I've been sort of sitting on this for a couple of weeks because the string was still untangling but its seems there's some resolution in the case now so I wanted to vent a bit.
I have an uncle out in AZ. He's not blood and has been divorced from my aunt for decades but he's a good guy and my cousins' dad. We keep tabs on each other the way long distance relatives of this type do.
Last week I get a call telling me that George (my uncle) was a victim in a road rage incident and was in the ICU. As it turns out, he wouldn't let someone merge into traffic with him. That guy caught up to him at a red light, approached his car, reached into the car, punched him, and dragged him out of the car. Then, he left him there for dead and took off with the girl who was in the car with him.
George is going to be okay. He'll make a full recovery. In a weirdly fortunate way, he had a brain bleed. I say fortunate both because he needed no treatment for it and because it bumped this misdemeanor up to a felony. LE went full bore to find the guy.
As it turns out, the guy had a twinge of guilt and called 911 minutes later to check on the welfare of the victim. Unfortunately for him, he did so as he was walking into a Circle K with a camera. They plastered his picture on TV and his boss turned him in. The s*#tbag had shaved his beard and close cut his hair to change his appearance.
He is 26 years old. George is 72.
So, I'm pissed at the brave, brave 26 year old who beat up an old man over traffic BS but, frankly, I'm pissed at George too. This my family doesn't want to hear so I'm venting here. George is a retired cop. He should know better than to get involved in an altercation like this. Why the hell did he roll his window down for this guy? I hope to God it wasn't because he was instigating but even if it was to calm the guy down it was stupid.
Remember guys, nothing in traffic is worth beating anyone over or taking a beating for. Let the a-holes get in front of you where you can see them an avoid them. Thanks for reading. The links below are the news stories on this if you're interested.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/road-rage-beating-sends-elderly-man-to-icu-4-11-2011
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/road-rage-victim-speaks-out-on-vicious-beating-4-12-2011
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/man-wanted-for-questioning-in-road-rage-beating-4-13-2011
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/man-arrested-in-vicious-road-rage-assault-4-14-2011
I have an uncle out in AZ. He's not blood and has been divorced from my aunt for decades but he's a good guy and my cousins' dad. We keep tabs on each other the way long distance relatives of this type do.
Last week I get a call telling me that George (my uncle) was a victim in a road rage incident and was in the ICU. As it turns out, he wouldn't let someone merge into traffic with him. That guy caught up to him at a red light, approached his car, reached into the car, punched him, and dragged him out of the car. Then, he left him there for dead and took off with the girl who was in the car with him.
George is going to be okay. He'll make a full recovery. In a weirdly fortunate way, he had a brain bleed. I say fortunate both because he needed no treatment for it and because it bumped this misdemeanor up to a felony. LE went full bore to find the guy.
As it turns out, the guy had a twinge of guilt and called 911 minutes later to check on the welfare of the victim. Unfortunately for him, he did so as he was walking into a Circle K with a camera. They plastered his picture on TV and his boss turned him in. The s*#tbag had shaved his beard and close cut his hair to change his appearance.
He is 26 years old. George is 72.
So, I'm pissed at the brave, brave 26 year old who beat up an old man over traffic BS but, frankly, I'm pissed at George too. This my family doesn't want to hear so I'm venting here. George is a retired cop. He should know better than to get involved in an altercation like this. Why the hell did he roll his window down for this guy? I hope to God it wasn't because he was instigating but even if it was to calm the guy down it was stupid.
Remember guys, nothing in traffic is worth beating anyone over or taking a beating for. Let the a-holes get in front of you where you can see them an avoid them. Thanks for reading. The links below are the news stories on this if you're interested.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/road-rage-beating-sends-elderly-man-to-icu-4-11-2011
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/road-rage-victim-speaks-out-on-vicious-beating-4-12-2011
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/man-wanted-for-questioning-in-road-rage-beating-4-13-2011
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/man-arrested-in-vicious-road-rage-assault-4-14-2011