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London Critical Mass ride 30-5-08.

Doug | 31.05.2008 09:15 | Health | Repression | Social Struggles | London

Quick report on the ride.

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Police blocking the ride.
Police blocking the ride.

Just after Tower Bridge.
Just after Tower Bridge.

Outside Buck House.
Outside Buck House.


Several hundred riders, good weather, a very enjoyable ride, apart from police slowing things down as usual by blocking the front of the ride at intersections. Later they seemed to stop doing this and made a good job of corking instead. This time a confrontation with police over sound systems in the SOCPA zone was avoided, by not going into the SOCPA zone. Instead a stop was made outside Buck House, complete with full-on sounds.

Doug

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cop bad behaviour

03.06.2008 12:34

main incidents were cops fining people for doing the very thing they were doing themselves continuously.

One man was stopped for overtaking other cyclists using the empty right hand lane. Another one was stopped for riding on the pavement - these two things I saw police men on bikes doing.

As the man was stopped, one of the policemen (with no identification batch) dropped his bike on the pavement. He was told by a woman, with a smile: "oh treat your bike better please!" to which he answered: "What do I care! I'm not paying for it, the tax payer is!"

After the critical mass came the "Aftermass", in Shoreditch's Bowl Court. A beautiful party with the chance for all bikers and punters alike to meet, some for the first time in their lives, a project that is not run for business, and where people offer a space for free.

nke


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  1. Greetings from Manchester — Andy