Context: I bike northbound over the Aurora bridge every evening, and today at the north exit where the sidewalk is unprotected, these two guys were fighting and one of them was briefly pushed off the sidewalk onto the freeway. I yelled at them to break it up, they stopped, and started walking in my direction. I said “Nope- nuh-uh. Nope.”, turned around and started biking back south. Fortunately there was someone else biking north with much larger balls than I, who just kept going. I followed and we just walked passed them, holding each other’s gaze, but not in a romantic way. After passing, my mind went straight to ‘If they walk into someone else on the bridge, they could totally throw them over the guard-rails and onto the freeway like they did to each other.’
SO- Is there anything you can do in a situation like that? I’m obviously not going to call the cops because the guys haven’t actually done anything bad- And when I’ve been jumped and called the cops, they don’t do anything (or in general lol). And trailing to make sure they don’t hurl any non-willing participants over feels like instigating at best, and Knights of the Night type ish at worst. Other than hoping that these are just two feisty short kings who enjoy a little roughhousing, are there any productive outlets in a situation like this? Or is it best to just mind my business and decouple the paranoia?
Thanks for any ideas and perspective!
Also, mods, the “I’m never leaving Seattle” flair IS appropriate, because I’M NEVER LEAVING SEATTLE!!!
Edit: This is starting to look like SeattleWA! Thank you for the suggestions, everyone!
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