A man who uploaded a video of himself chasing a schoolboy on a bicycle in his car whilst threatening to run him off the road to YouTube has committed suicide, despite police and the boy declining to press charges, prompting furious speculation as to why he would kill himself when he remained anonymous and faced no punishment.
The incident began in July of 2011, when a Himeji company employee in his forties apparently succumbed to road rage and began chasing a middle schooler on a bicycle, screaming various threats against the boy, including telling him he would ram him into the river.
He recorded the entire chase on his dashboard camera, and for reasons which are not clear decided it would be a good idea to upload the video onto Youtube:
He later deleted the video, but by then mirrors had proliferated and it was too late, and soon the police became involved.
The boy being chased was less than fazed by his ordeal, brushing off his pursuer as not worth bothering with – “I got through it fine. I’m not scared of some guy like that.”
He declined to press any charges against the man (with a complaint from his victim he could have been charged with misdemeanour intimidation or similar), and police had to settle for issuing him a verbal caution and making him sign a written pledge not to do it again.
The Internet, however, was much less forgiving – viewers of the video clamoured for his arrest and denounced him with much vitriol, outraged by his reckless and potentially murderous conduct. The media soon picked the story up as well.
All this was evidently too much for the schoolboy chaser – on the 27th, Tottori prefecture police reported discovering him dead, in what they are treating as a suicide.
There appears to be very little sympathy online, but there is a great deal of curiosity as to what actually transpired:
“This guy had no balls at all, did he?”
“He gets hit back and he kills himself…”
“This is the happiest news I’ve heard all year.”
“The kid didn’t even file a complaint. Why’d he kill himself?”
“He’s trying to get back at the kid.”
“He killed himself to atone. A happy end.”
“Did the kid even do anything to provoke this?”
“This is not going to leave a nice aftertaste for the kid.”
“You guys drove another one to suicide I see.”
“Nobody actually found out who he was and put it online, did they?”
“Nobody found out who he was. There should not have been any public impact on his life.”
“Scum has died, that is all.”
“He was probably up to all sorts of other dodgy stuff which would have ruined him if it got out.”
“If he had any real sensitivity he would never have uploaded that.”
“Apparently he went missing shortly after this blew up, after saying he didn’t think it would be this big of a deal.”
“Watch the video. Guys like that are a waste of oxygen.”
“The classic case of a dog whose bark was worse than his bite.”
“He probably had a mental illness of some sort.”
“A real ruffian wouldn’t have uploaded it like that. He was just a total coward in the end.”
“He had probably done other stuff which would have come out if anyone investigated.”
“Could have been his family which applied the pressure.”
“Was this really a suicide?”
“Why was he found in Tottori? With no complaint filed against him he basically got off scot-free.”
“He was probably unstable to start with. I’m more worried about the effect him killing himself will have on the schoolboy…”
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the child gangs made justice, that is why they didn't want the useless police involved.
i bet he was driving a honda civic
All I can say is that the kid was such a boss... didn't even flinch when the retard pulled over.
We have no idea what the driver looked like. For all we know he's the Japanese Don Knotts.
Obviously the guy had mental problems to begin with to have done any of this shit, so why are folks surprised he offed himself? I only wish more assholes of the world would do us all a favor and do likewise.
Agreed! why can't all these whiney bitchy emo kids's take the final step? let us know they're serious. Japanese youth often kill themselves and Japanese soldiers would stab themselves over Honor issues.
The Japs make Suicide Noble or a 'final statement' - they are not afraid to take control or responsibility for death's or their own death. No finger pointing or blame - they just do it! If only the trash in America had this resolve.
lead the way...
:-)
It was obviously more than just a chase. He stopped the bicyclist and got out of the car to harass him.
I blame the American music. If he had been listening to J-Pop, this would not have happened.
he is probably listening to lady gaga's "Judas"...that's probably why he committed suicide.
If he was listening to J-Pop, he wouldn't seems as threatening.
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Happy end after all!
>j-pop
that's enough to make any sane individual kill their self alone
/deal with it. faggot
"I blame American music. If he was listening to J-Pop, this would not have happened."
PLEASE tell me that was sarcasm.
Truth. If he were listening to J-Pop he would've stopped and shared some "love" with the boy. Most likely by way of handshake... or possibly by way of drive by spray, depending on his talent.
But yeh, joking aside...
Nothing was lost.
Hopefully, it won't affect the kid too much, but it's not ever that easy.
HUH, What the fuck happened to make him snap like this..HOLY SHIT ;(
I think he could have handled the situation a lot better!!
In America the kid would have pulled out a pistol a capped his ass!
No loss.
no idea what America you live in...
The one that exists in movie theaters.....
Nothing like a dash of denial right? If this was China all you Sankaku users would be up voting a comment that said "The bike would of exploded anyway".
Oh you people...
20:11, I guess the truth struck home to you then huh? Probably because you closely associate with my statement than majority here. Why else would you reply with an insult rather than a coherent reply.
Oh you failed internet activist. So anonymous. So forgettable. Try again next article....
where the fuck in america are you seeing that at? e.o
detroit, michigan
No, most of the kids around here are too broke to even get a stolen gun! God I hate Detroit.
And you wonder why america is gonna fail lol
That most-Americans-have-guns stereotype makes me laugh every time.
Ohh yes, we're all armed and we'll shoot you if you piss us off. /sarcasm
Also, that guy must've been real insecure or weak-minded to take out his anger on a kid and take his own life because of it. Sad.
More like the guy would've taken a gun outta his car and shot the kid dead instead.
Wrong. In America such a man would've been correctly diagnosed with a mental illness 10-20 yrs. earlier & would've had all that much time under therapy & medication & would therefore not have uploaded such a batshit crazy video in the first place.
That's why America needs gun control.
Sabe que es America? pedazo de ignorante, si no sabe que es America no comente de America.
what we should? is to ban car!
Nah won't be safe enough. We have to ban roads too.
1) Guy gets road rage and freaks out at some kid once, posts it on youtube for some reason.
2) People tear him a new asshole about it
3) Guy dies (APPARENTLY a suicide)
4) All of Japan: "He's dead? SERVES HIM RIGHT! Happy end!"
Honestly? Fuck the Japanese. They make good cartoons and all, but there's something truly deranged about the whole mentality of their culture. It wouldn't have surprised me if his identity had wound up on the internet and someone decided to go lynch him.
Oh yes, and that mentality is unique to the Japanese nation as a whole. Yes. Yes. You are not racist at all, and how you fail to neglect many a cases in whichever country you come from (because surprise, this kind of mentality exists everywhere)
Puddle of Mudd made him do it.
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Maybe the cops killed him.
Kira found out his name
Just another addition to the deathnote.
dude CUT TO THE CHASE
I wonder how much of the strong response comes from people remembering their own experiences of being bullied.
Puddle Of Mudd :D
...but 'I' like Puddle Of Mudd too.
The kid was so composed that my guess is he has "connections" and the bully's death was not self-inflicted.
conspiracy much?
Looks like this man...
*sunglasses*
Was driven mad.
@ 4 minutes into the video, a man with what-seems-to-be a flat-top hairdo walks by... this man is obviously Yakuza...
Now we know it wasn't suicide...
The boy was Yakuza, too, and hired that hitman to make the rager's death look like suicide.
The end.
I think it is clear as day what's really happened: The boy found him later and killed him. He looked weak, but was a real psycho inside.
He was the real mastermind here...