A 29-year-old motorcyclist has been charged with gang assault and other charges in connection with the beating of an SUV driver in a high-profile case caught on video last week, New York police said Monday.
Craig Wright "hit (driver
Alexian) Lien numerous times with his fists, feet, and helmet after forcibly
removing Lien from his SUV," a police spokesman said.
He is the latest person to be
charged in the case that involved a group of motorcyclists on Manhattan's West
Side Highway and Lien, who was driving a Range Rover along with his wife and
small child.Wright, who was arrested at his home in Brooklyn, also was charged with assault and unlawful imprisonment and was to be arraigned Monday night.
Police said Wright's license tag was visible in the video -- which hasn't been released to the media -- and his uncle identified him for authorities.
In March, Wright pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license, police said. It is unclear whether he was driving with a suspended license at the time of the SUV incident.
He was also convicted in Virginia in 2005 for reckless driving.
One of the other bikers has been charged with the felonies of first-degree assault and gang assault.
The lawyer for Reginald Chance, who was captured on video smashing his shiny helmet into an SUV window, concedes his client "overreacted," but claims his client did not take part in beating the driver.
He claimed Chance was knocked off his motorcycle by Lien's SUV after bikers had surrounded the vehicle earlier.
"The law does permit someone who is a victim of an accident to at least attempt to get the identification of the motorist," Watts said. "My client obviously overreacted in that manner, but he is not this thug assaulting someone who's harmless, contrary to the public opinion that's being put out there."
Police said Chance's license was suspended in June for six months.
Defenders of the bikers, including the relatives of one biker who was critically injured, have criticized Lien for driving through the crowd of motorcycles.
My Response:
I like how in the midst of this argument between lawyers, the true victim gets completely muddled up. Mr. Wright's Lawyer thinks that his clients actions are excusable just because he was aggravated and "pushed" to the point that he felt the need to hurt a seemingly innocent man. I also find it hilarious how even though his "Client" was video taped beating this man, he still denies that is was him. Saying, he wasn't a part of the gang of thugs that hurt Alexian.
It's amazing how money and people have corrupted the entire system of justice.
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