too strong a believer. His lawyer told him exactly what to say to slide on this.

He might get a slap on the wrist if the families of those teenagers don't go after him with everything they've got.

[rurallib]

16. translated "I am really sorry I got caught -

I really thought I could get away with it. I don't want to lose my job or business."

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Who Knew People Video Everything?

Well, except for all of us with functioning brains.
He saw a guy recording and still did it.
He's either all in as a cult member or he's got rage issues.
Either way, there's no alleged here. There's video of him putting his hands on children he doesn't even know.

[Bengus81]

33. Those Trump humpers can't stop themselves even when they know video is rolling.........

I've seen it time and time again.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Obviously Correct

Chauvin looked right at the camera on 2 different videos when he killed Floyd.
Figured nothing bad would happen to him.
To Him!!!! The guy he killed? Too busy smirking at the camera to care.

[christx30]

71. Because they think they are in the right.

And I love seeing them shown the error of their ways. I just wish I had a picture of this guy in handcuffs.

[NonPC]

3. Maybe a Few Months in Prison Will Help Him

He needs to be made an example of. I'm sure he is sick with remorse -- NOT.

[Traildogbob]

31. Save the money for incarceration

Just give the parents of those young Woke, brave kids an hour with him. The father and mother of that young girl he went after and touched, should have a little consultation with him.

[hibbing]

4. The video is shocking

How much anger does one have to have to stop, get off the bike, and go after a little girl? Typical Trumpster I'm sure.

Peace

[erronis]

12. When I looked at the video I thought I saw a sexual grab at the girl. Maybe it was just the papers,

but imagine if this bicyclist was not a rich white well-lawyered type? (Like trump).

[George II]

5. Here's the guy:

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Intolerance, self-righteousness, lack of respect for norms and boundaries

Sicko!

[Grokenstein]

15. Red???

[RVN VET71]

18. Yep. My first thought, too!

[Grokenstein]

23. Dresses like Red, acts like Clarence Boddicker.

(Still have a hard time accepting that this is the same actor. Kurtwood Smith, you something else.)

[3Hotdogs]

27. Have some sympathy.

--poor fuck had a tracheotomy. That's why he gotta wear his mask over his throat.

[Bengus81]

6. 30 years max. Give him 29...one year knocked off for wearing a face mask

[bluestarone]

8. JAIL TIME!!!! THEN

When he serves his jail time, he have community service POSTING BLACK LIVES MATTER posters!!!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Stated in another thread his brother is a Rethug federal judge....

so this one should be watched closely for political interference. Oh, and he will accept "through counseling".

Anthony, they do that in most prisons.....

[csziggy]

49. He's SIXTY years old - he should have gotten counseling a long time ago

For his uncontrolled anger issues!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

52. I think this is a result of people who have existed unquestioned.....

in a hard right-wing social and mental authoritarian bubble for years that lose their temper when challenged. We have a very serious mental deformity called right-wing brainwashing in our nation, perhaps afflicting 50-million people to varying degrees. I'm not sure there's a practical cure other than them just dying out.

I do agree that this guy may have a history of bad anger control that's gone untreated. It's bad when a grown man can't hold his temper and let other folks be regardless of his politics. It will be interesting to see what comes out in his trial.

It appeared to me he went into serious rage mode......

[csziggy]

53. It almost looked like 'roid rage to me

But I stay away from anyone I get a hint of rage vibe from.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

54. Fitness freak, eh?

Unfortunately for him, that won't work as a defense.

The most striking thing about the guy for me was the way he walked, almost ape-like. It looked like he had a serious back or hip problem.

[solara]

9. The people he assaulted

weren't all teenagers. He ripped the fliers out of the hands of what looks to be a little girl.
The others may have been teens, but she most likely wasn't.

Big man..attacking little girls and teenagers.

Typical trumpian legacy.

Something to Remember Come November

[RVN VET71]

20. He needs to star in a Lincoln Project ad

Put it on TV about October, as a reminder of who these people actually are. And remember, this dirtbag is just one of millions -- yes, dammit, millions -- who think like him and would have done the same thing. So the real adults in America need to remember on November 3rd exactly who the opposition to Biden and democracy actually comprises.

I am so glad this person was apprehended.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. I Think She Was 11

Tough guy! Then used a bike against the grown male. And the guy was not braced for that burst of rage.
Gladly, he didn't hurt anybody badly, but that was just luck. If he had hurt them, he wouldn't care.

[byronius]

11. I'm not a believer in capital punishment.

But.

[Polybius]

57. You would consider the death penalty for this guy?

This doesn't even come close to a capital offense. Sure, he's an asshole, but the death penalty for assault?

[byronius]

68. Nah.

Momentary lapse of reason. I had a father kind of like that. Full of fury and spectacle and sliverback violence, and the sight triggered something in me.

Theoretically, however -- I would recommend excluding this person from society until he's fixed. A grown man who attacks three children -- this is more than a fine. This is serious business. You can't let him roam around free because he artfully apologizes. He needs a reset.

And to be brutally frank -- I'm a parent. An adult that attacked and traumatized my children -- I won't even say it out loud. But I can tell you the thought brings out the Very Worst in me.

[appleannie1]

13. He was fired from his place of employment over it also.

https://aminerdetail.com/AnthonyBrennanBethesda

[C Moon]

14. When I first saw the video, I thought they were younger: 10 or so. The article says they're 18-19.

Either way, it looks like he may do time. I was reading that Maryland is tough on assault charges.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. I Read The Youngest Was 11

Somebody got the facts wrong, for sure.

[SayItLoud]

17. Where does he: live, work, workout, eat, shop, pray(sarcasm), vacation, drink, socialize,

post to social media? I want to know it all. The law may let him skate with a slap on the wrist and warning but we should not.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Well, We Can Forget About Where He Works!

He got fired. See post 13. Good link there.

[Ptah]

35. He is still guilty of assault, regardless of his regret.

[Amy-Strange]

38. I agree, except...

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shouldn't we say he's allegedly guilty of assault.

Remember, innocent until proven guilty to a jury of his peers.

Aren't we better than republicans?
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[blugbox]

39. There's video of him doing it

Even if he is somehow ruled "innocent" in court... He still did it.

[Amy-Strange]

40. True, but...

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I wouldn't want anyone to call me guilty of something, until I've had my day in court.
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[Bengus81]

41. I wouldn't either unless it was clear as hell in a video and audio........

That asshat knew that his pic was going around on social media,I think he already had a lawyer. He could have just turned himself in early on but decided to wait until a knock on the door.

Then the "I'm so sorry" BS starts flying.

[Amy-Strange]

43. I don't know if he's sincere or not, but

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I am disappointed that democrats are acting no better than the republicans who say the same thing about Drew Brees when he apologized for not understanding why he was wrong about kneeling.
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[Ptah]

44. I'm not speaking for we, I'm speaking for me.

He is guilty.

[Amy-Strange]

46. Let's lynch him...

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Why bother with a trial?</sarcasm>
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[Ptah]

48. .

[LanternWaste]

76. Lazy thinking to pretend our opinions, lacking in any consequence, is a lynching.

It trivializes the real thing and reflects very poorly on your character and critical thinking skills.

[LanternWaste]

75. Guilt and innocence are determined by courts of law... not by our opinions.

Our opinions to that same guilt or innocence are without wholly consequence.... so I'm not really sure what your problem with the non-binding opinions of other people is. and I sure as hell don't get why you think holding an opinion of guilt is akin to being a Republican.

It seems yours is simply lazy thinking predicated on bumper sticker sloganeering... else your sentiment would have read, "Aren't we allegedly better than republicans?"

[bucolic_frolic]

36. Please don't ignore the facts of criminal law

and gaslighting is no excuse

[Amy-Strange]

37. I'm not ignoring the law.

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I'm commenting on the fact that he may really be contrite, just like I think Brees was also contrite, but that doesn't change the fact that he allegedly broke a law.
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[Iggo]

42. Fuck him. And fuck Drew Brees, too.

They're sad everybody's mad at them.

That's about as far as their contrition goes.

[Amy-Strange]

45. Really?

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So where's your proof that Brees wasn't sincere?
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[Iggo]

47. Yes, really.

Where's your proof that he is?

[Amy-Strange]

50. Benefit of the doubt, and...

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waiting to see what they do going forward.

That's the real proof.
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[Iggo]

61. Benefit of the doubt and waiting to see what happens?

Aw.

[Amy-Strange]

51. I also can't figure out why this is any different than...

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a racist thinking someone is up to something bad just because their black?

Just because they might be a republican, doesn't mean they aren't sincere.
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[qwlauren35]

55. Hmmm...

I will accept that you think he is sincere.

I still want him arrested, tried and, based on the film, convicted. And when he is convicted, I want him sentenced to the fullest extent of the law. No time off for "contriteness".

Moreover, I do not want his testimony of "contriteness" to be admissible in court. It should have no bearing on the case.

I would have a tad more respect for him if he pled guilty while he was making his statement of contriteness, and accepted the sentence that is warranted for assaulting an 11 year old girl.

I don't think this has anything to do with my political party. I am not putting a title to him, like "racist". I am going strictly by the video. He assaulted a child.

I don't see how anyone can justify assaulting an 11 year old child.

Anyone, in my mind, who justifies his behavior, is likely to be racist. Because there is NO justification for what he did.

[Javaman]

56. +1 nt

[Amy-Strange]

60. What if he does plead guilty...

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and takes the consequences?

Anyone can be contrite, but the real proof is what they do after.

But of course, if they're trying to put him in prison for a really long time, then I really can't blame him for pleading not guilty.
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[qwlauren35]

69. I'm not sure what you want.

I'm fine with him pleading guilty.

[Withywindle]

66. I had no idea who Drew Brees was until now

Sorry, football has no relevance to my life whatsoever, no dis to people who are into it....

I don't understand the connection of him to the cyclist rightfully arrested for assault. The person bringing it up is just massively derailing, and sounds like they're hungry for pizza. I hope they get a delivery soon.

[Iggo]

70. The person was arguing in circles...

...in an effort to defend a man who attacked a child, and a clueless quarterback who is at best an ignorant racist.

I had to quit the field. I couldn’t even find the goalposts anymore!

[zipplewrath]

58. Contrite when caught

the concern is always that they become contrite when caught.

[Amy-Strange]

59. They?

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I guess I must be one of them, because I always get contrite when I'm caught.

Sometimes it's real, and sometimes it's not.
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[Iggo]

62. Okay, that's enough.

[zipplewrath]

63. When you get caught

That's not contrite, that's self serving. You don't care about the cause, you care about the consequences

[Amy-Strange]

64. Maybe, but...

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someone can certainly be contrite for real after they've been caught, even if it is self-serving.

After all, even a lot of good people are self-serving in their reasons for doing or being good.
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[Withywindle]

67. Who cares if they're contrite when caught?

Good people don't do that shit to begin with.

There is literally nothing in that video of what Anthony Brennan III did that was OK. It was not OK. It was awful. It will cause lasting emotional damage in children that can't be fixed. This will be a traumatic memory for the rest of their lives.

He can apologize, of course. It is literally the very least he can do. He still needs a jail term.

[Withywindle]

65. I don't care if he's contrite or not

At age 60, he should damn well know that it's not OK to physically assault and terrorize kids because they have a political position he doesn't like. The video showed a man acting out in a scary level of rage, and if his anger management is that far out of control, then the only reason he's lived this long is privilege.

Why on earth are you reading articles on Fox anyway? That's a source I guarantee you no one here takes seriously.

[LiberalFighter]

26. It won't be enought to spend some time in jail.

Which probably won't happen. But a bit of public shame might do a better job.

[richdj25]

28. Oh man - I use to

live in Kensington, for about 4 years.

[rainin]

29. People who knew him personally couldn't wait to turn him in. LOL

[FailureToCommunicate]

30. Oh, wait. He's a white guy?

Never mind.

[Talitha]

32. He could have just kept cycling by but he made a choice. A bad choice.

Sure, the guy is sorry - after the fact. After he got caught and hauled in.

You know, I honestly hope the Parents of these kids go after the goon with everything they have. He had absolutely no right to abuse them - verbally or physically. I hope he's ruined his life.

[Iggo]

72. Yep, it'd be a whole different world for him today if he had just acted like a decent human being.

[dixiegrrrrl]

73. Twitter....the virtual milk carton. n/t

[Yeehah]

74. Asshole needs some jail time

and lots of anger management therapy......at his own expense.