Critical Massholes

NXUS12 · 09-30-2006, 09:04 AM

While getting all preachy I forgot my point. Every time I have run into The Critical Mass bike ride I have not received a good feeling from the group. I think that the last thing the ride does is encourage drivers to respect cyclists. Quite the opposite, made me pretty angry and I’m sure drivers felt more like running over a cyclist (not literally but you know what I mean) than anything else after coming in contact with the groups I have. I think if the ride had more positive attitude and less fuck you that it would be a lot more effective.

ndrwrld · 07-29-2008, 09:01 AM

this just happened in NYC during a Critical Mass ride...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ
looks like 1st and goal.

JamesM · 07-29-2008, 09:08 AM

I heard on the news this morning the cop is definately suspended. What a douche.

Guy should get a pretty huge settlement out of that. But they said the rider is up on charges as well.

what the hell was the reasoning behind that?

kaniz · 07-29-2008, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I_bRAD

The whole point of CM is that there is safety in numbers. It's easy to run over (or drive too close for comfort) to one cyclist.. .but much harder to run over 150 cyclists.

acheron · 07-29-2008, 09:13 AM

yep you pretty well need a 1980's era Buick (or other landboat) to do it.

ndrwrld · 07-29-2008, 09:17 AM

i just get em' with the door, much easier to repair.

acheron · 07-29-2008, 09:25 AM

nothing a tub of bondo can't fix.

The Watcher · 07-29-2008, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesM

Guy should get a pretty huge settlement out of that. But they said the rider is up on charges as well.

what the hell was the reasoning behind that?

the cyclist resisted arrest after being taken out.

Apparently this cyclist is the only one who received any citations during the demonstration.

acheron · 07-29-2008, 09:39 AM

maybe they were looking for him.

JamesM · 07-29-2008, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Watcher

the cyclist resisted arrest after being taken out.

Apparently this cyclist is the only one who received any citations during the demonstration.

wild. I was figuring maybe he did something earlier and that cop got radioed to grab him. B/C all I can see is maybe he was going a bit faster than the others. Or this cop just snapped for no reason.

spaboy · 07-29-2008, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Watcher

the cyclist resisted arrest after being taken out.

Apparently this cyclist is the only one who received any citations during the demonstration.

That video makes me want to club a policeman in the face with his own bat.

I_bRAD · 07-30-2008, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ndrwrld

i just get em' with the door, much easier to repair.

Yep, the guy who got me with his door ended up with a 70G settlement on his insurance. Don't be a retard.

ndrwrld · 07-30-2008, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I_bRAD

Yep, the guy who got me with his door ended up with a 70G settlement on his insurance. Don't be a retard.

it was a joke.

I_bRAD · 07-30-2008, 08:23 PM

My comment is directed at those who really do think it's a joke to do something like that.

ndrwrld · 02-22-2009, 10:29 PM

remember the New York City cop who shoulder checked the bicyclist ?
he just quit the force, still up on charges, quite possibly up to 4 years in jail.

spaboy · 02-22-2009, 10:49 PM

Wow

Flashy_McFlash · 02-23-2009, 12:23 PM

lol!

man_slut · 02-23-2009, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ndrwrld

remember the New York City cop who shoulder checked the bicyclist ?
he just quit the force, still up on charges, quite possibly up to 4 years in jail.

Do you have a source for this great news?

acheron · 02-23-2009, 01:25 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/ny...2&ref=nyregion
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/0902..._Off_the_Force
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.s...oved_hobo.html

Nothing about the possible four-year sentence though - he has been charged with filing improper paperwork.

ndrwrld · 02-23-2009, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by man_slut

Do you have a source for this great news?

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York police officer shown in a YouTube clip knocking a bicyclist to the ground during a mass bike ride in Times Square has left the force.

Patrick Pogan resigned as of February 10, according to a spokesman for the New York Police Department and Pogan's attorney, Stuart London.

Pogan was indicted in December on two felony charges, two misdemeanor charges and one violation after the video clip surfaced, showing him body-checking cyclist Christopher Long from his bike during a ride by the group Critical Mass on July 25.

Pogan pleaded not guilty. He is free on bail, with his next court date set for April 1.

London said part of his client's defense will consist of questioning the police department's training procedures, and he said events that preceded what is seen on the video should be taken into account.

"The video tells a small portion of what happened," he said.

Pogan arrested Long on disorderly conduct and other charges and filed paperwork saying Long intentionally rode his bike into the officer. But District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said the video "showed Pogan singling out Long and purposely body-checking Long off the bike."

If convicted on the felony charges of falsifying business records and offering a "false instrument" for filing, Pogan could be sentenced to four years in prison. The other charges carry a penalty of up to a year in jail.

The Critical Mass event was "a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists' right to the road," the group's Web site says.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/20/...ist/index.html

acheron · 02-23-2009, 04:37 PM

...which means, basically, that he will receive the minimum sentence, whatever that might be.

I_bRAD · 02-23-2009, 04:38 PM

The monthly critical mass ride in Toronto is on Friday the 27th!

Bloor and spadina 6pm, ride at 6:30

ndrwrld · 02-23-2009, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acheron

...which means, basically, that he will receive the minimum sentence, whatever that might be.

i dunno, if he was just charged with assault, maybe.
falsefying police documents is another ball o' wax.
at least he's off the force.

acheron · 04-21-2010, 03:10 PM

following up:

Pot pedaler in a day of high drama

Police bike-push victim Christopher Long took the stand yesterday -- a self-described "couch surfing" stoner in red suspenders who told jurors he gets high every day.
"I like to smoke while I defecate in the morning," shared Long, 31, of Passaic, NJ.
Long sat a full day on the witness stand, spending more time getting grilled about his driving record, police record and bohemian lifestyle than about the criminal matter at hand.

Two years ago, while bicycling in a Critical Mass rally through Times Square, rookie Officer Patrick Pogan violently shoved Long to the ground.

The incident was caught on two videos shown at Pogan's Manhattan Supreme Court assault trial, which, for all appearances, gives the lie to Pogan's sworn complaint that Long had "steered" his bike directly into the cop, causing him to "fall to the ground."

Instead, Long testified yesterday, it was the young officer who strode over to him through the crowd of tourists and cyclists and knocked him down -- not the other way around.

Or, as Long put it, "He managed to halt my inertia and change my vector."

"Would you like to try that again?" Long remembered the 22-year-old cop taunting.

"Right now, how often do you get stoned?" defense lawyer Stuart London asked the sometimes snarky cyclist, who cheerfully told of his "nick-bag-a-day" marijuana habit. "That would be a $5 bag -- that's why they call it a nick bag," he explained, helpfully.

London also asked Long about his checkered past: including his Army discharge for failing a drug test, a fatal driving accident in North Carolina in 2001, and an arrest last year in Brooklyn for drunkenly smashing a side-view mirror on a woman's car.

But prosecutor Ryan Connors has told jurors that Long is not on trial -- the cop is, for misdemeanor assault and a felony charge of filing a false criminal complaint that could put him in prison up to four years.

Read more: Pot pedaler in a day of high drama - NYPOST.com

Hi i'm God · 04-21-2010, 03:31 PM

Wait Pot Pedaler because he rides a bike or because everyone who smokes pedals in pot?

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09-30-2006, 09:04 AM	#226
NXUS12 TRIBE Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 111	While getting all preachy I forgot my point. Every time I have run into The Critical Mass bike ride I have not received a good feeling from the group. I think that the last thing the ride does is encourage drivers to respect cyclists. Quite the opposite, made me pretty angry and I’m sure drivers felt more like running over a cyclist (not literally but you know what I mean) than anything else after coming in contact with the groups I have. I think if the ride had more positive attitude and less fuck you that it would be a lot more effective.

07-29-2008, 09:01 AM	#227
ndrwrld TRIBE Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: inside each of your minds Posts: 13,557	this just happened in NYC during a Critical Mass ride... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ looks like 1st and goal.

07-29-2008, 09:08 AM	#228
JamesM TRIBE Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: toronto Posts: 5,067	I heard on the news this morning the cop is definately suspended. What a douche. Guy should get a pretty huge settlement out of that. But they said the rider is up on charges as well. what the hell was the reasoning behind that?

07-29-2008, 09:13 AM	#230
acheron TRIBE Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: diabbwlo's pof profile Posts: 19,315	yep you pretty well need a 1980's era Buick (or other landboat) to do it.

07-29-2008, 09:17 AM	#231
ndrwrld TRIBE Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: inside each of your minds Posts: 13,557	i just get em' with the door, much easier to repair.

07-29-2008, 09:25 AM	#232
acheron TRIBE Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: diabbwlo's pof profile Posts: 19,315	nothing a tub of bondo can't fix.

07-29-2008, 09:39 AM	#234
acheron TRIBE Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: diabbwlo's pof profile Posts: 19,315	maybe they were looking for him.

07-30-2008, 08:23 PM	#239
I_bRAD TRIBE Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Come for the roti, stay for the riot. Posts: 10,841	My comment is directed at those who really do think it's a joke to do something like that.

02-22-2009, 10:29 PM	#240
ndrwrld TRIBE Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: inside each of your minds Posts: 13,557	remember the New York City cop who shoulder checked the bicyclist ? he just quit the force, still up on charges, quite possibly up to 4 years in jail.

02-22-2009, 10:49 PM	#241
spaboy Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Creepin profiles for boobies Posts: 9,784	Wow

02-23-2009, 12:23 PM	#242
Flashy_McFlash Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 51,854	lol!

02-23-2009, 01:25 PM	#244
acheron TRIBE Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: diabbwlo's pof profile Posts: 19,315	http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/ny...2&ref=nyregion http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/0902..._Off_the_Force http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.s...oved_hobo.html Nothing about the possible four-year sentence though - he has been charged with filing improper paperwork.

02-23-2009, 04:37 PM	#246
acheron TRIBE Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: diabbwlo's pof profile Posts: 19,315	...which means, basically, that he will receive the minimum sentence, whatever that might be.

02-23-2009, 04:38 PM	#247
I_bRAD TRIBE Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Come for the roti, stay for the riot. Posts: 10,841	The monthly critical mass ride in Toronto is on Friday the 27th! Bloor and spadina 6pm, ride at 6:30

04-21-2010, 03:10 PM	#249
acheron TRIBE Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: diabbwlo's pof profile Posts: 19,315	following up: Pot pedaler in a day of high drama Police bike-push victim Christopher Long took the stand yesterday -- a self-described "couch surfing" stoner in red suspenders who told jurors he gets high every day. "I like to smoke while I defecate in the morning," shared Long, 31, of Passaic, NJ. Long sat a full day on the witness stand, spending more time getting grilled about his driving record, police record and bohemian lifestyle than about the criminal matter at hand. Two years ago, while bicycling in a Critical Mass rally through Times Square, rookie Officer Patrick Pogan violently shoved Long to the ground. The incident was caught on two videos shown at Pogan's Manhattan Supreme Court assault trial, which, for all appearances, gives the lie to Pogan's sworn complaint that Long had "steered" his bike directly into the cop, causing him to "fall to the ground." Instead, Long testified yesterday, it was the young officer who strode over to him through the crowd of tourists and cyclists and knocked him down -- not the other way around. Or, as Long put it, "He managed to halt my inertia and change my vector." "Would you like to try that again?" Long remembered the 22-year-old cop taunting. "Right now, how often do you get stoned?" defense lawyer Stuart London asked the sometimes snarky cyclist, who cheerfully told of his "nick-bag-a-day" marijuana habit. "That would be a $5 bag -- that's why they call it a nick bag," he explained, helpfully. London also asked Long about his checkered past: including his Army discharge for failing a drug test, a fatal driving accident in North Carolina in 2001, and an arrest last year in Brooklyn for drunkenly smashing a side-view mirror on a woman's car. But prosecutor Ryan Connors has told jurors that Long is not on trial -- the cop is, for misdemeanor assault and a felony charge of filing a false criminal complaint that could put him in prison up to four years. Read more: Pot pedaler in a day of high drama - NYPOST.com

04-21-2010, 03:31 PM	#250
Hi i'm God TRIBE Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brockway, Audbinville, and North Haverbrooke! Posts: 11,389	Wait Pot Pedaler because he rides a bike or because everyone who smokes pedals in pot?