Laguna Beach ER doctor, 58, is sent flying as Lexus-driving accountant, 39, smashes into his bike and then stabs him to death: Witnesses claim

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Laguna Beach ER doctor, 58, is sent flying as Lexus-driving accountant, 39, smashes into his bike and then stabs him to death: Witnesses claim suspect shouted white privilege slurs

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An ER doctor was killed after being mown down by a Lexus and then stabbed to death by the driver in an apparent road rage incident.

Dr Michael Mammone, 58, was cycling on the Pacific Coast Highway, California, when he was run over by a white Lexus which sped through a red light at an intersection on Wednesday at around 3pm.

The driver of the vehicle, Vanroy Evan Smith, 39, then got out of his car and stabbed the cyclist multiple times in the back, with brave bystanders tackling him to the ground.

Witnesses say he was holding a BB gun when he approached Dr Mammone, and was screaming racial slurs about 'white privilege' , according to ABC7.

Shocking video shows the moment Smith, a trained accountant, careered into the cyclist, with police claiming that the pair were complete strangers.

It shows the Lexus appearing to speed through the intersection and throwing the doctor and his bike up into the air.

Smith, who is described as a black man on his arrest records, can then be seen walking over to Dr Mammone and attacking him again before witnesses drag him away.

Orange County Sheriff's Department said investigators were unaware of the slurs and added that there was 'no known relationship or motive' for the killing.
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Cops are stumped about the motive after the attacker was yelling about white privilege as he stabbed. I guess we'll never know. One thing's for sure, this is white privilege at its level best.
 

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“Shocking video shows the moment Smith, a trained accountant, careered into the cyclist, with police claiming that the pair were complete strangers.”

“trained” ?

should’ve been trained a lot better...

...wonder if it was housebroken...



hey, is grandpafury too old to start riding a bike ??
 

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Some minor discussion with video is here (link).
This was informative. Technically, most of the erBBers could've been Vanroy Evan Smith as much as they could've been DePape.
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“Shocking video shows the moment Smith, a trained accountant, careered into the cyclist, with police claiming that the pair were complete strangers.”

“trained” ?

should’ve been trained a lot better...

...wonder if it was housebroken...



hey, is grandpafury too old to start riding a bike ??
Glad he wasn't untrained. We don't want any untrained accountants behind the wheel. :roflmao:
 
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Loons are pretty awesome to watch in water. Love when they pop up next to me in the winter. Look around and then peace out swimming to easily.
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it boggles the mind how these birds are able to exist in near freezing water

I get the down and stuff...but holy fk how come their feet don't freeze?!
 
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Humans have a high tolerance for cold when they are cold adapted.

We have three different systems to manage it.

Think about before we had clothes.

Think about the Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock in winter
 

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Humans have a high tolerance for cold when they are cold adapted.

We have three different systems to manage it.

Think about before we had clothes.

Think about the Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock in winter
I read something somewhere (maybe here?) about how our body has very different systemic responses for heat and cold

when one part of your body feels cold...eg. putting your feet in a cold lake...your entire body feels the cold instantly

whereas if you were to dip your foot in to a jacuzzi, the sensation of warmth is localized to just that zone

the body treats extreme cold sensations as an existential threat and alerts the entire system...this is why it's best just to jump all in as opposed to the much more difficult and physically stressful approach of slowly easing yourself in to cold water slowly
 
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