250 Critical Mass bikers arrested in NYC



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Andrew Szafran

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According to the news this morning, about 250 bikers were arrested during
the Critical Mass ride in NYC yesterday. (Hopefully not for obstruction
of traffic, since the city is closing the West Side Highway on Sunday
rather than allowing a protest in Central Park. :)

Sounds like more overreaction on the part of the NYPD. Looking on the
bright side, Bloomberg's overprotection of the Republican National
Convention will likely count as a strike against him come the next mayoral
election.

-Andrew
 
"Andrew Szafran" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> According to the news this morning, about 250 bikers were arrested during
> the Critical Mass ride in NYC yesterday. (Hopefully not for obstruction
> of traffic, since the city is closing the West Side Highway on Sunday
> rather than allowing a protest in Central Park. :)
>
> Sounds like more overreaction on the part of the NYPD. Looking on the
> bright side, Bloomberg's overprotection of the Republican National
> Convention will likely count as a strike against him come the next mayoral
> election.
>
> -Andrew

Hope the keep them locked up they give the rest of us bicyclists a BAD NAME.
Teenage Morons, stay in jail.
At least no one got KILLED.
 
> At least no one got KILLED.

=v= "At least?" You make it sound like a likelihood. Critical
Mass has been going on monthly for for 11 years and 11 months
without anyone getting KILLED.
<_Jym_>
 
Andrew Szafran wrote:
> According to the news this morning, about 250 bikers were arrested during
> the Critical Mass ride in NYC yesterday. (Hopefully not for obstruction
> of traffic, since the city is closing the West Side Highway on Sunday
> rather than allowing a protest in Central Park. :)

I'm reading reports that the arrest count was up to 264. They estimate
that there were around 5000 riders. Apparently it turned into more of
an anti-Bush/RNC protest than a typical critical mass which is normally
only around a few hundred in NYC.

I think this is more about current election politics than about CM.
 
"Jym Dyer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > At least no one got KILLED.
>
> =v= "At least?" You make it sound like a likelihood. Critical
> Mass has been going on monthly for for 11 years and 11 months
> without anyone getting KILLED.
> <_Jym_>

That is a lie, 1997 San Francisco.
 
IMHO such activities help Bush more than Kerry, since the Republicans can
point to them as evidence that the anti-Bush people are irresponsible,
anarchists, not law-abiding, left-wing extremists, etc., etc. Is Critical
Mass supported (like Ralph Nader) by the Republican party?

Just wondering... Sheesh, hasn't anyone heard the expression "agents
provocateurs?"

.................
 
Quoth - <[email protected]> in
news:p[email protected]:

> Is Critical Mass supported (like Ralph Nader) by the
> Republican party?

Critical Mass has been having these monthly bike rides (designed
to raise consciousness for bicycle-friendly streets) for 11
months without incident. This one time, there was a larger
crowd than there had been previously, and the police arrested
many of them for heinous crime of stopping at a traffic light --
the police claimed that the stopped bicyclists were blocking
access to a hospital. It was a lie, part of an ongoing
Bloomberg attempt at intimidating protestors.

Look for more of the same all week.

--
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<http://www.glcq.com/bush_at_arpc1.htm>
Any government will waste money.
Only the worst waste lives.
 
>> Critical Mass has been going on monthly for for 11 years
>> and 11 months without anyone getting KILLED.
> That is a lie, 1997 San Francisco.

=v= Nobody was killed in any Critical Mass in San Francisco.
Nor in any of the monthly mini-masses there. Not in 1997,
not in any year.
<_Jym_>
 
> Apparently it turned into more of an anti-Bush/RNC protest
> than a typical critical mass which is normally only around
> a few hundred in NYC.

=v= Actually, since Bike Summer last year, the summer rides
have been much bigger.

> I think this is more about current election politics than
> about CM.

=v= No doubt. On a ride right before the RNC in a city where
most of the citizenry doesn't want the RNC, you're bound to
get some of that.
<_Jym_>
 
Tom Betz <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Quoth - <[email protected]> in
> news:p[email protected]:
>
> > Is Critical Mass supported (like Ralph Nader) by the
> > Republican party?
>
> Critical Mass has been having these monthly bike rides (designed
> to raise consciousness for bicycle-friendly streets) for 11
> months without incident.

That may be the "design" but the result is exactly the opposite.
I am amazed at how politically ignorant CMers are.

**** Durbin
 
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