250 Critical Mass bikers arrested in NYC

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

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_

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.

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" wrote in message
...
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.

"Jym Dyer" wrote in message
...
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?"

.................

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 - in
news
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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