The "Citi bike Karen" case? From about May 18th, 2023?
The sister of the 'youth' in question posted his receipts for the rental, which (ironically) confirmed the woman's story. The 'youths' had returned their bikes (making them no longer 'theirs') in order to avoid racking up rental fees as they loitered. The woman tried to rent the bike, they forced it back in the dock, re-rented it briefly, then returned it again when the confrontation ended. In short: they were squatting the returned bikes, intending to reclaim them after they finished hanging out (without paying for a formal claim on them.) They bullied the pregnant nurse off 'their' bike to enforce their claim, and used social media to make her a pariah.
The usual actors continued to harass the woman, including a journalist interviewing her neighbors when she couldn't get the woman herself to answer her door.
The result is her suing media outlets. That youtube channel (Actual Justice Warrior) has lots of coverage of the particulars of the case from a right-wing perspective as the news cycles went by.
Hey, remember when a white woman did not kiss the boot of some black guys who were trying to steal her bike?
The "Citi bike Karen" case? From about May 18th, 2023?
The sister of the 'youth' in question posted his receipts for the rental, which (ironically) confirmed the woman's story. The 'youths' had returned their bikes (making them no longer 'theirs') in order to avoid racking up rental fees as they loitered. The woman tried to rent the bike, they forced it back in the dock, re-rented it briefly, then returned it again when the confrontation ended. In short: they were squatting the returned bikes, intending to reclaim them after they finished hanging out (without paying for a formal claim on them.) They bullied the pregnant nurse off 'their' bike to enforce their claim, and used social media to make her a pariah.
The usual actors continued to harass the woman, including a journalist interviewing her neighbors when she couldn't get the woman herself to answer her door.
The result is her suing media outlets. That youtube channel (Actual Justice Warrior) has lots of coverage of the particulars of the case from a right-wing perspective as the news cycles went by.