When Lysiak asked what she was doing that might be considered illegal, Patterson first said she was “disobeying the command of a police officer.” He then said Lysiak was riding her bike on the wrong side of the road. He also said there was a mountain lion in the area, so he wanted her off the streets to protect her safety — although, as Lysiak pointed out in her piece, other people were in the vicinity and Patterson didn’t tell them to get off the road.