Comments on: Police Brutality @ NYC Critical Mass

By: David C. Gross

David C. Gross — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:37:54 +0000

If I was a bike rider and a cop did that to me I would hunt him down like a rabid dog and bust a cap on his ass.

By: Critical Mass Biker Back on the Job - Urban Velo

Critical Mass Biker Back on the Job - Urban Velo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:25:45 +0000

[...] Long, the cyclist assaulted during last week’s Critical Mass ride in NYC, is back on the job. According to a report on the NY Daily News website, Long is back [...]

By: Cressers

Cressers — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:13:45 +0000

Jeff, please keep UV updated as to how this case progresses.

By: unixd0rk

unixd0rk — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:58:28 +0000

Chris - Well put.

By: tim z

tim z — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:11:35 +0000

video footage of a cop being a dick. way to go dick head cop, have fun pushing pencils. don’t tackle anyone while standing around the water cooler now, ya hear?

By: jimmy

jimmy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:25:27 +0000

Terry - would it matter if he did say something rude of even offensive to the cop? Is violence ever a warranted reaction in response to something another person has said?

Especially when dealing with a cop, anything you may say falls under something called free speech.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:55:09 +0000

> yea, critical mass is absolutely ignorant and really does more bad than good. I would like to hear if the guy spouted off to the cop before being smashed off his bike.

Don’t you think the cop would have mentioned that in his arrest report, instead of trying to claim that the cyclist was “forcing multiple vehicles to stop” when there weren’t any?

> clearly excess force, but an impressive looking hit.

The cyclist wasn’t wearing a helmet. If his head had hit the kerb, which looked entirely possible from the video to me, I would not have been surprised to read that he’d died. Nothing about what the cop did was okay or necessary; he made no attempt to signal for the cyclist to stop before endangering his life by assaulting him.

At the point when you hate Critical Mass so much that you’d be willing to see its riders die due to police brutality, you should take a big step back and question why you feel that way, and exactly what kind of police force you’d like to live with.

- Chris.

By: Joe Biker

Joe Biker — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:44:01 +0000

I was there. It was a clean happy ride for bicycle safety and awareness. It lasted for 2 hours with no issues other than the cops in Times square brutalizing a few kids…

By: TERRY

TERRY — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:16:43 +0000

yea, critical mass is absolutely ignorant and really does more bad than good. I would like to hear if the guy spouted off to the cop before being smashed off his bike.
clearly excess force, but an impressive looking hit.

By: d*pow

d*pow — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:31:59 +0000

I agree with Sumadis. I have grown weary of boat rocking Critical Massers. Get a clue, all you are doing is furthering the rift between you and those folks you are taunting in their cars.
Critcal Mass does nothing for the guy or woman who rides alone at night. Nothing except make them an easy target.