A group of cyclists got an early start on Bay State Bike Week Saturday night when they beat a motorist unconscious and left a second man injured in Cambridge's Central Square, police say.
According to police, a group of ten cyclists rode together down Mass. Ave. around 11pm on Saturday, swerving in and out of traffic. When a motorist swerved into traffic to avoid hitting an object, the cyclists allegedly became testy. They traded words with the driver that might well be called terms of estrangement before swarming the vehicle and stopping it by throwing a bike in its path, according to police.
One of the passengers was pulled out of the car and beaten. A second passenger left the car to aid his friend and was himself thrown to the ground and punched and kicked senseless. Police arrested two cyclists, who were charged with various offenses. Not on the booking paperwork: the charge of cycling douchebaggery. [Cambridge Chronicle]
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