Comments on: Bicyclist hit by blow dart on Ballard Bridge

By: munch

munch — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:13:50 +0000

Pinch and curl. Grasp it and clasp it. Grip it. Lick it.

By: ballardbizowner

ballardbizowner — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:54:25 +0000

Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I want an apology!!!!!

LOL

I need to quit giving my thoughts, my hot air is eroding the ozone, and contributing to the global warming!!!!

By: Name

Name — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:15:50 +0000

Did the police have the dart checked for aids?

By: Name

Name — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:08:05 +0000

Glad to hear it. One less cyclist on the road sounds great to me. Now if only all the rest of the cyclists will stop riding, life would be good.

By: revphil

revphil — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:12:53 +0000

was it a sexy dart?

joking. that sux. I hope its not dosed.

By: lovetheparkingchange

lovetheparkingchange — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:59:34 +0000

D batteries work well too. If some one hits me with a dart they better be ready to break a ton of traffic laws because I will catch up to them. You endanger my safety and I will will return the favor!

By: lovetheparkingchange

lovetheparkingchange — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:56:15 +0000

BBO is the one with all the hot air. Perhaps it was you going after bikers in name name of “Old Ballard”.

By: lovetheparkingchange

lovetheparkingchange — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:52:45 +0000

I think SeaSpidey is a potential suspect!

By: doug11

doug11 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:38:03 +0000

Critical Mass is indefensible. Entirely. And it does far more harm than good.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:34:59 +0000

“And for all you Cascade Biclycl Club defenders, where was the call from Cascade Bicycle Club for that person to turn himself/herself in? I'm just asking.”

Fair enough but by the same token I've yet to hear the Washington State AAA call for the motorist who fired the dart to turn themselves in. For that matter I can't recall the AAA ever asking for any motorist to turn themselves in for a crime committed with a car. Why should Cascade be any different? Cyclists may have a moral superiority complex but is that any worse than the entitlement complex of motorists who seem to think the roads exist solely for their personal use (never mind said roads existed LONG before cars were invented or that cyclists also pay taxes or what the law says with regards to sharing the road…)

By: SPG

SPG — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:30:17 +0000

Are you talking about the incident on Capitol Hill where the guy was late for his dinner reservation so he plowed his car into the crowd of Critical Mass riders, running over several of them before being stopped by other cyclists? Yeah, they didn't the cite the driver, though he intentionally tried to maim/kill a few people, but they did cite a few of the cyclists.
Or are you talking about the two guys who jumped out of their car and started beating up passing cyclists? Turned out they were cops of some kind, but they didn't pull out badges or ID themselves until someone tried to break up their fight.
I'm not a huge fan of Critical Mass, especially when it pulls in front of me, but big deal. You slow down and watch it go by just like a parade or a funeral procession would, then you move on. Do you freak out and hate all industry when a construction project causes you to stop for a minute?

By: ktown69

ktown69 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:55:36 +0000

Really really dangerous. If it is kids out joyriding…well…let's hope they get caught, or lose interest.

By: jindonews

jindonews — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:51:57 +0000

KIRO TV did the story, posted here:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20148972/detail.html

By: stan_laurel

stan_laurel — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:49:09 +0000

Likewise, I'm not optimistic about them catching that biker in last year's Critical Mass mess that hit the car driver in the head with a bicycle lock. Of course, there were only a couple dozen bikers as witnesses, but they're morally superior anyway, so how can you expect one of them to come forward? And for all you Cascade Biclycl Club defenders, where was the call from Cascade Bicycle Club for that person to turn himself/herself in? I'm just asking.

By: ethel

ethel — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:33:06 +0000

Wouldn't the DNA be on the blowgun, not the dart itself? I can see maybe fingerprints on the dart, but not saliva.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:03:43 +0000

What a tough shot to hit a cyclist with a blow dart from a moving car. Even for a skilled blowdart operator, the odds of contact are probably way less than 50%.

I bet they had to shoot at a lot of cyclists to hit 2.

By: bbb1

bbb1 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:32:40 +0000

BoBo
good ones – you a writer?

By: SPG

SPG — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:13:45 +0000

If it was one person getting hit, maybe. It's been two confirmed cases in Ballard so I doubt it.

By: Jules2

Jules2 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:14:01 +0000

Let's leave the Ballard “industrial” guys out of this, shall we? I find it highly unlikely that 40-something guys would jeapordize their jobs/lives to do something like this.

More likely it was some 20-something like the two Brain Trust specimans in this story, below. They threw rocks off an overpass, damaging 14 cars; it's a miracle no one was killed. I saw the 23 year old guy on TV whee this happened; he said he “just liked to hear the sound of the rocks crashing.” Anyway, I'm sorry to hear about this; it seems like this kind of behavior is becoming more common.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews...

By: Jules2

Jules2 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:58:28 +0000

Oh for the love of all that is holy, cut the “rednecks of Ballard” crap.All those guys are far too busy working.

This is no doubt the same sort of person who throws rocks from overpasses. The last incident of that kind was two 20-somethings, a guy and a girl.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:57:44 +0000

Chances are slim to none which is kind of what I was pointing out to those who get their impressions of police work from television.

By: BallardBizOwner

BallardBizOwner — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:29:29 +0000

LOL and once again you won't receive one. I didn't accuse you, just thought that a blow hard like yourself would be one to suspect of being good with a blow gun, that is all. It was following the post that profiled a likely perp.

I read what you have written, see how you twist words, ignore facts that are presented, etc. I won't apologize for an obvious joke.

By: doug11

doug11 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:18:26 +0000

I thought maybe you deleted your comment and that was the best I would get.

But the GeekySwedes must have deleted it instead.

The joke wasn't about me being a blow hard. It was accusing me of something other commenters consider attempted murder.

The comment and your response say volumes about your character.

I am asking again for an apology.

By: BallardBizOwner

BallardBizOwner — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:58:59 +0000

Give me a break…… you make mean spirited comments, borderline threats……and someone makes a joke at your expense for being a blow hard and your feelings are hurt…..no apology coming from me.

By: Ernie_98107

Ernie_98107 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:34:14 +0000

Man, you got that right. I was in Baltimore a few weeks ago and I made the mistake of stopping to let someone pull out of a parking garage, just like all the friendly wavy people do here, and there was so much honking and carrying on behind me that I thought they were going to drag me out of the car and give me the ol' Rodney King right there in front of my hotel.

Luckily I'm a quick learner and didn't give an inch for the rest of my trip!

By: BoBo

BoBo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:10:52 +0000

Sounds like you have a real handle on this case SeaSpider, maybe you could do the DNA test for us, save the WSP the time, and cut back on their backlog.

I think with SeaSpider and some others on the case, the perp won't be on the streets long, but inside the prison palace, taking lessons in bending over and picking up the soap from a large inmate named Bubba.

What's the scoop SeaSpider, what are the chances of our perp "hooking up" with Bubba soon?

Any one willing to make a friendly wager?

By: leavinglasballard

leavinglasballard — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:08:36 +0000

i was just about to post this myself. i hate csi tv fantasyland. and for the record, none of the forensic anthropologists i've known have ever carried a gun or worn leather pants in the field. i'm just sayin…

By: doug11

doug11 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:04:56 +0000

Accusing me of this, even with a smiley, is unconscionable.

Heated comments are one thing, but this is way, way over the line.

You should be ashamed. I would appreciate an apology.

doug11

By: BallardBizOwner

BallardBizOwner — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:00:30 +0000

I was thinking that it was someone that can blow hard…….and the biggest blow hard seems to be Doug11 :)

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:59:39 +0000

You need to stop watching CSI. For starters, DNA tests don't come cheap -especially when you factor in the time to look at the results and cross reference them against criminal databases, namely the CODIS database maintained by the FBI. Of course you also need to have a DNA profile to match them to. If the person who fired the dart hasn't previously been convicted of a crime qualifying for entry into CODIS or the Washington State database (people convicted of felonies and certain sex related misdemeanors) then you're not going to get a match and the test will do nothing to help you. Finally, there is the issue of backlog. There's only one lab in Washington doing DNA analysis and that's run by the State Patrol. They get 3,000 new cases and year and are over 1,000 cases behind and growing.

But hey, let's live in CSI TV Fantasyland for a second and assume they actually do submit the dart for testing and it actually comes back with a match and does so in a timely manner. Sounds great except now you have to track down and find the idiot. Good luck with this one since criminals tend not to be very good about telling the government where they're living. On top of that there are thousands of outstanding arrest warrants in King County – many for violent offenders – and very, very few cops actually dedicated to bringing them in.