[Mb-civic] Police (State) Action Against Bike Riders

[Ian]

These three articles appeared in successive issues of The New York Times.  I
am sending them to show not only how much closer we come to a police state
every day (especially in New York City), but also how the police are now
brazen enough to blatantly TELL everyone that they are going to engage in
questionable activities, and then actually engage in them - and there is
little political or legal outcry.  Apparently, "1984" is simply 20 years
late...

Peace.

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 Police Warn of Arrests at a Mass Bike Ride
September 24, 2004
By THOMAS J. LUECK

The police warned a group of 1,000 cyclists expected to congregate tonight
at Union Square for a monthly ride that they faced mass arrests like those
that occurred last month if they did not apply for a permit and obey traffic
laws.


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/nyregion/24bike.html?ex=1097314272&ei=1&en=f59ad7d38d47dc2d

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9 Cyclists Are Arrested in Protest
September 25, 2004
By LYDIA POLGREEN and COLIN MOYNIHAN

Nine people were arrested as about a thousand cyclists hit the streets in
the monthly Critical Mass bicycle protest ride.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/nyregion/25bike.html?ex=1097314309&ei=1&en=4885e8ce78ff26a9

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Police Sawed Through Locks and Seized Bikes, Riders Say
September 26, 2004
By COLIN MOYNIHAN

Some of the 1,000 bicyclists who participated in a mass ride through
Manhattan on Friday complained that police seized bicycles by sawing through
locks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/nyregion/26bike.html?ex=1097314410&ei=1&en=4dd5aabbe3761f8b

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