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Maybe I've confused matters, saying "I will kill you" with racist insults is more serious than just idly saying you will kill someone. But then again the rider was targeted because he was a cyclist. So if the racial element makes threats to kill more serious because it is an attack on an entire section of society surely it's the same when the victim is targeted cos of their mode of transport. Blokes on the towpath had done nothing wrong and were attacked cos of what they are, not who they are. It's the same with the Priory Lane rider.