For the supporters (I thank you again) that I promised an update:
The verdict came back: not guilty. They cobbled together a story last night and the jury bought it.
They claimed the gun I saw in his had during our verbal exchange was a camera. It was manufactured in 2006, 2 years after the incident, but the State's Attorney let that slip to the defense attorney before there was testimony on it, so that was tossed before the jury was back in the room.
He testified that he pulled to the shoulder of the road to get his cell phone out of the trunk to call the police and that I came up and parked behind him. He then got in his car to call the police, I walked up to the window and punched him, then pulled a gun on him. Then, before I could get a shot off, he got his gun out of the glove box, shot the tire out on my bike so he could escape, and took off all without a single shot striking him or his car. Nevermind the fact that I've never owned a gun.
The judge, defense, prosecution, even the defendant were expecting a guilty verdict. But there was one old man on the jury that said he sympathized with the defendant and thought "he suffered enough already". I guess we didn't and don't matter. He made up his mind from the beginning and didn't weigh the facts.... and all it takes is one.
It's like being the victims all over again.