Video of London Critical Mass defying the appeal.
Doug | 26.05.2007 09:46 | Ecology | London
There was a large attendance, possibly 1,000 or more, thanks to the
call-out and reaction to the Metropolitan Police appeal.
call-out and reaction to the Metropolitan Police appeal.
The cycle police were pretty laid
back and vastly outnumbered, though they did still try to manage the ride
by blocking the front so that the back could catch up. What does it matter
if a 1,000 riders get split into two or more though? Towards the end of
the ride the police seemed to give up doing anything, they didn't even try
to stop a couple of cars going the wrong way down a one way street, and
they just blended in and became a part of the Mass.
The police intervened with an incident with a young rider at King's Cross.
I couldn't make out whether the rider had been involved in accident and
the police were just taking particulars or if the rider was being
reprimanded. Anyway this led to some booing from the Mass.
Participants did quite a lot of blockading traffic and even a small sit
down in Parliament Square, though this was probably celebratory and
defiant. Nothing was done to stop the sound systems playing in the SOCPA zone this time. The impression I got from other riders was that this was a very
good Mass. I went expecting the worst and got almost the best.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371358.html
http://criticalmasslondon.org.uk
back and vastly outnumbered, though they did still try to manage the ride
by blocking the front so that the back could catch up. What does it matter
if a 1,000 riders get split into two or more though? Towards the end of
the ride the police seemed to give up doing anything, they didn't even try
to stop a couple of cars going the wrong way down a one way street, and
they just blended in and became a part of the Mass.
The police intervened with an incident with a young rider at King's Cross.
I couldn't make out whether the rider had been involved in accident and
the police were just taking particulars or if the rider was being
reprimanded. Anyway this led to some booing from the Mass.
Participants did quite a lot of blockading traffic and even a small sit
down in Parliament Square, though this was probably celebratory and
defiant. Nothing was done to stop the sound systems playing in the SOCPA zone this time. The impression I got from other riders was that this was a very
good Mass. I went expecting the worst and got almost the best.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371358.html http://criticalmasslondon.org.uk
Doug
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ACAB!
26.05.2007 11:29
the incident at kings cross involved a rider being caught stealing a light from the back of a cops bike. the police got pissed and tried to arrest her but a few other riders, and unfortunately i mean a few, intervened and let it be known that it would be very difficult for the police to arrest her - which they decided would therefore not be worth it. i personally think that those on the CM should not allow fellow riders to be arrested - an easy thing to acheive when we vastly outnumber the cops.
respect to the few that helped out.
respect to the few that helped out.
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