A Better Dialogue Between Cyclists & LAPD Starting Today?

lapdvscycle.png It's been building up over some time. Bicyclists vs. the LAPD. Each situation gaining media attention is different, but one thing has been a constant--riders feel prejudiced by the police in general. Then comes today when a large group of 20 or so cyclists show up to the regularly little-attended Police Commission meeting talking about last Friday's incident between a hummer and a group of cyclists and the general treatment they receive when dealing with police. Now this: "the Inspector General's office will investigate last week's attack and police policies and write official reports and make recommendations to the LAPD," reported Damien Newton at StreetsblogLA.

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Remember the old slogan...Skateborading is not a crime?! Neither is bike riding.

May Day would be a fine time to bust out our bikes.
Broadway & Olympic 1PM!

VIGILANCE!!!!

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