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If they drove their car through the crowd? Yes.

If they in any way used disproportionate force? Yes.

This is what needs to be understood: a car moving through a group of cyclists can easily cause death or injury, and regularly does. The cyclists aren’t going after people who disagree with them. They are going after people who willfully try to use a multi ton vehicle against the human body to get their way.



A police officer with a gun can also easily cause death. The distinction you think is there really isn’t.




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