London Olympics - mass arrests...

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Its not reported on the BBC yet...

Mass arrests as London police attack 'Critical Mass' cycle ride during Olympic ceremony

London police have used pepper spray against “critical mass” cycle ride as the British capital holds the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Games. “Large number of people” arrested said a police tweet.
Critical Mass is a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month all around the world. Earlier there have been calls on the Internet to stage the London ride on July 27 as an anti-Olympics protest.
Scuffles occurred near the Olympic Stadium on the outskirts of the Olympic Park with participants saying they were being “kettled”. Some witnesses said police pushed the cyclists aside to get David Beckham through traffic.
A witness video uploaded to YouTube allegedly showed police assaulting and pepper-spraying a disabled man on a tricycle.
"A number of people in breach of regulations imposed on a monthly cycling event have been arrested," a spokesman for Scotland Yard said.

www.rt.com/news/london-police-olympics-arrests-269/

Well i am quite neutral with the olympics and i have seen the buses have been used to cargo bikes to somewhere... :/

[vjaska]

Jul 27, 2012 22:59:03 GMT @freebbc said:

Its not reported on the BBC yet...

Mass arrests as London police attack 'Critical Mass' cycle ride during Olympic ceremony

London police have used pepper spray against “critical mass” cycle ride as the British capital holds the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Games. “Large number of people” arrested said a police tweet.
Critical Mass is a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month all around the world. Earlier there have been calls on the Internet to stage the London ride on July 27 as an anti-Olympics protest.
Scuffles occurred near the Olympic Stadium on the outskirts of the Olympic Park with participants saying they were being “kettled”. Some witnesses said police pushed the cyclists aside to get David Beckham through traffic.
A witness video uploaded to YouTube allegedly showed police assaulting and pepper-spraying a disabled man on a tricycle.
"A number of people in breach of regulations imposed on a monthly cycling event have been arrested," a spokesman for Scotland Yard said.

www.rt.com/news/london-police-olympics-arrests-269/

Well i am quite neutral with the olympics and i have seen the buses have been used to cargo bikes to somewhere... :/

Good, might teach the bloody cyclists to obey the law!

Also, is that the best use for a Marshall Dart I've ever seen ;D.

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Jul 28, 2012 0:17:07 GMT vjaska said:

Jul 27, 2012 22:59:03 GMT @freebbc said:

Its not reported on the BBC yet...



www.rt.com/news/london-police-olympics-arrests-269/

Well i am quite neutral with the olympics and i have seen the buses have been used to cargo bikes to somewhere... :/

Good, might teach the bloody cyclists to obey the law!

Also, is that the best use for a Marshall Dart I've ever seen ;D.

Shock horror......................but most cyclists do obey the law

You'd expect this sort of behaviour from police in North Korea, still mustn't hold royalty up............well David Beckham anyway

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Jul 28, 2012 9:01:16 GMT @isaac1hunt said:

Jul 28, 2012 0:17:07 GMT vjaska said:

Good, might teach the bloody cyclists to obey the law!

Also, is that the best use for a Marshall Dart I've ever seen ;D.

Shock horror......................but most cyclists do obey the law

You'd expect this sort of behaviour from police in North Korea, still mustn't hold royalty up............well David Beckham anyway

With over 50 arrests seems there are too many of them that dont

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I hope thats not DM41747..

Rather chuck em on that DMC behind.. ;D

[Trident]

Jul 28, 2012 11:01:54 GMT @eastlondon92 said:

I hope thats not DM41747..

Rather chuck em on that DMC behind.. ;D

Thats FAR from that Marshall being DM41747. Dont forget this one has lost its original livery

[Hassaan]

Jul 28, 2012 18:06:41 GMT Trident said:

Jul 28, 2012 11:01:54 GMT @eastlondon92 said:

I hope thats not DM41747..

Rather chuck em on that DMC behind.. ;D

Thats FAR from that Marshall being DM41747. Dont forget this one has lost its original livery

I believe it is of DML length, as it has a short window on the offside and centre doors.

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Jul 28, 2012 9:25:27 GMT @steve517757 said:

Jul 28, 2012 9:01:16 GMT @isaac1hunt said:

Shock horror......................but most cyclists do obey the law :

You'd expect this sort of behaviour from police in North Korea, still mustn't hold royalty up............well David Beckham anyway

With over 50 arrests seems there are too many of them that dont

Innocent until proven guilty, how many will be convicted of any offence?

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Jul 29, 2012 10:38:15 GMT @isaac1hunt said:

Jul 28, 2012 9:25:27 GMT @steve517757 said:

With over 50 arrests seems there are too many of them that dont

Innocent until proven guilty, how many will be convicted of any offence?

They broke a court order banning them from protesting with a specified distance of the Olympic Park ... whether convicted or not they broke that order .. so therefore broke the law. You can break the law without ever being convicted of any criminal offence

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Jul 29, 2012 11:09:47 GMT @steve517757 said:

Jul 29, 2012 10:38:15 GMT @isaac1hunt said:

Innocent until proven guilty, how many will be convicted of any offence?

They broke a court order banning them from protesting with a specified distance of the Olympic Park ... whether convicted or not they broke that order .. so therefore broke the law. You can break the law without ever being convicted of any criminal offence

Some did but some will undoubtably just be innocent cyclists caught up in it all.

[eggmiester]

An order is an order at the end of the day. You fail to follow the directions of a police officer in uniform, they throw the book at you!! Simples. There's no rule for one and another for the other......

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Jul 30, 2012 11:06:59 GMT @isaac1hunt said:

Jul 29, 2012 11:09:47 GMT @steve517757 said:

They broke a court order banning them from protesting with a specified distance of the Olympic Park ... whether convicted or not they broke that order .. so therefore broke the law. You can break the law without ever being convicted of any criminal offence

Some did but some will undoubtably just be innocent cyclists caught up in it all.

Yeah you keep believing that!