Lord Jim, How Do You Put Up With The SF Insanity?

[MajGenl.Meade]

The picture suggest he's already "behind bars"... hehehe

But he's got a long way to go to equal this guy

[dales]

THE SF DA IS GOING TO GO AFTER THIS BUM

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/S-F- ... 497056.php

A cyclist facing four felony charges showed “despicable behavior” when he allegedly used a metal lock to attack a driver last month, smashing the car’s windows during a Critical Mass bike ride in San Francisco, the city’s top prosecutor said Thursday.

District Attorney George Gascón spoke after Ian Hespelt, 39, contested his bail amount in front of San Francisco Superior Court Judge Daniel Flores. It was Hespelt’s first court appearance since the Aug. 28 encounter during the monthly protest ride, which was captured on video and widely seen.

Flores lowered Hespelt’s bail from $145,000 to $90,000 in connection with charges filed by Gascón’s office of assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, throwing a substance at a vehicle and vandalism. Wearing orange jail garb and a distinctive handlebar mustache that police said helped them identify Hespelt, he did not enter a plea.

“If you engage in this kind of behavior, there will be consequences,” Gascón said. “We are operating under very congested road conditions. Whether they are driving, riding a bike or walking, people need to respect and understand each other.”

Gascón said Hespelt’s alleged actions not only endangered the safety of the victim, but threatened fellow cyclists who could have been hit when the driver sped away. The assailant, wearing a T-shirt advocating non-violence, was shown on video going after the Zipcar driver with a U-lock, shattering her window and coming within inches of the woman’s head.

“This was despicable behavior,” Gascon said. “If we allow this kind of behavior to go on with no threat, there is a public safety risk.”

Hespelt’s attorney, Justin Goodwin, said in a brief statement, “My client is deeply saddened and shocked that what began as a simple bike ride turned into these charges.”

[ HE'S ONLY SORRY THAT HE WAS CAUGHT, HAVING HIS BAIL REDUCED IS A MISTAKE.....IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE THAT SF IS WEAK ON CRIME.....OH, OH PERHAPS THAT'S TRUE
In the video, which was posted to YouTube, a pack of riders headed against the flow of traffic along Marina Boulevard near Lyon Street, when one man, identified as Hespelt, stopped in front of the Zipcar driver.

After shouting that she was hitting him, other cyclists surrounded the woman, who then backed up and tried to drive around them before being attacked. Officials estimated that Hespelt did $1,400 in damage to the Subaru Zipcar.

“He’s not only scaring a woman in a car, he’s also instigating others, saying she hit his bike,” Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Zudekoff said in court Thursday. “If that glass hit her in some way, it could have hurt her.”

The driver, who was not named, later spoke with police and gave a statement about what happened.

Hespelt, who was arrested Sept. 5, is due back in court Monday, when he may enter a plea.

Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky

[wesw]

oh look, someone scrawled L for loser on his shirt....

[oldr_n_wsr]

a simple bike ride turned into these charges.”

The bike ride had nothing to do with these charges. Your actions did. Take responsibility for them.

[Lord Jim]

I don't want to think about what he's using for mustache wax in the joint...

“My client is deeply saddened and shocked that what began as a simple bike ride turned into these charges him being a violent and dangerous asshole”

fixed...

[oldr_n_wsr]

Gotta love it

wearing a T-shirt advocating non-violence,

and

a pack of riders headed against the flow of traffic along Marina Boulevard near Lyon Street

They should revoke his cycling license.

[dales]

I don't want to think about what he's using for mustache wax in the joint...

Semen?

[Lord Jim]

I don't want to think about what he's using for mustache wax in the joint...

Semen?

Okay, now how long could I have gone without that mental image?

The rest of my life?

Not nearly long enough...

Several lifetimes?

Still doesn't begin to cover it...

Till the sun becomes a Red Giant and consumes the inner planets of the solar system, including the earth, in approximately five billion years?

Okay, well, that's getting closer...

Till "The Big Crunch" when the Universe stops expanding from The Big Bang and collapses back in on itself, ending all existence, in approximately 11 billion years?

Ahh, that's it...

[dales]

Have an extra martini (it's Friday, after all).

Perhaps two or three to erase the image from your mind.

[oldr_n_wsr]

You dwell too much on things LordJim. You have to learn to let it go.

[BoSoxGal]

Oh c'mon LJ, it could've been worse. He could have said he's using someone else's semen to wax that 'stache.

[Lord Jim]

[BoSoxGal]

[Econoline]

Here ya go, Jim!