An Indianapolis man was arrested on Saturday after he assaulted a 14-year-old boy solely because the kid was on his motorized bike.
According to WXIN, Jason Harrell explained to authorities that he admonished the boy regarding his repeated behavior of riding a bike as a child. However, he refuted the allegations of pushing and striking the boy, despite the incident being captured on camera.
The footage shows the boy stationary on his bicycle near a mailbox at the edge of the road as a white van pulls up next to him, with the driver loudly cursing at the child.
From inside the van, the man angrily yells, “Inform your foolish dad to confront me. If I see you on my street once more, I will confront you. Leave this place immediately.”
The driver then guns the van for a few feet and stops, getting out and slamming the door.
“You f****** understand?” he screams. The boy replies, “Yes, siir.”
“Get the f*** off my street,” the driver screams.
He calls the boy a “m**********” as he shoves him into the snow. The boy meekly says, “Sorry” as the screamer appears to punch him.
“I see you on the f****** street again I’m gonna kill you and your dad,” he screams. “You understand? You underf******stand? Get the f*** on this bike and get the f*** out of here! Right f****** now!”
The time stamp on the video is around 3:20 p.m. on Saturday. Police arrived on the scene at 3:40, WXIN reported. The boy’s mother told them that Harrell frequently got upset with kids playing in the neighborhood and this time went too far.
Harrell told police that children riding bikes was “an ongoing issue which plagued the entire neighborhood,” although it’s not clear that anyone besides Harrell had a problem
Harrell was charged with intimidation with threat to commit a forcible felony and two counts of battery resulting in bodily injury.
