Alexian Lien and his wife Rosalyn Lien were being threatened. He did the sensible thing.
The husband and father who did what he must to escape motorcycle road warriors now appears set up for a plunge into a second circle of New York hell.
A push is underway to hold Alexian Lien accountable — if not criminally, then civilly — for injuries suffered by motorcyclist Edwin Mieses when Lien drove free of the mob that had surrounded his SUV. Mieses’ family has hired high-profile lawyer Gloria Allred, with his wife Dayana Mieses asserting, “This man needs to know he hurt someone.”
Thus Lien, who was swarmed by hell riders, is outrageously transformed from victim to victimizer for doing what was natural and understandable, if not essential, to protect not only himself but also his wife and young daughter.
Lien’s wife issued a statement on Thursday that should have been wholly unnecessary in light of a video showing how he was trapped and fled, how his car was set upon during the chase, and how motorcyclists smashed at his windows when the SUV came to a stop. After the video stopped, Lien was dragged from his vehicle and assaulted.
Rosalyn Ng’s statement read: “Our sympathies go out to the injured motorcyclist and his family. However, we were faced with a life-threatening situation, and my husband was forced under the circumstances to take the actions that he did in order to protect the lives of our entire family. Our fear for our lives was confirmed when the incident ended with the ruthless and brutal attack on my husband, me, and, most importantly, our 2-year-old child.”
Lurching away from the mob, Lien ran over Mieses, crushing his spine and likely leaving him paralyzed. As grievous as those injuries are — barring proof that Lien started the confrontation or acted with malice not fear — Lien must be spared the perversion of paying for the wrongs of others.
Mieses has been labeled a habitual traffic offender in Massachusetts. He was part of a band of motorcyclists perhaps 1,000 strong that set out to stage a wild ride through Times Square, as they did in 2012.
In that event, the motorcyclists commandeered streets, ignored traffic laws, rode on sidewalks and performed stunts. This time around, the NYPD frustrated their plans, arresting 15 and seizing 55 motorcycles. The pack split into smaller bunches.
Lien encountered one such bunch on the West Side Highway. When one rider deliberately slowed to block him, Lien bumped the motorcycle, everyone came to a stop and the mob swarm began. Mieses’ family says he was trying to help the fallen rider when Lien’s SUV rolled over him.
Whatever Mieses’ intentions at that moment, they are irrelevant in trying to pin culpability on Lien. All the known evidence says that, under duress, he sought safety amid lawlessness and should not in any way suffer for it.
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