last month, a friend of mine had a confrontation in #SomervilleMA with a violent driver who wanted to drive their vehicle into a protest. the driver ran over their bicycle and did their best to endanger the other people present who were standing in front of the vehicle.
today, they've shared that the Somerville police department will be charging them with a felony for the vehicle being damaged by running over the bicycle. the same Somerville PD who let the driver go that day, and who has been stonewalling their request for the incident report.
we live in a world gone mad with violent motonormativity.