The deputy's actions definitely seem pretty stupid.

The thing that was mentioned in the police report that people seem most hacked off about was that the cyclists were allegedly riding 3 and 4 abreast, and doing this as a regular thing. Now, that definitely doesn't justify causing cyclists to wreck, but I CAN see how it would aggravate drivers in the community if it really was happening like that every week.

If the police report is true, it seems like a lot of people were pulling dumb stunts that day.