Hollywood Stuntz gang assault: Difference between revisions

The altercation began when a [[sport utility vehicle]] (SUV) driven by motorist Alexian Lien came in contact with a group of motorcyclists in Lower Manhattan.<ref name="Attack by motorcyclists">{{cite news|last1=McKinley|first1=James|title=Driver Testifies About Attack by Motorcyclists on West Side Highway|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/nyregion/driver-testifies-about-attack-by-motorcyclists-on-west-side-highway.html?_r=0|agency=The New York Times|date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> Lien, 33, is a [[Chinese American]] [[banker]]. His wife and two-year-old daughter were also in the vehicle heading to New Jersey to celebrate the couple's anniversary.<ref name="China morning post">{{cite news|title=Bikers assault banker in New York highway clash|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1323010/bikers-assault-banker-new-york-highway-clash|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=October 3, 2013}}</ref> According to Lien, he dialed 911 after he saw several motorcycles run a red light and nearly hit a woman carrying a baby, but reached a New Jersey operator.<ref name="Attack by motorcyclists"/> He said the bikers were "popping wheelies" and slapping the tops of cars as they drove past and one motorcyclist was maneuvering to block other vehicles to allow the bikes to pass. Lien said he was "annoyed" and kept driving past. Following the incident, authorities familiar with motorcycle groups around New York stated that it was a common practice for these groups to "take over the entire highway for the purpose of slowing it down to allow others [other bikers] to race in front of them" to perform tricks and be free of other traffic.<ref name="reckless behavior">{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=David|title=2 Bikers Are Charged; Investigation Continues|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/nyregion/motorcyclist-struck-by-suv-is-arrested-and-charged-with-reckless-behavior.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 1, 2013}}</ref> His wife tossed a half-eaten plum and a water bottle at the bikers.<ref name=Long>{{cite news|last1=Long|first1=Colleen|title=Assault trial begins for undercover NYPD detective embroiled in biker melee with SUV driver|url=http://www.startribune.com/trial-begins-for-undercover-nypd-detective-in-biker-melee/304124631/|agency=Star Tribune|date=May 18, 2015}}</ref> According to Lien, one biker responded by punching the driver’s side mirror, shattering it while another was “waiving for other motorcyclists to come toward us, he was yelling at us and he was threatening us. He was screaming profanities at us, and he was also making slitting-throat gestures.”<ref name=testimony>{{Cite news|url = http://nypost.com/2015/05/18/dad-beaten-by-biker-gang-details-brutal-attack-in-testimony/|title = Dad publicly details biker gang beating for first time|last = Rosenberg|first = Rebecca|date = May 18, 2015|work = |access-date = |via = }}</ref>