Infamous biker Reginald Chance, 37, a suspect in the controversial beat down of Manhattan executive Alexian Lien, 33, during a highway brawl in New York City two Sundays ago told reporters exactly how he felt on Sunday when he flipped the bird at reporters moments before his arraignment.
Chance was identified in a viral video of the high speed brawl as the biker who smashed the driver’s window of Lien’s SUV with his helmet after a four-mile chase along the West Side Highway. Lien had previously crushed the spine of Chance’s fellow biker with his vehicle. He faced assault and gang assault charges and was captured by the New York Daily showing his displeasure moments before he faced the judge.
The biker’s lawyer Gregory Watts maintains in other reports, however, that his client was not involved in Lien’s beat down.
“My client obviously overreacted in smashing the window. But beyond that, he was not a participant in any assault on that victim. So, we are going to contest those charges vigorously,” said Watts .
A day earlier, another suspect Robert Simms, 35, was arraigned on similar charges leveled at Chance. He is alleged to have tried opening the door of the SUV when it stopped on the highway.
Last week, biker Christopher Cruz was also arraigned on charges of reckless driving and unlawful imprisonment as he is alleged to have set off the chain of events that resulted in injury and mayhem.
