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NYC Critical Mass May 2009 - Harassment of Riders and Video Journalists

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Police swarm a group of riders stopped at a red light, issuing tickets for failure to keep right. There is no law that cyclists have to keep right or left. During the ticketing, Inspector Hughes singles out a videographer filming the incident and orders his detention after wrestling his camera out of his hands.

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  • You get a bunch of asshole cyclist provoking drivers. You block traffic...or wait, I think the word you guys use is "Cork" traffic. Then you start filming when someone gets sick of it...edit out the rest.

    Is that your truth?

  • The people who were stopped on a red light were not corking by definition. They were stopped at a red light. In NYC the critical mass issue centers on the freedom of assembly which is guaranteed by the Constitution in the US. In a sense the reason these riders were harassed was not because they broke any rules - they didnt, but because CM did not subject itself to a permitting process demanded by NYPD. NYPD is demanding that any assembly by more than 50 citizens ask them for permission...

  • whoever is making these videos is a fucking instigator.

    fuck you.

  • how do you figure that?  We just posted what happened. Are you saying the truth is inflammatory?

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  • Since bicyclists are not drivers, do they have to carry drivers liscense??

  • KUDOS TO NYPD. Ticket those idiot liberal bicyclists. It's common sense to stay to the further right or left of a street. There is no reason to take up the whole street. Bicyclsts are stupid

  • Im pro Law enforcement but I have to say for all cyclists. in sertain areas of the US we are harrased becuase we either cant get a car or choose not to drive one,Most of the time they are young cocky 27 yr olds itching to play supercop.if they dont like us maybe they should get out of their patrol cars and motorcyles and ride a bike,then they can see what a tough ride it can be for us,people in cars really dont give a damn about cyclists,the skid marks inside bike lanes are the proof. -from CA

  • Hipsters

  • Yeah a lot of danger the bikers where to the the cops. OH NO! He might be a Terrorist! He might be carrying uranium! It's for your own good.

    Stay home and shut up is what the cops are trying to say to all the protesters.

  • The law in all states is slower moving traffic keep right.

    You assholes are stupid assholes.

  • Maybe not a full-on "bagger" as they would not be needed considering the speeds, but a motorcycle will go anywhere a scooter will and run circles around it. Personally I think Harleys suck, but I would rather own a harley than a scooter. I like custom sport bikes, but those aren't really practical for cops.

  • yeah, those cyclists need to bathe more, stinkin libs

  • Not "corking" by definition? So then the "tactic" of corking has been used in the past to block traffic and cause congestion, thus bringing the attention and enforcement actions we see (edited for the liberal audience of course)

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