34 arrested in Critical Mass bike ride

May 1, 2005

A total of 34 people were arrested at Friday night's Critical Mass ride, the 12th anniversary of the movement, police said.

The 20 men and 14 women arrested were issued desk appearance tickets, police said.

The first warm-weather ride of the season, which happened to fall on the event's birthday, may have attracted twice as many riders, about 400, than the other monthly rides this year.

Though Critical Mass has been without incident since its inception , the publicity surrounding it has surged since last August's Republican National Convention, when a highly-publicized ride drew several thousand people and resulted in more than 100 arrests.

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-bike0501,0,2347905.story?coll=nyc-homepage-breaking2

Doesn't the NYPD have anything better to do?

Wouldn't it be just terrible if they got a few more cars off the street in Manhattan? :eyes:

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" In December, a federal judge dismissed the city's effort to force cyclists to obtain permits before the ride. "
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And yet the police are still making an organized effort to DISRUPT the ride...I call shenanigans!

riders more than I do.

The guy who designed those Dickhead helmets for them.

:rofl: