[sustran] Re: [WorldCityBike] FW: [Cities-for-Mobility] Solidarity Address with cyclists attacked at bike event in Brazil

[Todd Edelman]

Hi,

I read that he is being indicted for "attempted murder" but I was not 
clear if it is just one charge or e.g. one charge per injured person.

- T

On 02/03/11 03:21, Carlosfelipe Pardo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There has been a very strong discussion between yesterday and today
> regarding this issue in the listgroups from Latin America (SUTP-LAC,
> Sustran-LAC, Cicloamerica, Cities for Mobility, Cicloviarios), which
> unfortunately is all in Spanish and Portuguese. World Streets has some
> information, and the evolution has been mainly characterized by pacific
> protests in Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, and even Santiago de Chile. There is
> also a very interesting letter written by the Union of Brazilian Cyclists
> (UCB) which was sent today to all media in Brazil, in which they propose
> that the driver does social work in a hospital and helps in treatment to the
> victims.
>
> Unfortunately, the driver was clever legally. He has a good lawyer, and he
> has said that he was acting to defend himself and out of fright (he was with
> his son - !!!! - in the car and said that the cyclists were about to do
> something bad to him). The result at this point is that he has been taken to
> a psychiatric hospital as a patient... it reminds me of a recent Batman
> movie...
>
> I think it would be very useful if we write a letter (in English, we can
> find someone to translate) to show that Sustran members are also concerned
> about these issues and demand justice. It would be a very nice complement to
> the work being done in Latin America.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos.
>
> On 1 March 2011 20:55, Cornie Huizenga<
> cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org>  wrote:
>
>> Dear Sujit,
>>
>> This is truley horrific.  I have also been thinking on what would be a good
>> manner to respond, in addition to ensuring that the guy who did is actually
>> apprehended.
>>
>> My thinking is that the people who were killed and injured were out on the
>> street because they were passionate about cycling and that they were trying
>> to make their voice heard.  Based on that I think that it is important to
>> give a face to the voices that were lost. What we could do is ask our
>> friends in Brazil to come up with short dignified presentation summarizing
>> who the victims were and what they stood for. Many of us have websites and
>> many us of organize conferences. We could run this presentations on our
>> websites and in our meetings to continue the campaign that they literally
>> died for.
>>
>> Cornie
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Sujit Patwardhan<
>> patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>> Dear Eric,
>>>
>>> This is one of the most horrific videos I have seen and it makes my blood
>>> boil.
>>>
>>> Can we do more than just express our solidarity to the innocent victims
>> of
>>> this deliberate murderous attack by the motorist?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sujit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM, eric britton<eric.britton at ecoplan.org
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Solidarity Address with cyclists attacked at bike event in Brazil*
>>>>
>>>> Cities for Mobility expresses its solidarity with the victims of a car
>>>> attack to cyclists which occurred during the critical mass bike
>>>> manifestation in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil on 25 February 2011.
>>> Our
>>>> thoughts are with the injured and their families. We wish them a fast
>>>> recovery.
>>>>
>>>> Link to the Video:
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://www.metatube.com/en/videos/51205/Driver-kill-cyclists-in-Critical-Mass-Porto-Alegre-Brazil/
>>>> Regards,
>>>> The CFM Coordination Office
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> City of Stuttgart, Germany
>>>> Coordination Office Cities for Mobility
>>>> Mayor's Policy Office
>>>> Mobility Department
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>>>>
>>>> Tel: +49 (0)711 216 - 85 01
>>>> Fax: +49 (0)711 216 - 61 05
>>>> E-Mail: cfm at stuttgart.de
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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