Attorney General, Michael Bryant, driving a convertible Saab, crossed paths with Darcy Allan Sheppard, a bike courier. Sheppard died after slamming into a fire hydrant while hanging onto Bryant’s car.
Here’s the thing that slays me – Bryant kept his foot on the accelerator while Sheppard hung onto the car, and, in a panic, he drove into oncoming traffic. If it was anyone else driving that car, they would’ve gotten at least a dangerous driving conviction. But not Bryant.
We don’t know what really happened that started the altercation, Sheppard isn’t alive to defend himself. We have Bryant’s explanation of events, and the numerous stories and a few pictures of Sheppard being aggressive with another driver. When I first read those stories and saw those pictures in the Star, I admit I thought that perhaps Sheppard was maybe a little deserving of his fate – he sounded, and looked, like a mad-man.
And then I read the article in Now Magazine I didn’t know that Sheppard’s actions involving other motorists should have little or no bearing. It should be about whether Bryant’s actions that night were justified. I don’t think they were. I think Bryant should’ve stopped the car instead of running away and hiding behind his, obviously very effective, PR firm.
If Bryant is still considered a possible candidate for politics in this country, as Coyle suggests in his article in the Star, then we’re in serious trouble.
This entire case stinks. I’m just so disappointed, disgusted, and sad.