2020-06-08 17:30:24, Olivia Nuzzi, nymag
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This is not Peter Weinberg.
Photo: Screencap/Twitter
New York Is Committed to Covering This Essential MomentWe've removed our paywall from this and other stories about police brutality and systemic racism.
Detective Lopez didn't answer his call, but soon someone with the police department contacted Weinberg to let him know that officers would be patrolling the area around his home because he might be in danger.
Detective Lopez reached him around 11 p.m. and they agreed to meet the next morning.
(228 retweets.)
On Friday, police arrested Anthony Brennan III, a 60-year-old from Kensington, Maryland, and charged him with three counts of second-degree assault.
Weinberg told a reporter he was "dizzy" after what he went through.
"You may hear more from me in time as I reflect on this experience," he tweeted.
To his surprise, the app that he used to record his regular rides from Bethesda into Georgetown via the Capital Crescent Trail shared that information publicly, not just with his network of friends and followers.
I have been in touch with the authorities and will continue to help any way possible."
His fiancée in New York, he spent the night alone, refreshing Twitter, watching helplessly as people tried to destroy his life.
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