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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on July 30, 2012 at 5:12am

Just overheard "what?"

A bicyclist and a police car go into a bar...

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Permalink Reply by Leah Jone on July 30, 2012 at 5:26am

Sarah Jindra from NPR tweeted it this morning, but that was all I saw/heard about it.

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Permalink Reply by Brian F Morrissey on July 30, 2012 at 7:31am

I saw it in the traffic report early this morning on WGN...at Chicago and Elizabeth, just west of the Kennedy.  Have heard nothing else, however.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn C. on July 31, 2012 at 10:55am

I hope the cyclist recovers. I have to admit that I'm not shocked by the callous comments condemning the cyclist before a full report is released.

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Permalink Reply by Don on July 31, 2012 at 11:09am

Ditto on both counts.  One of the best things about the Trib redesign is switching to Facebook comments.  Fewer trolls will attach their name and face to a post.  

I remember when that Polish/German girl a couple years ago was mowed down by a coked-up bus driver in Streeterville, even though she had the light.  Most of the comments on the Trib website were still blaming the victim though.  The car-first culture is going to take a generation or 2 (absent the type of effort that changed the mentality of West Coast drivers) to work itself out.

Shawn C. said:

I hope the cyclist recovers. I have to admit that I'm not shocked by the callous comments condemning the cyclist before a full report is released.

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Permalink Reply by Gerry G on July 31, 2012 at 5:04pm

Chicago Ave and Cambridge Ave / Kingsbury St, have a traffic signal, here.  

 

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 1, 2012 at 1:03am

I marked the more offensive comment as a violation.  That's the one that's gone.  I suspect we're not the only ones who objected to it.  The commenter suggested that the cyclist was attacking the police, should be arrested, etc.

Serge Lubomudrov said:

I've marked both of the comments as "violation," the one which is no longer there with a reason "don't be a moron." Not sure it was my objection that actually led to that comment's removal. Probably not.

h' said:

I only see one comment now?

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