Mike Yanagita on April 25, 2012, at 06:50PM – #1

First, I hope she makes as quick of a recovery as possible and gets back on a bike.

Second, at this point are there any witnesses? A woman is hurt in a bike accident and she herself can't even give any specifics about a car being involved. Even if it seems like a car must have been involved, what are the cops supposed to do without more facts than that? How on earth could they file a case? How could they prove that case beyond a reasonable doubt?

Seems shocking that murders and rapes go unsolved and files collect dust but we're STILL talking about this phantom car vs. bike accident.

dave on April 26, 2012, at 10:07AM – #2

@Mike Yanagita - How are you liking Los Angeles? Do you miss Fargo at all?

on April 29, 2012, at 09:54AM – #3

Mike has a good point: without any witnesses, or anything but a pretty vague description of the car, what are they supposed to do about it? Maybe a car was involved, maybe not ~ there are a lot of cars in LA and a lot going on downtown that clearly needs police involvement.

Concussion can affect memory so I'm not saying her recall (or lack thereof) is questionable. And clearly she is badly hurt. But from that to building a case is a long dotted line, whether in LA or Fargo.

BTW I do think it's a bit odd that the "bike taco" picture isn't allowed to be released... so even the extent of the damage is unclear (cf. one of the final paragraphs on http://blogdowntown.com/2012/04/6714-police-say-there-was-no-damage-to-bike-in).

SONNY on May 01, 2012, at 12:15PM – #4

I see the word "bike taco" and I'm thinking the wheel is pretty bent, almost folded in half. Hey, I'll even take 90 degrees.

Am I reading this right, that it was only bent "half an inch"? Like, the size of my thumbnail? That is not a taco. Tostada, maybe.

And like Mike said, what is LAPD supposed to do? No one else saw what she claims must have happened. What now?

Hope she has a speedy recovery, but I think this has been blown way out of proportion.