The news report that I saw on CNN this morning said that the biker stopped short and the SUV hit him, and the SUV pulled over... And was instantly attacked by the bikers and had it's tires slashed. The news report on
CNN says:
The driver, Alexian Lien, pulled over and was surrounded by other bikers, part of a group called Hollywood Stuntz. They hit the vehicle and spiked its tires, police said.
In other words, while we are unsure of what happened prior, it seems to me a motorcycle intentionally stopped short, the SUV hit it - which is understandable because he was surrounded by motorcycles at that moment - hit the motorcycle, pulled over, and then was attacked - they hit his SUV and then SLASHED his tires or they attempted to.
At this point this was no longer a minor car accident, but instead a mob of ten or twenty bikers attacking another car because of a fender bender one of their own intentionally caused.
The driver clearly acted in self defense - If my car is surrounded by a dozen people attacking me, I would do the same. This was a fender bender which quickly turned into a dozen people assaulting the driver.
No matter how you look at this, the bikers are at fault.
And this will get worse too as police look into it, watch these videos, and see thousands of incidents of this group breaking the law.