A US cyclist has gone viral on social media after interrupting his bike ride to angrily confront children posting anti racism fliers.
The cyclist, who was in full kit during the incident and ran at one child with his bike, is wanted by the police who say they are treating the incident as assault.
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A video of the incident was published on Thursday evening and had soon been viewed over 17 million times and counting, with media outlets in the US also widely reporting the incident.
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Some of the thousands of people who commented on the video had taken screen grabs from the footage and used software to enhance them in a bid to ensure the cyclist would be recognised and the police informed.
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Police said the incident occurred at Dalecarlia Tunnel in Bethesda, Maryland when three children were hanging anti racism posters; doing so in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minnesota last week.
One of the victims said the man called the children "deviants" and accused them of inciting riots; an apparent reference to the riots in many US cities since the killing of George Floyd.
Maryland National Capital Park Police asked anyone who recognised the man to get in contact, issuing a statement saying: "We are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the below individual in reference to an assault that took place on the Capital Crescent trail."
Some local cycling groups and websites have also Tweeted images of the man in the hope that others in the cycling community may recognise him.
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