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For the record, the numbskull who won't walk again was the felon who used his bike to block the Range Rover when the driver stopped after the initial road bump of the first idiot. Stupidly, the knucklehead remained in the saddle. When the Range Rover guy realized it was time to get him and his family out of there, he drove over Mr. Stupid and his bike. Viciousness has its consequences.
Where the Range Rover driver screwed up was to stop. When traffic got in his way, he should have reversed and knocked down whoever was behind him. Indeed, there was nothing any of the punks could do, besides skedaddle. A 5,000 lb Range Rover cannot be stopped by less than speed bump quality rice burners. He could have crushed them until they fled.... He should have, filling every emergency room on the west side of Manhattan.
From what I can see of the vid of Brake-Test boy's court appearance, he ain't injured, and in the original video it looks like he didn't even come off his bike.
Speed-Bump-Boy's family have apparently retained Gloria Allred, what a perfect match for the little snake. I take it there's juries in civil trials in NY? "No, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client was not involved in an unlawful confinement and a vicious attack on a family, he was checking on another rider who was, um, uninjured and was, um staying in his saddle to um, better facilitate the checking and, um, stayed in the saddle to um, restrain the, um, non-vicious attack on the, um, family in the SUV who are, um, like, rich and stuff, unlike my client who, um, is, ah, um..."