Bikers And Police Clash Again

I haven'tbeen able to check my favorite blogs for the last couple of weeks due to computer problems, so I am working on getting caught up now. One of thefirst places I went was Bike Blog to find out how this month's Critical Mass rides went. Here is the report for the NYC ride.

Here are a few things mentioned int he report that made me mad.

At Columbus Circle a woman with a bike was buying ice cream from a truck. She was slightly in the street, police arrested her.

Got a report that around 40th and Broadway a woman was doored by a cop car while in motion. She was in the bike lane. She face planted and broke her colar bone. There is credible evidence that entire incident was witnessed.

Plus there were a bunch of other people ticketed and arested, most of them for no reason! Do the NYPD realy have nothing better to do! This is insane!

I thought that this was cool though.

New reports caught on video...At Columbus Circle people were chanting: "Domestic spying" as 4 undercovers were violating the Hanshu agreement and video taping people not engaged in unlawful activity.

In the comments, there was a report that at 9:30 (shift change) as the cops drove off, several ridders and spectators were yelling at the cops and cheering on the riders :) So it's not just the riders that are mad about the cops reaction to Critical Mass.

Here in Redwood, the clostest we have to a Critical Mass is our weekly Community Ride, which is endorsed by the city, but I can't help but wonder if, as the number of people joining us each week grows,we will start getting harrased too.