OK, after reading all 150 comments, I have to comment. Did it occur to anyone that it is a simple case of road rage? I bet the guy from Hadley, who "they" say just moved here is from a state with many impatient drivers, ie a big city with traffic congestion. Impatient driving is rather contagious and becomes a way of life for SOME folks and he hasn't adjusted to the more laid back state of TV. Saw impatient driving and road rage all the time living in the Washington DC area. I wouldn't give the 1 finger salute or yell back to someone who honks at you or cuts you off or you might just get shot in DC. It has taken me over a year to slow down my driving speed and adjust the time it will take me to get somewhere because I was so used to a faster pace. There is NO excuse for what he did and he needs to suffer the consequences of his actions. I feel sorry for his family.https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...milies/sad.gif

Other than the official police report posted here earlier, I seriously doubt we will be getting any more factual information about this incident until it is adjudicated in court.
Seems to be a lot of speculation going on here. So I'll just add my theory: the perp is a bully who is used to getting his way via shouting, cursing, threats, and aggressive behavior. In this case, however, the "victim" was not intimidated in the least and took protective action. Note black eye present in mug shot of perp. The perp in turn was so stunned by this turn of events that he quickly retreated to his car, grabbed his baton, and began attacking the victim's vehicle, breaking windows, and punching yhe victim's mother. I guess she was more his speed as far as physical prowess.
How's that for an imagined scenario?

As good a guess as any!

I don't want to make light of your situation, but the former mayor of Toledo, Ohio..a guy named Carty Finkbiener used to take his role as the city's top "emergency official" seriously and was known to attempt to pull over people who he thought were in violation of various traffic infractions. One day a scared motorist cold-cocked the mayor not knowing who he was or what he was doing. The city council and the Chief of Police finally managed to get Carty to stop doing his Captain Midnight impression before he got killed.

Good old Carty Finkbiener. He once proposed moving all the deaf people in Toledo next to the Airport so he wouldn't have to deal with noise complaints anymore. I actually found him to be a great supporter and booster of Toledo, but his act did get tiresome after a while. (Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the road rage thread).

If there was ever a thread in need of a hijacking, it was this one.

Speaking of deaf people, I had a friend who sold cars at a dealership. He learned sign language so he could concentrate on selling to the hearing impaired.

He got a lot of trade-ins from his customers. He said he noticed an interesting phenomenon. The radios in these cars either had almost never been turned on or the speakers were entirely blown out of them.

(How's that for hijacking a thread?)

If you have watched the TV series Swamp People on the History Channel you have seen R.J. Molinere, Jr. and his son Jay Paul Molinere hunting alligators in Louisiana. They are members of the above mentioned Houma Nation Indian tribe, still following the hunting traditions of their ancestors, except that they now kill the gators with rifles rather than sharpened spears.

More trivia, as we go farther afield from the theme of the thread.