[*BCM*] Atlanta Critical Mass - Police

[Eric A. Stratton]

Figured I'd share this with everyone.  The Atlanta Police Department  
appears to have taken an interest in Critical Mass there.

"After many months of peaceful coexistence, Atlanta police decided to  
pursue and ticket the monthly Critical Mass bike ride. While other  
cities have had much more confrontational episodes between police and  
Critical Mass, Atlanta has usually been a very hospitable town for  
this loosely organized pro-bicycle demonstration. After an article  
about Critical Mass appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after  
last month's ride, there was a sudden, visible shift in APD policy. A  
phalanx of police was waiting for the riders at Centennial Olympic  
Park and dogged them all the way through Midtown, Virginia-Highlands,  
Little Five Points, and the Old Fourth Ward for an hour. While things  
didn't get particularly ugly between police and the Mass this time,  
the sudden interest of the law may mark the beginning of the end of a  
long-standing friendly (and peaceful) coexistence."

More info at the links below, as well as video

http://shelbinator.com/2008/06/28/atlanta-police-too-busy-to-fight-real-crime/
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-40338#

-E


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