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[Xarpho's Return]

Armed cyclist points gun at undercover police officer in an unmarked unit resulting in marked police cars trying to pull the bicyclist over.

The guy tries to evade but is stopped by police:

It could've been that I was in the Central Florida area on vacation last week but I had instantly clocked it as Florida just on look and feel alone (stoplights, palm trees, Marathon gas station), not just "of course it's Florida".

the first thing they will tell you is to not point guns at people unless they are a deadly threat to you, which the undercover cop clearly wasn't.

The typical defense is "it's a two-ton vehicle coming at me, of course it's a deadly threat, reeeeeeeee".

 

[Markass the Worst]

The typical defense is "it's a two-ton vehicle coming at me, of course it's a deadly threat, reeeeeeeee".

If the driver is actually coming at you with his vehicle, then yes you have the right to point a gun and fire to stop the threat. But in the video the driver was just minding his own business behind the cyclist, he wasn't even passing him when he pointed the gun. Normal driving is not a deadly threat.

 

[BulkForceFive]

Also I don't know if I'm misunderstanding here or someone else more technically inclined can elaborate further for me, but what does he mean by "overclocking" a motor? I understand increasing the clock rate of a processor, just wondering if that's what he means. Does he mean just running more voltage through it than it's rated to handle or something else entirely? If so I'm not sure how great of an idea it is to modify a Chinese e-bike (Bafang is a Chinese company) given their propensity to spontaneously explode.

Yeah it's just gay nerds trying to apply their computer terms to mechanical stuff. 'Overvolting' is the correct term, and the motor can probably handle it (it just spins faster) but often it requires putting in an entirely new ESC as those are damaged by excess voltage. If he's done some home rewiring on the battery pack to increase the voltage (swapping cells from parallel to series) then he'll probably end up getting free bottom surgery when the pack explodes.

 

[unaboomer]

Armed cyclist points gun at undercover police officer in an unmarked unit resulting in marked police cars trying to pull the bicyclist over.

record scratch
freeze frame
"Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here."


"DAD HELP MEEE!!"

Apparently he's "finally" close to his parents which suggests they were not on good terms for most of his adult life:

Given that he's a convicted felon (according to the video) and is appearantly an Rx zombie with (prior?) drug issues, I assume his parents wrote him off as a failure-to-launch. After seeing this video and hearing his slurred hoodrat dialect, he's clearly not in the $5k carbon fiber spandex crowd. My theory is his militant cyclist persona is a tale of two copes: 1) he can't drive even if he wanted to because he's too poor or has a (revoked/suspended) license and 2) he's a white guy living in 65% nigger Rivieria Beach, FL* where showing force in mundane altercations is considered normal.

*Some of his videos were filmed in Riviera Beach, FL, but I have no proof he lives there as I don't have his dox. Given that he seems to be a low class pill popper by his own admission in this video, I assume he doesn't have the means to film travelling bike vlogs in exotic locations and Niggerville, FL is his real hometown.

Looks like this was archived already

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

It could've been that I was in the Central Florida area on vacation last week but I had instantly clocked it as Florida just on look and feel alone (stoplights, palm trees, Marathon gas station), not just "of course it's Florida".


The typical defense is "it's a two-ton vehicle coming at me, of course it's a deadly threat, reeeeeeeee".

One of the things they teach the cops is that it is very hard to stop car with bullet. You get the fuck out of the way and hide behind something big and huge.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

Wonder what his reddit account is. I hope more of these "people" decide to brandish guns at carbrains

He looks like more of the type of bicycle rider that rides the bike because he has gotten too many DUIs and thus can’t get insurance anymore rather than a urbanist soyboy

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Given that he's a convicted felon (according to the video) and is appearantly an Rx zombie with (prior?) drug issues, I assume his parents wrote him off as a failure-to-launch. After seeing this video and hearing his slurred hoodrat dialect, he's clearly not in the $5k carbon fiber spandex crowd. My theory is his militant cyclist persona is a tale of two copes: 1) he can't drive even if he wanted to because he's too poor or has a (revoked/suspended) license and 2) he's a white guy living in 65% nigger Rivieria Beach, FL* where showing force in mundane altercations is considered normal.

I'm not sure he is a convicted felon as all of these YouTube crime videos ("Teenagers FREAK OUT during sentencing", e.g.) often use misleading titles and thumbnails.

More likely he's just some drugged-out wigger and general wastrel who bought into "threaten motorists" because he can't drive for a variety of reasons...but there's heavy overlap between /r/fuckcars and ACAB types.

Probably better that it was the cops that caught him after he was waving a gun at them and not Tyrone and his pals, it would've ended even worse.

 

[LaxerBRO]

I'm not sure he is a convicted felon as all of these YouTube crime videos ("Teenagers FREAK OUT during sentencing", e.g.) often use misleading titles and thumbnails.

More likely he's just some drugged-out wigger and general wastrel who bought into "threaten motorists" because he can't drive for a variety of reasons...but there's heavy overlap between /r/fuckcars and ACAB types.

Probably better that it was the cops that caught him after he was waving a gun at them and not Tyrone and his pals, it would've ended even worse.

Still can't be in possession of a gun while being a drug user.

 

[indomitable snowman]

A hideous troon shared pictures of himself and his e-bike to /r/fuckcars:

Source (Archive)

Holy kyphosis tranny hunch Batman.



His bones will turn to dust the second he has a crash on his bike.

Armed cyclist points gun at undercover police officer in an unmarked unit resulting in marked police cars trying to pull the bicyclist over.

The guy tries to evade but is stopped by police:

retard is lucky cop didn't waste him right then when he was grabbing his gun.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Still can't be in possession of a gun while being a drug user.

Pretty sure that Florida is not cucked that if you're on prescription medications or a weed smoker you're not disbarred from owning a gun (though if he was really a felon then no, Florida law would ban him from that). Him openly admitting to smoking weed in front of a cop and the cop not caring about that too much also indicates drugs really weren't the problem.

It seems the cops were more pissed off at him aiming a loaded gun at them then anything else whether he had a conviction or not.

 

[anklyscr]

saltySeattle

Stopped reading right there. Knew it was going to be about a complete cunt

 

[quaawaa]

/r/fuckcars is really mad about Houston rebuilding an interchange:

By the way, NYC is spending 50% more to build one train tunnel and a handful of small bridges:

The Houston project is far larger in scope and far cheaper.

No, they didn't:


Their population has grown a ton:


Drivers are terrorists (reminder that /r/fuckcars supports Hamas):


Redditor lies about visiting downtown Houston and falsely claims that no restaurants are open at 6:00 PM on a Thursday:

Trivially verifiable as a complete lie (Google only shows a handful of the restaurants unless you zoom in):


No, the Texas AG sued Austin's public transit agency to force them actually build what they promised instead of embezzling the money:

What is the point of putting cars on trains? That's less space efficient than just driving the cars:

Houston is dumb, NASA is smart, so how can NASA be in Houston?

Houston will soon have four-day deliveries on Amazon:

Muh Big Oil:

What is a city if not "massive business park"?


One comment points out that the project, which switches from a viaduct to a sunken freeway (not shown in the video) "reconnects the neighborhood" (something urbanists claim to want) and acts as flood control device, but they got downvoted:


Source (Archive)

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Their population has grown a ton:

I’m starting to think the only kind of vooting that matters is with dollars and feet. Move to where you want to be and buy what you want to buy and ignore everyone else.

 

[indomitable snowman]

/r/fuckcars is really mad about Houston rebuilding an interchange:

Suddenly my spaghetti interchanges in City Skylines don't feel so fictional.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Redditor lies about visiting downtown Houston and falsely claims that no restaurants are open at 6:00 PM on a Thursday:
Trivially verifiable as a complete lie (Google only shows a handful of the restaurants unless you zoom in):

While I wanted to comment on a few other things from that thread, there is actually of an element to truth of that. Nearly all of the restaurants in downtown Houston are underground in food courts like stated, which are only open for lunch. The rest are either hotel restaurants or nightclubs. The main problem is that downtown Houston has still very little in the way of residential (relatively speaking). There are a few apartments, converted buildings (the Rice Hotel conversion was in 1998, an early project) but almost no retail otherwise. The closest grocery store is the Randalls on the other side of the Pierce Elevated (which is the elevated highway they're going to tear down and functionally replace with the double-deck section to "reconnect the neighborhood"--though there wasn't much in Midtown pre-highway).

While you can be snarky and point out that because of the light rail urbanists idolize, downtown residents can have "easy access" to retail and restaurants, such a particularly shitty Walmart (trust me on this) at the northern end of the Red Line, the reality is that in any given area commercial development doesn't really start in an area until the residential numbers reach critical mass; the only "Critical Mass" downtown has is their shitty bicycle takeover.

In the suburbs it's the same way, there could be lots of new home growth but the only commercial development in the immediate areas is a modern gas station with an attached fast food restaurant.

Compounding the problem is that while new suburban development can bring in business from anywhere, downtown businesses have to rely almost exclusively on local foot traffic. Combined with high rent you get a dearth of restaurants. The bars can survive because they work together as a bar district that serves as a destination.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Exactly - and this is why the once you hit a certain density suddenly all the restaurants cluster in the same area, etc.

In a pure truly rural area you have roadhouses that are literally just houses next to the road - once the suburb becomes a city all the restaurants will be in basically one or two places, because that’s where the traffic is and where people already go.

It’s only when you get some major change (new development, new freeway exit, etc) that businesses will gamble on “unknown” locations.

 

[Yamamura]

Yeah it's just gay nerds trying to apply their computer terms to mechanical stuff. 'Overvolting' is the correct term, and the motor can probably handle it (it just spins faster) but often it requires putting in an entirely new ESC as those are damaged by excess voltage. If he's done some home rewiring on the battery pack to increase the voltage (swapping cells from parallel to series) then he'll probably end up getting free bottom surgery when the pack explodes.

Oh right the battery packs of e-bikes are under where the rider sits. Gee I think I've just unlocked a new fear.

I’m starting to think the only kind of vooting that matters is with dollars and feet. Move to where you want to be and buy what you want to buy and ignore everyone else.

Just make sure the Californians don't follow you. The trick is to move somewhere the weather sucks. Doesn't always work, but it helps.

 

[DavidS877]

Just make sure the Californians don't follow you. The trick is to move somewhere the weather sucks. Doesn't always work, but it helps.

Luckily some of them at least don't like the fact that it rains 374 days/year in the PNW. Get to snow and the numbers will drop off even more.

 

[Seymour Duncan]

What is the point of putting cars on trains? That's less space efficient than just driving the cars:

The real point is long overnight services where you can just park your train in the carriage and convert a 12+ hour road trip into a good night's sleep and a 30 minute drive fresh after a shower and breakfast, around my parts those are very popular during skiing season as the rich city slicker families can just "teleport" to their destination with their SUVs already loaded with all the alpine gear. Implying that those hugely space and time inefficient luxury services are somehow viable as a road replacement is beyond idiocy.

 

[The Jewel of the Nile]

So I've never been to London, Paris and Shanghai but Tokyo and Moscow are absolutely full of cars with wide roads and a lot of parking spaces.
Redditor doesn't know what he's talking about and didn't bother to check anything else than top 3 photos on google images, more news at 11.