ENHANCED - Toronto Cyclist Sheppard Killed - Bryant on security cameras

[adagmez]

At the same time all six witnesses who claimed encounters with Sheppard drove away in a safe manner. Just an observation regardless of relevance. No erratic driving like Bryant who is experienced lawyer, politician, and likely trained to handle tough situations.

Strange the charges were dropped and no more charges were laid. Strange they are still not reinstated by the Crown and AG. Willful blindness? Everyone should be concerned.

[AffableClam]

This is a tragedy, but all you people that are crying murder over this video footage are fixated on one small part of the incident. The facts are that the victim was drunk, belligerent and made the decision that ultimately led to his death: he grabbed the car. No one made him do that (and eyewitness accounts report that he was grabbing the driver and/or the steering wheel), and that, sadly, is the root cause of all of the rest.

[MrRockfordtoronto]

you clowns that blame Bryant are on dope. your own video shows Darcy was at fault and did something quite stupid. open your eyes. I hate Bryant for persoanl reasons but I cant lie to myself and blame him for this. I look at facts

[MoeGreensRightEye]

A perpetually pissed off and bitter bicyclist pedaling around town instigating confrontations with people in expensive cars (jelous much?) gets bumped off. This is almost as good as when they made a pancake out of Rachel Corrie.

[Neville6000]

@MoeGreensRightEye: Oh yeah, because Rachel Corrie was helping 'terrorists' she deserves to get run over by a Israeli bulldozer. Great words coming from a right-wing warmongering neocon asswipe like yourself; I wonder what your reaction would have been like if she was a neocon Tea Party douchebag run over by cops during one of the Tea Party 'demonstrations'?

[ISLAMICcycling]

WASNT THIS GUY DRUNK??????? wow if he were driving a car he would be demonized not martyrd by every cyclist because he was on a bike.He was a lowlife and now people want to give his kids money? he was drunk he shouldve been put in jail for impaired driving! oh wait thats cars again

[thefoxandthelynx]

please join justice for Darcy Sheppard at facebook

[bgd360]

God, the guy had children and still acted like an ass. Gonna be rough for those kids growin' up without a dad.

How incredibly irresponsible!

[phillydisco]

@bgd360 Are you talking about Bryant?

[AffableClam]

@DeadlyMACD at the end of the day, the decision that led to death was Darcy's. He grabbed a moving car. By all eyewitness accounts, he was grabbing at the driver and the steering wheel. Now, I'm all for justice for victims of crime, but look at the facts: a drunk, belligerent cyclist (with a history of being drunk and belligerent), grabs onto a car in motion, attacking the driver. Sorry, but he is dead because he had rage issues. Period.

[spokeboy1]

Bryant goes to court

"The Simpsons: Bart Gets Hit by a Car (#2.10)" (1991)

Lawyer: Your Honor, my client has instructed me to remind the court how rich and important he is, and that he is not like other men.

Mr. Burns: I should be able to run over as many kids as I want!

[corruptioncentral]

Drunk and high on cocaine...why didnt the toronto police check for any impairment...such irrational behavior would warrant it. i hope bryant gets what he deserves...a public lynching would be good!

[1856Dragoons]

Sheppard was a piece of shit criminal.

[MeaghanEdwards]

Bryant is a piece of shit criminal. He has no respect for life, aside from his own.

[missingt00th]

@1856Dragoons, Bryant is a piece of shit criminal. Anyone who is the CEO of Invest Toronto is a corrupt fucking criminal who'll sap taxpayers while collecting the money into a back account. Then he'll drain the fucking money by snorting cocaine up his bored-assed nose, and buy a fucking yacht and two homes in Europe. Fuck off ya cunt.

[pandas1984]

bryants a douche

[dubbleplusgood]

someone before said both were at fault. how so? imagine someone walks up to you and puts their hand in front of your face, stopping you. Is it correct to pull out a shotgun and blow his arm off? the man used a ton of metal and engine to smash someone out of his way forward. and he still had to back up afterwards to do it. which he should have done from the start. total criminal, lock him up.

[phillydisco]

Sheppard actually wasn't blocked. He was a good distance in front of Bryant's car. Seems like Bryant didn't like some hot shot on a cycle moving in front of him. He first tried to intimidate him by lurching forward. It's not clear if the light had turned green by that point. He didn't even give Darcy a chance to start riding.Then he rams him. He wasn't given a breathalyzer so we'll never know if alcohol played a factor in Bryant's behaviour.Since his reflexes were quick, I'd say he was sober

[liberalrefugee]

Sober. Can't blame it on the booze then can he?

[MeaghanEdwards]

I think he's high on insanity.

Speaking of which, I really hope they don't pull that "unfit for trial"/"pleading insanity" crap.

[phillydisco]

He can't plead insanity because he knew exactly what he was doing by driving around the corner out of sight of witnesses. He could have been getting rid of evidence, including concealing the identity of his passenger. That isn't insanity, that's calculated. Plus, he knew his rights about the breathalyzer and about contacting the lawyer and the PR firm. No insanity there.

[MeaghanEdwards]

Okay, good!

Part of the pit bull law included a part where dogs can be killed if they display "menacing" behavior. There is no definition to what is considered menacing behavior; innocent dogs have been killed as a result.

Perhaps Bryant should be blue juiced for menacing behavior.

[phillydisco]

Nope. He can't say he hit Darcy or didn't know he was hanging on because he was drunk. Also, to drive that car along the curb without crashing it, while aiming Darcy into trees, hydrant and mailbox shows that Bryant was in full control of his vehicle. What we have here is road rage, but having a history of anger issues isn't a defense for murder. If anything, it shows the guy was a ticking time bomb and should be put away.

[ralph0865]

I can say based on the video tapes that Bryant is more ruthless than any Pitbull can ever be!

[ralph0865]

If Bryant is a former AG, i must say he displayed criminal like behavior which makes me put doubt on his tenure as AG. This guy probably was a shabby AG!

[MeaghanEdwards]

He was a horrid AG. Sentenced thousands of dogs to death, even innocent puppies, just because they looked a certain way. He did go off on people who tried to tell him that breed bans aren't the answer; a man who knows the truth doesn't insecurely lash out.

[ralph0865]

Is it possible that Michael Bryant suffers from the Napoleon Complex/Syndrome?

Is he complexed about his 4'11'' height just like Napoleon was?

[ralph0865]

Bryant did not appreciate the fact that the cyclist got in front of his vehicle. Indeed elitist behavior.

BUT NOW BRYANT IS A MURDERER!

[JBlowey99]

Witnesses claim that Bryant shouted obscenities, after Sheppard rode in front of him. Many drivers are unaware that cyclists can take Right-of-Way in that manner. Thus, consumed with road-rage and elitist arrogance, Bryant used his vehicle as a weapon. And he did it again when Sheppard attempted to execute a lawful arrest by blocking the vehicle (he neither touched car nor driver). Toronto's litigation industry is acceding to crime, by inducing media exhoneration.

[phillydisco]

If you look Honestedits other updated versions of this video, especially the 'raw footage', you'll see the car was moving and propelling Sheppard forward with his bumper, and at a high rate of speed. It wasn't a nudge. Darcy could have easily been run over at that point. We don't know what kind of injuries he suffered at that point, he just got up, adrenaline going, and when Bryant drove around the collision,Darcy was trying to stop the fleeing felon. He could have been dealing with DUI driver

[stampy123]

"I interpet the movement as a powerslide from hard acceleration"

I've never seen the rear wheels drift under hard acceleration on a front wheel drive car.

Especially not a 3700 lb, FWD, 4 cylinder car that pulls 0-60 in about 7 seconds.

[honestedits]

Valid point, annotations ammended accordingly.

What model SAAB is in the videos?

Does anyone know?

However, FWD cars can also "crawl" sideways when the wheel is turned and the gas is put on, the front wheels act like a corksrew, causing lateral movement if there is oversteer.

[honestedits]

A metric conversion:

3700 lb = 1678 kg

60 mph = 96 km/h

(which is the speed estimate of the construction worker eyewitness)

SAAB's all come with a turbo charger, making them very sporty. There are both 4 and 6 cylinder models.

[stampy123]

My previous post was based on the incorrect assumption that the car was a Saab 9-3

The Sun has photos clearly showing that it's a Saab 900 SE. It is lacking the 'Turbo' badging so it has a normally aspirated 4 cylinder engine.

Saab 900 SE convertible (1996-1998)

2.0 litre inline 4 that produces 185 bhp

0-60 in roughly 8.5 seconds (that's about the same as a Honda Civic EX)

It's not really a performance car.

[honestedits]

A memorial fund for the children of Darcy Allan Sheppard has been arranged by The Toronto Bike Messenger Association ( TOBMA com ) via paypal at their website or at any TD Canada Trust Branch in the name of Darcy Allan Sheppard and/or the account number 06906676860

A memorial fundraiser will be held Saturday, September 26th 2009 at Sneaky Dee's 431 College Street (College and Bathurst) Doors open at 9pm $10.00 or pay what you can.

[honestedits]

Your contributions no matter how small will add up. If there was even one dollar for every video hit.... I will be making a donation myself and challenge you to do the same.

[phillydisco]

I think I know where this was taken. If you check out the youtube video by superbencher called Bryant Cyclist Accident, that's the spot, a pedestrian crossing between Avenue and Bay. The markings on the sidewalk, where it's been torn up and filled in with asphalt are similar. Also the person on the top right is standing where there should be a right turn corner if they were at an intersection. He would have been driving straight for the eastbound lanes at this point. Bike lane in your vid = curb

[phillydisco]

The white markings on the road also match the white markings in the Bryant Cyclist Accident video. It must have been a red at Avenue road, so Bryant let it rip. The chase down might have only been a few feet. No chance for Sheppard to reach in or get him in a headlock if he would be fatally injured within a couple of hundred meters. I would hope that he was knocked unconscious immediately and didn't suffer.

I'm still waiting for them to release the autopsy report. Why is it not in the news?

[honestedits]

Thank you, I have adjusted the "curb" annotation to reflect that input.

[spaztickolon]

I wouldn't be describing Sheppard as "calm and deliberate". The two were in a fight. We know Sheppard was intoxicated, and frankly I wouldn't be suprised if Bryant was too. These were 2 hotheads that got into "it". What is clear, however, is that Bryant drove over that man and kept going. That is disgusting and warrants serious jail time. At NO time is that behaviour appropriate. If he was concerned he should have pulled over and called 911.

[honestedits]

His manner of standing and slowly walking straight legged out of the way was not aggressive or fast or towards the car.

The video shows no evidence of this "fight", however, in my uncompressed version, Sheppard does seem to move quickly 2 steps towards the car as it passes him after his bike is run over and throws his bag at the car hood as it leaves the scene. Hardly a fight. The story has been bent.

Eyewitness narration in another of the videos describes the car driver yelling lots at him.

[phillydisco]

Thanks for the wider camera. That definitely isn't Yonge & Bloor nor is it Church & Bloor since the road is one lane in either direction due to construction. Two lanes would have been at Bay & Bloor. The sign indicating the upcoming construction would make sense since the it appears in other footage that the Westbound lanes were closed for night time construction (other footage shows it open at day), so one of the Eastbounds was turned into a Westbound at some point between Bay and Avenue.

[honestedits]

It is confirmed to be westbound @ Bay and Bloor. The curb westbound lane was open and the center lane was closed. Both Eastbound lanes were open for Eastbound traffic, although Bryant drove down them in the wrong direction. This can be seen from the later camera angle in the other clips. Globe and Mail has a video timeline map : (theglobeandmailcom news national timeline-of-events article1271826 ) replace the spaces with slashes to make a url

[honestedits]

It appears Bryant actually runs over the back tire of the bicycle. Could this be what prompted Sheppard to go after him?

Sheppard seems to be moving in a calm and deliberate manner up until that point.

[honestedits]

This footage is unaltered except: re-sizing, cropping to fit, brightness contrast and colour adjustment for clarity, a de-interlace filter to compensate for jagged horizontal video artifacts, and unavoidable artifacts from the video compression algorithms used on the source footages and youtube publishing.

The Camera Lens is diffracting the tail lights and headlights in the top of the frame.

[honestedits]

The 2nd regular speed clip does not have a de-interlace filter on it.

Also, sorry for the long black tail end.. I'm not going to bother re-compressing and uploading it. Clip ends @0:44