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Harassment video stillNew York cyclist films harassment from driver and bystanders
Rafael Huerta was cycling along a South Williamsburg street, in New York when he was subjected to three bouts of harassment from a driver attempting to pass him.
What the driver didn't know was that he was filming the entire scene - and later posted it to YouTube.
The video below shows Huerta repeatedly being squeezed into the parked cars at the side of the road by a grey Toyota minivan. The driver eventually gets out and accused Huerta of harassing him, and then a number of bystanders join in, blocking the cyclist's path.
He panics and is forced to call 911 and is eventually helped out by a plain clothes policeman.
But Huerta urges viewers not to jump to conclusions about the altercation between the pair. He writes in the video's description: “Please refrain from using racial comments…This man doesn’t represent the Jewish community…And I don’t represent the biking community either.”
But cyclists in Williamsburg are not unused to heavy-handed treatment. Cyclists have recently been ticketed by police for riding along a quiet pavement to get onto a cycle bridge, thanks to poor signposting.
And in 2010 there was a heated row between Hasidic Jews in the area and cyclists over pedestrian safety around bike lanes.
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i do think that people who cycle around with cameras on their bike often go looking for trouble.
Williamsburg must be NY's equivilent of norfolk "you're not from round here are you"
But it is racism if you start to object to/about somebody just because they don't look/dress like you. It's not just bnp and ukip that are hogging all the ignorance.
So a minivan driver gets annoyed at being delayed a little by a cyclist, overtakes the cyclist & then slows down to prove what he was experiencing.
Why did the cyclist then want to get in front again twice? and overtake by squeezing through the narrow gap beside parked cars?
There are bad car drivers about(and cyclists too), you might be right, but don't argue with them; you won't win & you'll just waste your time & could get hurt/injured.
Big attitude problem from the beard - intolerant and manipulative in a nasty passive aggressive way - was he hoping to provoke a response from the cycle rider by preventing his free movement? - looks to me that he was creating something from nothing and waiting for others to get involved.
That is very very scary. And so are the comments on youtube. Glad I've moved from the big city to this tiny little village!
Wow that is one crazy bearded car driver. Several other bearded gentlemen got involved. I hope there is no connection between beard growth and bad driving.
Seriously, with parked cars the road was one car width, where exactly did the driver think he was supposed to ride? He had an opportunity to over take then made himself a problem. Fat Arse.
WOW, where did the gang come from? Its hard not to comment on them being Jewish, not in a racial on negative way, but just to describe them.
They all seem to just appear. I would have been on the phone to the police and felt threatened aswell. Why wouldn't he let him get on his way? The driver hadn't called the police to make a complaint. I don't understand his problem
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