The way the bystanders arranged themselves, their body language, posture, the way they approached or moved away from the victim clearly indicated the us vs him mentality. This was obvious. They weren’t simply neutral unbiased bystanders.

Payday is the current American way justice is served these days and is far more satisfying than retribution or punishment amiright. Lol. Rehabilitation doesn’t even factor into the US justice system. The US public considers that to be “weak on crime”. 2 million prisoners and counting. You must be so proud to live in the land of the free.

“This was obvious.”

Not “obvious” to me. What I saw of the bystanders was that they turned around to see what was happening and some appeared to move towards the scene (possibly to get a better look) AFTER Metaxas ran by, the bystanders headed back in the direction. None of them “got in his way” or “came to Metaxas’ aid” as you claimed. The bystanders did nothing to warrant the threats they received.

No one “came to Metaxas’ aid” there. They were just people on the street observing the confrontation. Nor did they “get in his way.” they were on the side of the street while Metaxas’ was running up the center of the street.

The protestor didn’t press charges (which I believe he should have). However, there was talk of a lawsuit, which would indicate he was more interested in a payday rather than justice.

That protester should have demanded charges be laid and also sued Metaxas. That would have been justice. I’m sure that’s what would’ve happened if the protester had punched Metaxas.

You can’t sucker punch someone that is either “in your face” or is being threatening and “using fighting words”. In order to be able to sucker punch someone, especially in the back of the head, would mean they had their guard down and were moving away with their back to you.

You don’t get to use physical violence on someone because you don’t agree with their politics, especially when you portray yourself as a stand up Christian with the high moral ground. It appears to me like Metaxas is a weak ass opportunist hypocrite.

Except their description doesn’t match the video. The video shows the cyclist swerving to avoid people on the street. it was Metaxas who approached the cyclist in order to hit him. Metaxas DID NOT hit the cyclist as he was approaching Metaxas.

Further, according to Metaxas: “the guy came at me with his bike and was very menacing for a long time.” The cyclist certainly was not “coming at” Metaxas when Metaxas hit him.

Even if the cyclist was circling the block (or riding up and down the street repeatedly) yelling as he was, no one else on the street appeared to be threatened by him. They just ignored him. Why didn’t Metaxas?

“Not one left wing activist has been associated with any of the violence.”

Your sources don’t say this. Basically they say there have been no arrests linked to any organized left wing activists group. Not that there have been no arrests of people with left wing affiliations.

Fact check: Not one left wing activist has been associated with any
of the violence. (https://nyti.ms/37pmWkK). However, many right wing
conservative extremist groups have. I understand that if Fox (evening)
or Rush is your primary news source, how you would believe what you
claimed. My new rule for media consumption: If the statement is not
backed by a verifiable citation, I question the author’s (or speaker’s)
motives. If it’s an incendiary statement that accuses of an extremely
broad charge or paints a group as generally evil, I always fact check
it. If there is no source cited, it’s usually false.

This article seems biased toward left, but every conclusion is backed by a primary source.
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/nine-ways-fox-has-pushed-disinformation-about-civil-unrest-terrify-its-audience