http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycling Now a Crime en Mon, 18 May 2026 15:27:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7919#post-79871 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:42:42 +0000 Baldcyclist 79871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What I get, is that the young barrack room lawyer, posh ned if you will, decides to be an idiot and have an argument with the policeman.<br /> The policeman after getting fed up with her ranting simply changes his approach to the 'I can be just as much of an idiot as you dearest' and decides to huckle her for being involved in the critical mass.<br /> She says "I've been cycling, that's not illegal", which is just more Barack room lawyer stuff. His reply of "Yes it is" is not that the act of cycling is illegal, rather the act of cycling in an area that has been forbidden is illegal, he then goes on to talk about the Section 12 stuff.</p> <p>This scenario Is exactly the same as younger hooded ned on BMX involved in no good, only with less swearing! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7919#post-79867 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:17:45 +0000 kaputnik 79867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I really don't get this, maybe I'm just old, or conservative or whatever</em></p> <p>I didn't really "get" the issue around the argument between the policeman and the woman either. I did "get" that we've got at least one police officer in the country who seems to think that cycling is a crime though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7919#post-79863 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:15:19 +0000 chdot 79863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> From what we’ve heard it seems they may be hard pressed to show how the restrictions imposed and the resulting mass arrests were a proportionate response to any arguable risk posed by the cyclists. Harder still to justify kettling a group of cyclists in Stratford. The courts in this country and in Strasbourg may have held that kettling was permissible in response to the extreme circumstances faced by the police on May Day 2001, but they all stressed that kettling is an exceptional measure – not one to be resorted to lightly.<br />  <br /> It’s fantastic that we’re holding the Olympics in London and the opening ceremony was amazing. But the Games must not be used as a pretext for bearing down on peaceful dissent. Friday’s ceremony highlighted so much that we have to be proud of, including changes achieved through peaceful protest – the Suffragettes – and our commitment to human rights – yes it was our dear Director carrying the Olympic flag. Let’s make sure that we honour these outside the stadium, not just within.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/2012/police-target-cyclists-during-olympic-opening.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/2012/police-target-cyclists-during-olympic-opening.php</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7919#post-79861 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:59:36 +0000 Baldcyclist 79861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I really don't get this, maybe I'm just old, or conservative or whatever, but there really is no need to harass the Police whatsoever in this case. Whatever the reason the man has been arrested for is nothing to do with these people.<br /> Let the Police deal with it rather than bombarding them with 1000 questions purely to aggravate them, no wonder they are frustrated. I'm sure the arrested man didn't die of thirst whilst in Police custody! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7919#post-79860 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:34:25 +0000 chdot 79860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/30/olympic-protests-heavy-handed-policing" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/30/olympic-protests-heavy-handed-policing</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7919#post-79859 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:24:21 +0000 chdot 79859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Sheila Hanlon (@DrSheilaHanlon)</p> <p>30/07/2012 12:40</p> <p>Want to know more about the suffragettes from Olympics opening ceremony? Check out "Cycling to Suffrage" @WomensLibrary </p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/wN8Em3" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/wN8Em3</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7919#post-79799 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:22:19 +0000 kaputnik 79799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least this Sgt. of HM Metropolitan Police Service seems to think so;</p> <p>Scene of a remonstration between a Critical Mass Cyclist and said officer of the law (nothing to do with the protest, apparently trying to offer water to an arrested muslim man who was asking for water as he had been fasting).</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLPVbczWMTo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLPVbczWMTo</a><br /> 1:31<br /> Woman - "<em>I've been cycling, cycling is not a crime</em>"<br /> Policeman - "<em>It is</em>" </p>