NYC Bikers vs. Range Rover

NYC Bikers Vs. Range Rover On September 29, a “gang” of New York City bikers was having their annual pack ride known as the Hollywood Block Party on Manhattan’s West Side Highway. It all arose with a ‘hot-headed’ biker who thought he could be a tough guy, given he was with 30 other bikers, who then slowed down and made contact with Alexander Lien’s (the man inside of the Range Rover) SUV. After the preliminary happenstance, the bikers encircled the black Range Rover but instead of dwelling over what may happen, Lien assertively fled the site, rationally thinking about what was best for his wife and two-year-old child who were passengers in the car. As Lien fled the scene, he ran over biker Edwin “Jay” Mieses Jr. who is hospitalized with spinal and leg injuries. The biker’s, according to the video, caught up with Lien and his family until coming to a red light in which the Family had no choice but to stop. At this time, the bikers got off of their bikes and started dismantling the SUV with their helmets and what looked to be a weapon of some sort. Lien was taken out of the car and brutally beaten by about eight different bikers. Injuries include two black eyes, multiple cuts to his face (stiches necessary), and injuries to his hands, back, and right shoulder. Given the circumstance in which these bikers were in a large group of about 25-30, they all assumed that with their numbers, they could not be stopped. Two criminological theories can portray the way the bikers behaved and chose to commit crime. The motorcyclists recognized that they had a large group, so how was anyone going to apprehend all of them? As a sizeable group there was no way that they would all get caught for this, so they unequivocally took action using the Rational Choice Theory. This theory “assumes that individuals choose to commit crime after calculating whether its potential rewards outweigh its potential risks.” (Akers and Sellers 2004; Exum 2002). They wanted to get back