I love it. The protestors thought they had a right to block this guys travel, as a result he got his bike trashed and he didnt hurt anyone (thankfully).. this guy is a hero! Considering all the videos I've seen of people trying to drive slowly through crowds getting their car trashed I'd say this guy is completely justified, even if it may have potentially injured a protestor (thankfully it didnt)

https://youtu.be/pcMSqO1GECMa

@freemo Fuck you, they don't have any more right to those roads than any other taxpayer there. Those are our streets. And thankfully the law is on the side of the civilized today since he will be prosecuted for property damage and the endangerment he caused.

@penny The police already caught him, he is not being persecuted.

People have every right to the road, but the road is a shared resource what they dont have is a right to deny access to the road to others. If protesters want to cross the road or be in the road, they have that right, but only so far as they also permit others to use the road too.

@freemo No, when the people want to use the road for protests, markets, fairs, etc, they set up barricades indicating to traffic what to do because roads in used for events do not allow traffic. You should understand that the police in Portland have instigated every incident where it was declared unlawful and you should understand we will not let the government decide we can protest. Because they are our roads, and if people need to use them then we will, with barricades for safety and to redirect traffic as always

@penny Yes they are your roads, just like they are roads belonging to the driver going about his business. **you** do not get to take the road away from other citizens.

In the case of blockading roads for events, that is usually done on side roads that are not critical for transportation, roads you can easily navigate around. If you are taking over a main road needed for people to get to work and the hospital and to live, then no, you do not have that right, they do not belong solely to you.

I 100% support what this person did, its his roads too and this barricade was not done in consideration of that as other sanctioned barricades are.