Tom,

I have to disagree. This was an assault/battery.

Unfortunately, when I was pelted with eggs in Livermore, I did not get their
license plate number. Otherwise, I would have filed a complaint. There is no
excuse for meanness regardless of your age.

Susie

On Monday, March 16, 2009, at 02:55PM, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@...> wrote:
>My hope is that they are chastised but not too badly slapped around. It sounds
like they were being normal smart-assed teenagers. No paint in the paint gun
suggests that they didn't think that it was dangerous - only mischievous.
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>If you push such things too far you make enemies instead of correcting
behavior.
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>              Tom
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>--- On Mon, 3/16/09, Michael F. Lynch <lynchmf1@...> wrote:
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>From: Michael F. Lynch <lynchmf1@...>
>Subject: [CCC_Bicycle_Club] Fw: Incident on Mines Rd.
>To: "CCC Yahoo Groups" <CCC_Bicycle_Club@yahoogroups.com>
>Cc: "Fred Hoffman" <hoffman@...>, "Ray Varanese" <rvbike@...>
>Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 2:35 PM
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>Hailey <jb_alaman@yahoo. com> wrote:
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>From: Barb Hailey <jb_alaman@yahoo. com>
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>Subject: [Triple08] Incident on Mines Rd.
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>To: tnt_cycle_alumni@ yahoogroups. com, Triple08@yahoogroup s.com,
>"Triple Crown 2005 Cyclists"
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>Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 7:25 AM
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>This story from a fellow GPC cyclist was just posted.  I thought
>you should all know about it and keep a watch out in that area. 
>There are more of them out there.
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>Barb
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>Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:34:05 -0700
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>From a Lawrence Livemore Lab Cyclotrons member.
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>Yesterday evening (about 5:30 pm), while cycling up Mines road
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>south of Tesla Rd I was shot (with paint gun) by a passing
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>the vehicle, then I felt the burning sensation, then noticed 
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>my back and was not a direct hit (no paint).
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>Remember, I was going south on Mines.  There are not too many
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>I continued on my ride eventually arriving at the Del Valle
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>Three troupers, a bunch of park rangers, and a patrol
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>pickup) 
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>in court, surrounded them and placed them under arrest in the
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>Canyon Rd.  He asked the officer if he could apologize to me
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>white mustang and one extended cab white pickup, especially in
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