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East Bay | Environment & Forest DefenseVandeman arrested for assaults on mountain bike riders in Berkeley Hills
The person attacking mountain bikers in the Berkeley Hills has been arrested by UC police. Environmentalist and anti-MTB writer Michael Vandeman Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Suspect Arrested)
UCPD crime report # 10-02127 East-West Fire Trail June 1, 2010 On Friday, May 28, 2010 UCPD received a report of an assault with a deadly weapon which had occurred around 6 weeks earlier. The assault occurred on a Sunday on the East-West Fire Trail located in the hills above campus. The victims, two non-affiliated White males, reported the crime after hearing of similar incidents occurring to bicyclists on the fire trail. The victims were riding their bicycles westbound on the trail when they encountered the suspect walking in the opposite direction. The suspect was holding a handsaw and cut one of the victims across the chest with the saw. The victims asked the suspect why he had attacked them. He told them they should not be riding their bicycles on the trail. The victims positively identified the suspect from a photograph. UCPD contacted the suspect who admitted to holding a saw in front of some bicyclists on a trail and contacting one of them with the saw. The suspect was subsequently taken into custody. One of the victims suffered minor injuries during the assault. Additional charges may be filed from similar incidences on the fire trail including one reported in a crime alert on May 6, 2010. The suspect is described as: VANDEMAN, Michael J., a White non-affiliated male, 67 years of age. If you have any information about this crime, please contact: University of California Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau (510) 642-0472 / 8AM-5PM (510) 642-6760 / All other times As with any emergency situation, if you see suspicious activity, call 9-1-1. From a cell phone, call 642-3333. |
The saw is over the top - someone in control of their mental faculties would do something passive aggressive like forcing the bike off the trail by jumping in the way, or popping their tire. Using a dangerous weapon will result in quick retaliation.
Now he is under arrest for assaulting mountain bikers. There are no other news reports on this arrest but it is important to the bike community to know they got the asshole who is alleged to be the perpetrator.
Sometimes cop reports are newsworthy.
=v= I'm not making any assumptions one way or another (it's innocent until proven guilty, after all), but I do need to point out that "environmentalist" is a misleading label for this guy. As suggested in the previous comment, the label seems to have dribbled out from Usenet, where anti-environmental flamers have latched onto Mike Vandeman to prop up their own personal dramas around the movement.
Dr. Vandeman has systematically alienated anyone and everyone who might conceivably work with him, up to and including making threats to the families and livelihoods of environmental activists.
Wildlife Need Habitat Off-Limits To Humans!
Michael J. Vandeman, Ph.D.
Articles and letters:
http://www.imaja.com/as/environment/mvarticles/index.html
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande/
May all individuals of all species live happily in their natural habitat without intrusion and disruption. Humans must end their destructive anthropocentric activities.