On 01/08/2012 07:58, Doug wrote:


The major disruption in this case was caused by the police blocking
off roads in an attempt to stop CM and merely because CM participants
had decided not to obey the stupid conditions imposed on them by the
police, such as not to go north of the river.

The police were only there because the CM ****s had decided in advance
to cause disruption - an offence under the Public Order Act.

BTW, this is a good example of how the police are allowed to create
crimes as they go along and criminalise people extra-judicially, on
the basis of "Do as we say or else!"

Section 12 - Imposing conditions on public processions provides police
the power to impose conditions on processions "to prevent serious public
disorder, serious criminal damage or serious disruption to the life of
the community"

The entire purpose of the CM ****s was to cause "serious public
disorder, serious criminal damage or serious disruption to the life of
the community".



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Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton, of Lancaster
University, wrote in an interim assessment of the Understanding Walking
and Cycling study. "For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing, they fail
to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their
lives, certainly on a regular basis."