[*BCM*] MPLS biker tased, detained, framed, taken to trial--all based on clea

[Robin Kimball]

Eric:

You say you're too scared to bike anywhere other than Boston?  Funny--I'm 
from Chicago and I'm to scared yet to ride *in* Bostonland.  :)

-NR.


>From: esw at alum.mit.edu
>Reply-To: Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
>To: Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] MPLS biker tased, detained, framed,taken to trial--all 
>based on clea
>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:12:03 -0400
>
>
>Wow, that's got me shaking with anger.  And fear.  The "offender" in
>this story was riding a Brompton folding bike... the same bike I ride
>10 miles every day.  One fun thing about owning a folding bike is the
>ability to fly somewhere and then departing the airport under your own
>power.  I've never done this, and I'm less inclined to ever do so now.
>
>It makes me scared to ever bike anywhere other than Boston.  Come to
>think of it I could see it happening in Boston too.  I guess it just
>makes me scared.  And angry.  I'm shaking with anger after reading the
>full story.  Not sure what to do about it other than share it with
>other friends.  I know I would not have been as "firm" as Stephan.  I
>would have walked the bike until they were out of sight.
>
>I guess the one thing I'll be sure to do from now on is stop and be a
>witness if I ever see a bicyclist pulled over by a cop.  I suppose
>that might be just as dangerous as being the "offender."  Is it
>illegal to be a witness to officers treatment of alleged offenders, in
>general?  What if the officer orders the witness to leave the area?
>As in; "nothing to see here, move along."  Being an unseen witness
>with photographic evidence would seem to be the ideal.
>
>Hmmm... time to renew that massbike membership.
>
>Still shaking,
>-erik
>_______________________________________________
>Boston Critical Mass mailing list
>list at bostoncriticalmass.org
>http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list
>To unsubscribe email list-unsubscribe at bostoncriticalmass.org

_________________________________________________________________
Get a preview of Live Earth, the hottest event this summer - only on MSN 
http://liveearth.msn.com?source=msntaglineliveearthhm