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‘Violence for violence’s sake Sportbike lever is troubling,’ says cyclist attacked by youths on D.C. trail
They didn’t take his $500 bicycle. They ignored his cellphone. They didn’t want the $20 in his wallet. In fact, the victim said, “I didn’t hear a word.”And the lack of apparent motive is haunting the married father of two, who uses the trail regularly to bike between his office in the NoMa section of the District and his house in Silver Spring. The randomness of the attack near Third and S streets NE — and near the location of a surge of violent robberies two years ago — has made him more scared and more angry and left him wondering whether it’s time to give up pedal power in his commute.“I would be fine if they took my things,Coach Outlet Store Online, that I understand,” said the man, recovering at home from broken bones above his left eye and bruises too numerous to count. “But violence for violence’s sake is troubling.”D.C. police said the attack by as many as 15 youths occurred about 5:30 p.m. in the Eckington neighborhood. As the cyclist passed a group standing to the side of the trail, one broke away and punched him in the face,motorcycle brake lever, knocking him to the ground, police said.Others joined in, police said,clutch lever, and then the youths ran south toward the NoMa-New York Avenue Metro station. Investigators are checking whether nearby surveillance cameras captured the attack. No arrests have been made.Cmdr. Andrew Solberg, head of the 5th Police Dis Sportbike lever trict,SportBike Levers, called the as billet mirror sault isolated. He said officers patrol the trail on foot, bicycle and Segway. “I would like to reassure folks that the trail is very safe,” he said. “It’s very unfortunate that every once in a while there are acts of violence that take place.”About an hour before the attack,Coach Outlet, a lawyer riding home on a MARC commuter train said kids threw rocks at the last two rail cars as they passed the same spot. “Everyone ducked,” said the lawyer,Coach Factory Outlet, Peter Gimbrere, who comm Motorcycle lever utes on the Brunswick line to his home near Barnesville,motorcycle clutch, in northwestern Montgomery County. He said at least two windows were cracked.Terry Owens, a spokesman for the Maryland Transit Administration,adjustable handles, confirmed that youths were seen throwi sport bike accessories ng rocks at Train 875, which departed Union Station at 4:24 p.m. He said he had not heard reports of damage. He racing lever also said officials learned of the incident Wednesday from a passenger. D.C. police said they did not know about the rock-throwing incident.The eight-mile trail, connecting Silver Spring to Union Station, runs along the old Baltimore & O adjustable Lever hio railroad tracks, now used by freight and commuter lines and by Amtrak trains to Chicago. The popular bike route starts in suburban Maryland and winds through the District’s Fort Totten, Bloomingdale and Eckington neighborhoods before reaching downtown Washington.“We encourage people to bike, but the bottom line is that we need to reclaim these areas,” said D.C. Council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) , who represents communities along the Motorcycle Superstore trail, including Eckington. “We have to let these criminals, these cowards, know adjustable levers that we’re not going to tolerate it.” He said he will hold a crime summit June 20 to discuss Tuesday’s attack and violence in Edgewood and other nearby areas. |
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