SICKENING: White Florida Man Pulls Gun on Black Kids Riding Bikes at #BikesUpGunsDown Event

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dozens of people across South Florida participated in "wheels up, guns down" events, which are meant to show there are better things to do than crime. Dirt bikes and ATVs sped through the area. Police handed out traffic tickets, arrested more than a dozen people, and seized ATVs, which are not supposed to be driven on city streets. In Brickell, one confrontation took a terrifying turn

Video captured by a member of the Dream Defenders, a Florida civil rights group formed near the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement, shows a white woman screaming at young African-Americans, who appear to be in their teens or younger, participating in the event on bicycles.

The woman yells that one boy "ran over my foot"; then a man carrying a gun gets out of his SUV. He approaches menacingly and calls the kids "dumb-ass fucking "n*****s."

The Miami Police Department did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment about the confrontation.

The situation became tense when the bicycle riders, who could not be immediately identified, stopped traffic on the Brickell Avenue Bridge. They said they were protesting a development project in Liberty Square, a public housing complex.

New Times contacted the Dream Defenders about the video. The member who filmed the footage asked not to be identified. In another video, taken after the confrontation, he explained, “These kids are about to lose their housing." One of the bicycle riders was 11 years old, the anonymous Dream Defenders member added.

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UPDATE:

A felony stop was conducted when cops caught up with the Range Rover. Officers asked Bartlett if he had any weapons. He said yes, and when they searched the vehicle, they found "a black Springfield Armory XD9, which was located in the right front passenger rear pouch loaded, without a holster, and readily accessible to the driver."

Asked if he had a permit to carry the gun, Bartlett said he didn't know he needed one. Cops arrested him.

Later, while in custody, the arrest form says, Bartlett said, "Why am I being arrested when those kids are free to ride around? I did pull out my gun, but I never pointed it at them."

Another video that surfaced just after midnight shows Bartlett telling the young people blocking traffic to "get in front of my car, you fucking piece of shit. N*****s suck, n*****s suck, n*****s suck, n*****s suck," he says over and over again.

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