At 09:10 AM 9/2/2004 -0500, Schimpff, Jeff A wrote:
The story certainly leaves some things out of context, but on the surface at least it sounds like the mayor and/or NYPD has suspended "the right of the people peaceably to assemble," re:
"Reports come in that 20 or so of the Bike Bloc cyclists are already being arrested, and suddenly we notice that police have surrounded our own gathering. A legal person advises that we disperse. "Do we have a formal plan?" a woman in pigtails asks Sims. "Disband and Run," he says."
There are about 1700 people "detained." Yesterday dozens (if not hundreds) were "pre-emptively detained" before their march even started. For more info listen to democracy now! on at noon on the Madison station or at 11 at www.wmnf.org Yesterday they interviewed a guy from "Gitmo NY" who had been riding his bike with a group of about 19 people (not a demonstration) and they were detained. (Transcript at www.democracynow.org.)
- cathy, la crosse
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