Police arrest bicyclist in San Francisco road rage attack

Police arrest bicyclist in San Francisco alley acerbity attack, Badge accept arrested a man they say is the Critical Mass bicyclist apparent on video blocking a San Francisco motorist afresh bashing her car with a U-lock as she approved to escape.

On Saturday, San Francisco badge on bike convoying abreast a music concert spotted Ian Hespelt on his bike and bent the mustachioed 39-year-old and his ride akin the description of the doubtable from the Aug. 28 incident.

Ian Hespelt

Bicyclist Ian Hespelt, accused of arresting a woman's car with a U-lock during a Critical Mass accident in San Fransisco, was arrested on Saturday and appointed on abomination charges.

Video of the adventure showed a accumulation of bicyclists, who badge anticipate were allotment of a Critical Mass “splinter group” that bald off from riders city and headed against the Golden Gate Bridge, surrounding a woman in a Zipcar and shouting at her and hitting her car.

Critical Mass riders cruise through city the endure Friday of every month.

The video, acquaint on YouTube, shows at atomic a dozen cyclists initially bridge Marina Boulevard in a apparent bridge afore council into lanes and against oncoming, apathetic traffic.

On the video, one cyclist appears to stop anon in foreground of a Zipcar, which boring all-overs advanced and bumps the bike’s tire.

“Hey, stop that!” the cyclist yells afore he lays down his bike in foreground of the car and walks to the driver’s window.

Other cyclists are apparent surrounding the car as added cars accumulate their distance.

“You ain’t traveling nowhere! Put it in park!” anyone is heard yelling.

“You’re absolutely traveling to run me over for endlessly for 5 minutes?” addition being is heard saying.

A cyclist, allegedly the one whose bike was bumped, is heard cogent the changeable disciplinarian that already badge access on the scene, “You’re done.”

Others bawl that she has boilerplate to go as about bisected a dozen cyclists beleaguer her car.

The video shows the disciplinarian aback up and beacon appropriate to go about the group, but they cycle in foreground of her again, accoutrement her. The disciplinarian is heard babble something to the cyclists about them continuing there, afresh boring rolls her car forward.

One man lifts his bike and slams it on top of her car hood. As the car rolls forward, addition cyclist begins smashing the awning with a U-lock. He aswell hits the driver’s ancillary window and a commuter window as the woman drives off.

Police say the man who burst the lock on the car was Hespelt.

He was appointed on suspicion of apocryphal imprisonment, advance with a baleful weapon, vandalism, maliciously and foolishly throwing a actuality at a car and abomination annoying a riot.

San Francisco badge agent Albie Esparza said that although no one complex in the adventure filed a badge report, authorities advised because of accessible absorption in the case and because it was bent on video.

The adventure took abode about 7 p.m. in the Marina district, Esparza said.

The antecedent acquaintance amid the woman’s car and the individual bike would be advised as a collision, Esparza said.

“The best affair [they] can do is alarm badge afore it escalated,” Esparza said. “One way or addition you’re traveling to accept to allotment the road, no amount what ancillary of the spectrum you’re on.

“Two wrongs don’t accomplish a right,” Esparza added. “Being amidst by bicyclists and accepting them befuddled at your car can agitation somebody.”
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