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If they’re destroying property (not on tape) or hurting people (also, not on tape) arrest them. If they’re violent, use the means necessary to apprehend. I hate hippie violence like that in Seattle or the CM protests that result in damages, like in San Fran.

So, what is the appropriate response, in your opinion, to this situation, where you have massed bicyclists intentionally running stop lights and tying up traffic?

Should the cops just look the other way?

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IF they’re destroying property or hurting people, use the FORCE necessary to stop them and apprehend them.

I’d have no problem with a cop giving a “wood shampoo” to somebody assaulting another citizen or destroying property.+

But use, above all, DISCRETION.

This cop clearly didn’t.
He committed assault.
Then he lied about it.
Then he filed a false police report and continued to lie.

“intentionally running stop lights and tying up traffic” is not a violent crime and should not be treated as such.

The city looks worse for it.
The NYPD surely looks worse for it.
The cop screwed himself royally.
CM gets some good press.

Oh, and the guy on the bike?
He’s getting a new 23-speed custom-made European model.
Gold plated.