[*BCM*] That motorcycle cop on today's ride

[Dave Roberts]

I don't appreciate busting through red lights, so I stop at them. The mass
proceeded through a red light, whereupon I stopped at the red light (I was near
the back anyway)... A bicycle cop appeared at my left side with his requisite
wrap-around sunglasses and told me to get going. I indicated that the light was
red and that I would not go. He became quite angered at this point and told me
to go, while another bicycle cop or two came up along my other side. I restated
that the light was obviously red and pointed to it, now at this time cross
traffic was proceeding through the light and pedestrians were entering the
intersection. The officer then asked in their normal overbearing power-tripping
method if I was "riding with this" and pointed generally toward the mass but
more toward the Mass Pike or the South End to which I responded "I'm out
riding." Then I hear shouted from my right "Don't be a fucking asshole- answer
the question" I look to my right and see some other properly wrap-around
sunglass-equipped cop leaning out of his Police SUV (947C) all red-faced and
shit. Then the bicycle cop says "You want to ride? GO!" and they all start
moving forward on me... so I proceed into traffic through the redlight into a
bunch of pedestrians. They continued to rolling-box the mass, so I left and
kept my distance usually always a block or two offset from the mass. I don't
like to be surrounded by police - at least not that many, bad experiences and
all.  


Quoting "a.k." <kalamity13 at yahoo.com>:

* how did the cops make you break the law?  ( i
* wasn't there)  i'm sorry to hear that.
* 
* --- Dave Roberts <dave at the-wild.net> wrote:
* 
* > Hmm, guess I missed that, I pretty much bugged
* > out and shadowed the ride after
* > being forced to break the law by two cops and
* > called an asshole by them... All
* > I could figure was great - they're making me
* > break the law, putting me into
* > danger all so they can arrest me for it
* > later... Thanks but no thanks - that's
* > just what they did to me at "Freedom Plaza" in
* > DC. 
* > 
* > 
* > 
* > Quoting Alexander Kahn
* > <alexanderkahn at comcast.net>:
* > 
* > * First of all, that guy was an asshole.
* > * 
* > * Second, his license plate said "7." Did
* > anyone get his badge number? 
* > * Also, how did that whole encounter end up?
* > What did the police say 
* > * after the incident? Will the fellow whose
* > bike was run over be 
* > * compensated?
* > * --
* > * Alexander Kahn
* > * 
* > *
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