Car Passenger Throws Beer At Cyclist, Gets Arrested: Report

WASHINGTON, DC -- An editor at The Washington Post who was riding his bicycle in D.C. earlier this week was suddenly accosted by a car's passenger, who threw an open can of beer at him and then returned after he dropped his phone in the road to brandish what appeared to the cyclist to be a knife, according to a report. Video of the incident is embedded below.

Andrew Heining was riding along East Basin Drive near the Jefferson Memorial when a car passed him, and the passenger opened the right-side rear door and tossed an open can of beer toward him, according to a DCist report.

The passenger then apparently dropped his phone in the roadway, and Heining grabbed it. The car returned and the person who may have thrown the beer appears to the cyclist to pull a knife out of his pocket. The whole incident was captured on video.

PSA: Don't drink beer in a car.
But if you do, don't throw it at a #bikedc cyclist with @Cycliq cams front & rear.
But if you do, don't drop your phone.
But if you do, don't come back for it.
But if you do, don't pull out a knife, even just to show you don't intend to use it. pic.twitter.com/8zQ6HmR7kr
— Andrew Heining (@andrewjh) March 13, 2019

The video shows Park Police and Metropolitan Police patting down the suspect, who was arrested according to the report.

There was no information immediately available on the identity of the suspect, or what prompted the confrontation.