Witnesses to killing of Darcy Allan Sheppard By Michael Bryant

[jacketman22]

None of these people really know what they're talking about. The car was in first gear the entire time, so it was impossible for it to do 90. Ignoring that, Bryant's problem was that he really didn't know how to drive a standard, and he kept panicking and causing the car to stall and then lurch on startup. To make matters worse he drove a Saab, which are known for tricky clutches. Two lessons to be learned here: for cyclists, wear a helmet. For easily flustered drivers, stick to an autotragic.

[TheClarad001]

he got no charges. that's f*cking Canada, they protect the guilty and convict the Innocent. 

[PGKKK]

The simple truth is, if that gutless prick Bryant had tapped a Police Officer on a bike with the front bumper of his car, as he initially did to Darcy tp precipitate this whole sorry affair, the Officer would have drawn his revolver and shot Bryant dead. That is correct police procedural response to a perpetrator who is threatening the officer with bodily harm by vehicle - it happens all the time - too bad it did not happen here. Bryant is a waste of space. Shame!

[aaag48]

The 8 recent comments are hidden but explain how this case would be treated for any other driver. Check all comment page.

[strapen2good]

Bryant, come clean, you'll feel better telling the truth. Liars are murderers.

[RonzigsGallery]

There is no justice in the legal system. Eventually we will have to rely on vigilante justice if we can't find it within existing structures.

[MajorNourhaghighi]

Bryant represented our Government as Attorney General of Ontario. During his period the Crown did not proceed on trial against NINE Toronto Police Smugglers until corrupt Judge Nordhiemer dismissed all charged of conspiracy ,smuggling, thefts & tortures of citizens that RCMP with hard work laid charges.

Bryant could pay just $50 to biker & end it. But he drove 100 meters on wrong side of the road over the CURB, hit him to mailbox then ran over him. Because KILLERS & PSYCHOS are ruling! 

[denmar1998]

This justgoes to show how unbalenced the Justice System really is.

[101101101777]

This is the same politician who supported banning a dog breed in Ontario saying, "Mark my words, Ontario will be safer".

[madmanmike69]

@101101101777 no, he led the ban on pitbulls. I have no idea on how this guy is walking around free. Witness accounts said he jumped the curb onto a sidewalk to get him off the car and was probably traveling around 80 - 90kph. I guess we can just be thankful that there was no one else hurt in this matter. This guy wiped out a breed of dogs, something tells me he is not loosing any sleep on this either...

[101101101777]

In any case if there is not full undisclosed release to everyone of ALL THE CAMERA FOOTAGE, then there is unjustice.

[CrewTheAftermath]

if this was a reg person driving Great lenghts and research would of went on to PROVE guilt. this case was MORE than lopsided.

[phillydisco]

@CrewTheAftermath He received special treatment right from the first minute. Just because he didn't go to trial doesn't mean he's innocent, it just means the crown decided to withdraw the charges.  They didn't have the willpower to prosecute, or they were too chummy with the defence.

[mrtini]

Michael Bryant had all charges dropped against him on May 25, 2010.

So much for justice.

[tremooloo]

Sheppard wins the Darwin award. If there is a clearer case of natural selection than this nimrod getting his head squashed I don't know what it is. It's too bad it happened after he passed on his defective genes. That poor kid...his father was obviously a knucklehead, and the mother...any broad that let that loser crack head blow his beans up her snatch isn't exactly Mensa material either. In 20 years the kid will be drunk and shirtless latching onto passing cars driven by strangers too!

[carambadebamba]

that is unbelievable, Bryant better go to jail.

[dawgawful]

Darcy Sheppard was the bad guy here , lets not twist this shit around,Those of you who think Bryant should do jail time for this are morons. Darcy liked to play tough guy with people in nice cars , this time he lost. Oh and did I mention he was drunk? what darcy did for you cyclists is this , the law will soon change and you will have to be licensed,plated and sober to ride your bikes .

[phillydisco]

@dawgawful How was he playing tough when all he did was stop at a traffic light? The only person acting tough was the short Bryant in his big car.

[cfqpa]

@phillydisco philly, you and all these other ignorant low life single celled organism losers are proving the case more and more with every ill concieved word you are spewing in the face of hard and obvious facts about this tragic but predictable event.

more red herrings about skilled driving, like bryant was trained to kill , hahaha

I think your going to be next id you want to follow in his footsteps

[thefoxandthelynx]

Please join "justice for Darcy Sheppard on Facebook"

[CrewTheAftermath]

..commens bloked?

[sockrapist]

Michael Bryant is a cunt and i hope he rots in hell for getting away with murder.

[dawgawful]

@sockrapist , your a fool.

[tremooloo]

@sockrapist He didn't get away with murder fool, all he did was get away from a drunk violent asshole. PERIOD!

[phillydisco]

@tremooloo We'll never know. The crown isn't interested in pursuing justice.

[RonzigsGallery]

@wayfarin

Well that was to be expected. We all know justice is blind, but she sure can hear and mone talks. If Bryant was the cyclist it would be a completely different story.

[bumblebeeswax65]

Uh uh uh .... sounds like uh uh uh .... a REALLY uh uh uh... reliable uh uh uh... witness!

[phillydisco]

@bumblebeeswax65 Let's see how uh clean uh you talk uh when you witness uh a murder happen uh right in front of uh you.

[johncocktoasten99]

and so alternatively, if bryant stopped and let Allan knock his teeth it would be a sad tragedy. F that. why should people be victims of animalistic behaviour.

maybe bryant was an idiot, but allan made a choice. he chose make a stand drunk and without civility and risked his life. end of story

[phillydisco]

@johncocktoasten99 Everyone assumes Darcy was drunk. Sure we heard his alleged blood alcohol level. But you watch the footage of him ride his bike, he was hardly inebriated, otherwise he would have been falling over himself. 

But I dare anyone not to be angry if a driver deliberately rams them with their vehicle. Bryant threw the first punch by ramming Sheppard's bike.Then he sped off, trying to avoid the police and justice, so Sheppard instinctively grabbed at the vehicle. Cops have done it.

[johncocktoasten99]

the reality is theres no facts to convict him based on the way our justice system coddles criminals. However i do agree he should be responsible for his vehicle and hence the charges. that being said, like the string of dead pedestrians..disobey traffic laws and you put your life at risk. smarten up and listen to your mother.

what do you thinhk is going to happen when you take on a 1000 pound hunk of metal??

[johncocktoasten99]

I'm an avid cyclist yet couriers in general take their life into their own hands riding like morons daily. add a completely intoxicated individual/nut to a bike (twice the legal limit. SMASHED) and what do you expect to happen? theres a reason impaired driving is an offense.

[johncocktoasten99]

Secondly, the police charged him with the heaviest possible charge yet somehow the police are responsible for the injustice? people are completely ignorant to court proceedings and watch too much LA Law as reality. The court system is full of no balls liberals that are supported by the anarchists and hippies. now they suddenly want the courts to act harsh. ironic. also, 'all he heard was yelling and screaching tires' yet hes has no problem crucifying the driver as a murderer.

[phillydisco]

@johncocktoasten99 They should have charged him with failing to remain and obstruction of justice. He left the area, in fact he left two collision scenes: the one involving the bike, and the fatal one. He drove around the corner out of sight from the witnesses, and he let his passenger run off before the police arrived. We don't know if that passenger left with incriminating evidence, or if they were someone he was not supposed to be seen with. Later his wife, a lawyer, comes forward.

[johncocktoasten99]

sigh. please. complete sensationalism. typical example of people acting ignorantly and based on no fact. Listen to this moron 'eye witness'.. he was going '90'...90! the speeds were confirmed to be 35km/hr. The witness clearly has no concept of reality yet enquiring minds accept his 15 seconds of fame as 'it must be true'. of course he ensures he was going '90' with his radar eyes. His radar eyes that saw nothing until after Bryant begins to drive away.

[cfqpa]

@johncocktoasten99 lol exactly, eyewitness accounts are as reliable as chocolate teapots, they said he mounted the curb, drove on the sidewalk, no evidence of that whatsoever....radar eyes, hahaha exactly.. even if he did, who cares, Try jumping on my car with my loved one in it and youll be going for a ride straight out of hell.

[phillydisco]

@cfqpa In order to hit the trees and the mailbox, you HAVE to mount the curb.

I wonder why they never released the autopsy report on Darcy Sheppard. His head was crushed. Not exactly justification for standing up against a hit and run driver.

[cfqpa]

@phillydisco Like i heard on the radio today, from a sensible person..

when being attacked while in my car by a raving drunk ner do well, oh whatever shall I do? oh look a gas pedal, stomp! haha now hes in the trees too? the forest! in downtown T. O hahahaha, and next he drove him under a waterfall and through a swarm of locust. hahaha, anyone else perplexed by this mouth clown? still with the hit and run story eh,? your in a dream land

[phillydisco]

@cfqpa Just look at the area at street view. He directed his car into the oncoming traffic lane so he could knock the dangling cyclist off. That would require him to drive on the curb. It doesn't mean his whole car was on the curb, just the left tires. It also takes skill to control a vehicle when pulling such a maneuver. For a person acting like he was afraid for his life, Bryant sure knew what he was doing.

[c7r7u7i7s7e7r7]

Bryant just walked. What a farce. Shame on Ontario's justice system. Excuse me, what justice system.

[cfqpa]

false stories? hahaha, they have pictures of darcy assaulting a motorist previously and like 8 other incidents that were identical. They didnt have him charged cuz they felt sorry for the guy, but did he stop? nope. Hell no he didnt deserve to die, but what didn he think he was going to get by jumping onto the car? An apology from Bryant , "sorry your life has been so hard and troubled"?

lots of people overcome the effects of their early life

[cfqpa]

whos the creep? what a joke some of you low lifes are.

[cfqpa]

all the jealous idiots who turn there blind eyes to facts are doomed to always be that way instead of improving there own situations. Its so easy to hate on people who are doing well, doing right, and who are well regarded. Was Bryant going around ranting , raving, drunk, on drugs, getting kicked out of the house by the wife and having the cops called? Nope, we made a success out of himself and then his life converges with this drugged up, drunk maniac who doesnt take care of his 4 kids

[BandCalled9]

Thanks for posting the vid of eye witnesses testimony. The news story about the charges being dropped on Bryant CTV totally made it look like Darcy was to blame. This an absolute outrage this is Canada and looks what happens when these politicians like jaffer and this attorney general and the cops can get away with anything even murder. We must have justice in Canada Bryant needs to go to trial.

[wadestonge]

Get organizing, Ronzigs.

[paddlepop77]

All charges dropped. Sickening.

[FeldwebelWolfenstool]

Cut Bryant's balls off, and stuff them in his mouth.

[staphinfection]

BOTH PARTIES ARE AT FAULT IN THIS! There was no need for the biker to pull in front of the driver. But the drivers retaliation is inexcusable as well.

YOU IGNORANT PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN TO COEXIST AND SHARE THE ROADS.

I know some bikers, and they go around kicking cars and shit, it's fucking retarded. They hate drivers and think their shit doesn't stink. And then when they meet a driver like this, this is what happens, they get road rage, and someone dies.

It's tragic, but totally AVOIDABLE.

[chase2187]

id say death sentence but thats to easy, it think, slowly cut his limbs off one at a time in front of his family. show these fuckheads in cars that they cnt do that.

[staphinfection]

And this accomplishes what exactly??

This whole thing could have been avoided if the Biker didn't pull right in front of him and probably exchange word with him.

RESPECT EACH OTHER ON THE ROAD.

This shit happened most likely, because to people that hate each other(biker hates cars, and driver hates bikes) bump into each other. The outcome will always be the same.

SO JUST AVOID IT ALL TOGETHER. PULL BEHIND THE CAR, THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM.  DONT BE AN IGNORANT ASS AND THINK YOU OWN THE ROAD.

[phillydisco]

Don't blame the victim. You have to realize that the road was cut down to one lane, and there wasn't a bike lane for Darcy to ride in. His vehicle was small and light, so he could legally take the lead position. So what if he hurt Bryant's feelings, that doesn't mean Bryant was allowed to first ram him, maybe with intent to kill, then later actually killing him.

If someone cuts you off in line, feel free to cuss and swear at them. But if you punch them, you have to be punished.

[nlovano]

lol no, not a "spin doctor" here...just a guy laughing at some dumbass cyclist, later.

[babsbunny83]

I see Bryant's spin doctors are back. What ever you people try and say, the video's don't lie. And what regular person say's word to the man, you people try to hard to be the average person.

[zebra4593]

guilty

[amydewolfe]

Word to the man 5tyxx. You said it all. These videos basically show nothing. I'm glad not everyone is so easily influenced. Bryant may have bumped the cyclist, but cyclists are supposed to follow the rules of the road and not be weaving around cars stopped at lights. Cyclists are supposed to be in the flow of traffic, just like other cars. All parties involved made mistakes here.

[phillydisco]

While it's not considered good manners to pull ahead of the cars at a red light, it isn't illegal, nor does it warrant getting rammed by a car. It wasn't an accident because Bryant made two brakes just shy of colliding with Darcy before the third time he gassed it and knocked Darcy to the road. That isn't legal in any jurisdiction, just like you can't run over an old lady crossing the street when the light turns green just because she's walking too slow.

[RonzigsGallery]

If that creep doesn't get serious jail time, I'll be working at organizing a massive protest and demonstration. Bryant should have been charged with premeditated murder and should get a life sentence. Anything less is a miscarriage of justice precipitated by political expediency.

[wayfarin]

the driver is at fault but how is this premeditated murder? look it up.

[wayfarin]

@RonzigsGallery

dropped charges.

[thefoxandthelynx]

@RonzigsGallery Plese check out the movement Justice for Darcy Sheppard on Facebook. 

[MajorNourhaghighi]

@RonzigsGallery

The prosecutor dropped all charged and today this killer, Bryant is free, this is the corrupt Justice System in Toronto that everyone has complaint against them.

[utube793]

@RonzigsGallery Not only did he not get "serious" jail time..he got no jail time at all.

Havent heard of any "massive protest"..unless you are still preparing?

Douchebag cyclists.

[5tyxx]

I believe MB is innocent....yes he did bump into the cyclist.......the cyclist then in a rage and bike lock in hand(so they say) along with some alchol courage decides to go after the guy in the car.....who is with his wife celebrating and anniverserary.......MB scared for the safety of himself and his wife takes off(dont lie to yourself if a man grabbed onto your car suddenly with your wife in the car you would protect yourself)......cyclist holds onto the car...scared driver takes off THE END

[phillydisco]

Look at the surveillance video footage that Honest Edits put up. You can see how the incident started. They haven't released the footage of Bryant ramming Darcy into the mail box, or running over him with his car, but they do show Bryant ramming his car into Bryant at the traffic light. All this nonsense about Darcy waving a weapon or getting Bryant into a headlock is spin from the PR company Bryant hired. They put false stories into the media to turn opinion against Darcy and for Bryant.

[5tyxx]

lets say Bryant did ram him......and lets say it "WAS" intentional...lets just say that a guy celebrating his anniversary was pissed enough to ram any cyclist.......I still dont see how Darcy ended up on the driver side HOLDING onto the door....most sane ppl would not hold onto a moving car....I do believe Bryant has some Media influence but.......REALLY? holding onto a moving car???

[phillydisco]

Darcy was probably doing something instinctual, trying to grab a hold of a driver getting away. Did you look at the footage? He barely has a second to even contemplate his move. All he sees when he's getting up off the road is a driver backing up, then trying to drive off after hitting him. He didn't have ESP, so he didn't know this driver would drive at excessive speeds ramming him into stationary objects. NOBODY in their right mind would drag and ram, unless you're a felon escaping the law

[FinCups]

this is absolutely terrible

[phillydisco]

Its quite sickening. But what's even more sickening is the media dredging up old check fraud charges from several years ago that DS had, and that he may have had a drink or two an hour before the accident, as if those had direct bearings on the incident. If you view honestedits video footage, you will clearly see that Darcy was ahead of Bryant, but Bryant ran him down. Darcy then tried to stop the fleeing vehicle, hoping that grabbing on would force the driver to stop. Instead, this happened.

[shaxanth27]

It was the propaganda firm that Bryant hired that was feeding the media a lot of that irrelevant stuff.

What kind of unscrupulous monster kills someone and then pays people to drag his victim's name through the mud just to cover his own sorry ass?

[BeijingOpera2009]

if the Bryant can get off the hook and walk away. I think I could start to hate canada. or, at least, more disappointed.

[skjsdkjsd]

Go to Peru.

[BeijingOpera2009]

u, go to jail. Bryant. lol

[Varkarrus]

I won't be pleased unless he goes there for the rest of his life.

[skjsdkjsd]

Road enraged drunk criminal with nothing to lose hovering and screaming around my car wanting an altercation? My wife in the convertible car and I have no gun? Man hanging on to my car as I try to get away, man still screaming and in the panic I interpret his "screaming" as further aggression toward me or my wife in an unlocked exposed convertible? He won't let go? No murder here in my opinion. Why was the drunk hanging on to my car?

[skjsdkjsd]

No, apparently, drunk criminal is hanging on to my steering wheel trying to force me off the road.

[phillydisco]

You'll have to do us a favour and point out the drunk, because none of the video surveillance footage shows a drunk. Look at Honestedits video of the incident. Type in key words 'improved' 'bryant' and 'sheppard'. You'll see there was no drunk, and Bryant just plowed with his the guy for no reason, and then tried to take off in a hit and run.

[phillydisco]

By the way, the description of Sheppard's injuries points to serious head trauma. I'm guessing his skull was crushed. How fortunate for Bryant that the coroner hasn't released the cause of death to the media. I wouldn't be surprised if we found out that there were tire marks on Sheppard's body.

[MeaghanEdwards]

I wouldn't be surprised at that either :(

[kiamsauce]

You haven't seen any footage of what happened, I take it? He gets rammed, twice.... then afterwards he goes after the guy in the car. Yeah, they were both in the wrong... When what happened earlier is brought to light, it is obvious Bryant is NOT in the clear. "Bumping" then ramming into a cyclist who is in plain view from a full stop is NOT legal. No matter who you are.

[BurnabyTed]

I like to think justice will prevail. After what I have seen and heard from the witnesses, Bryant is guilty of using his car as a weapon no question. He must think he above that law to have done this and then plead his innocence. I will be watching this story closely.

[phillydisco]

If Bryant doesn't face more charges, I see it going backward, in that the prosecution will give him some kind of plea bargain. He won't see the inside of a jail cell, only a couple of years probation, maybe a suspended license and demerit points for driving badly. They're not charging him with homicide, just with being a bad driver.

[MusicToronto]

This story is very sad. They'll never be able to nail someone like Bryant. Too much money and power. I'm sure he has connections in the justice system as well.

RIP Allan.

[liberalrefugee]

These witnesses are victims too. Nobody deserves to endure the horror of watching a man killed out of anger and hate.

I can't believe some scum called them dweebs.

[MeaghanEdwards]

This is true; what they saw, they'll undoubtedly be unable to forget.

[phillydisco]

When you witness something like that, it changes you. The anger, the cold-blooded nature of the crime. Then the driver fled the scene. These guys would never have known the driver pulled around the corner. They witnessed a hit and run.

The police said they didn't feel the need to give Bryant a breathalyzer because he said he didn't drink at dinner. Huh. I didn't realize you could do that. I'll remind my friends to use that excuse when they have a drink and go driving. :(

The fix is in.

[Waynesglamgirls]

If OJ got away with murder than why not Michael Bryant???

[ralph0865]

Murder in the 1st degree

[listerineman]

not premeditated.

[babsbunny83]

It appears that the PR people for Bryant, have removed their vicious comments about the witness statements. Remember Navigant, you can only go so far in what you say, otherwise it will turn around and bite you and Bryant in the arse.

[clodelle]

This is just such a sad story. To think that some can justify the driver is a real nighmare. What kind of world do we live in where murderers can be excused as long as they are richer than their dead victims. Shame on the driver, the Police, the mass media and the PR firm involved in the spin!

[ralph0865]

Blackwater Military contractor in Iraq = Navigator Pr firm in Toronto!

Coverup, deceit & murders go unpunished

[Li1981]

My boyfriend saw the whole thing on his way to pick me up that awful night. It happened exactly as these guys said, I was on the sidewalk watching citytv interviewing these men, so this video is real and was taken 10 minutes following the accident.

Ironically, my boyfriend was picking me up because I didn't want to take the chance riding my bike home at night! I already know the danger's of being a cyclist in this city, I have been hit twice and I only ride casually!

There needs to be a change!

[phillydisco]

Thank you for sharing that. Honestedits has uploaded security video footage that the media played very briefly before they started going on about Darcy drinking an hour before. The footage shows that Darcy couldn't have been drunk, because his bike is in full control. And it shows Bryant ramming his bike, no time really to have a conversation before he speeds off around the downed cyclist. Keyword search 'raw footage' and 'bryant' you'll see all the vids under Honestedits profile.

[phillydisco]

Sorry, one question. Did your boyfriend see the part where the first guy said the back tires ran over the cyclist? Was this a continuous motion forward or did he stop reverse over the guy and then go forward?

[whatnameisavailablee]

I'm not surprised. I am a cyclist and have gotten in similar situations. Once at a red light a guy went crazy on because he claimed that I am supposed to be riding on the sidewalk.

[phillydisco]

Actually, a bicycle is supposed to get a full lane. Since there is a lot of construction downtown, there aren't any bike lanes, so cars and bikes have to share. If it was possible to build pedestrian and cycling walkways and dedicated the roads solely to cars, I guarantee the number of car accidents would sky rocket. It's the motorists who are the most dangerous. A bicycle may hurt or maim one or two people in a collision, but a car can kill or injure a whole crowd of people before stopping.

[5tyxx]

I never ride my bike on the road...I always use the sidewalks (i know how inconsiderate of me) but are you gonna pay if I get hit by a car....nope.....personally I rather see cyclist on the sidewalks rather then sharing the road with 5000 lbs vehicles...........its like putting a mouse in a snake pit and crying later on that the mouse got eaten..........cycles on the road was a bad idea from the start

[babsbunny83]

Great video, Expect it to be disabled, I'm sure Bryant's spin doctors are working on it. I should ask 1608 weston he's one of them. Your so transparent mate. You Tube don't be like the media and police and cover up evidence, keep this video on!

[1608weston]

Sorry to piss on anyones parade but did I not hear these dweebs just say the cyclist was hanging onto both sides of the car ? Very credible witnesses I would say.

[liberalrefugee]

Yes you did. They saw what they saw and that will come out in court

This interview was immediately after they had just seen a man killed by ramming him against stationary objects. They may have been a little stressed out. In their eyes they may think they just witnessed a murder not an accident. They wouldn't be alone in that thought.

[ralph0865]

But it was indeed Murder!

[ralph0865]

Michael Bryant is a "LOOSE CANON" and should be in jail with no parole rights based on the tapes we are seeing. Michael Bryant's acts are deliberate, vile & murderous. He should not be eligible to walk the streets until his trial has been dealt with. Parole at any set limit is not an issue for this MURDERING CRIMINAL.

[MeaghanEdwards]

Thank yo for posting this!

[ralph0865]

Bryant is as guilty as sin!!!!  MURDERER

[phillydisco]

Thank you for posting this. CTV pulled all footage from their website. I'm not sure if it was to save bandwidth.

RIP Darcy.

[MeaghanEdwards]

That is very, very suspicious . . .

[Lottidawe]

Suspicious indeed. CTV's' "spin" on this is obvious. This entire incident is a blemish on Toronto and an indicator of how horrible our city has become under the supposed leadership of Mayor Miller. It's a shame someone had to die. Time for a changing of the guard.