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The following article has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] The sender writes: A lesson to learn about riding in traffic? ------------------------------------------------------------ MKE CM Bikeride Sees Several Arrests And Brutality ------------------------------------------------------------ Saturday, 30 July 2005 by marco Summary: A rider with a child in a carriage was brutalized by Milwaukee's Police Department Friday resulting in several arrests and what many are suggesting is an overwhelming show of police state repression. MKE CM Bikeride Sees Several Arrests And Brutality A rider with a child in a carriage was brutalized by Milwaukee's Police Department Friday resulting in several arrests and what many are suggesting is an overwhelming show of police state repression. One rider, Tom Fosse gives this account, "I was one of the people who were thrown to the ground voicing my disgust for how they were treating the first guy with the baby carriage. I definitely was expecting any of that to happen. What made the police ignore us the last month and then go nuts today? It doesn't make much sense." [ref]=[http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/203869.shtml] Rejecting normal journalism style, I "lede" with more quotes. "...it was crazy and totally unprovoked. My respect for the milwaukee police department has gone from zero to like negitive ten thousand. I'm definitly going to court and pleading not guilty and hope everyone else will too. I honest to god want to have a critical mass to the courthouse." [ref]=[http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/203871.shtml] "...and two cops got out, screaming and swearing. 'Get the fuck off the bikes! Sit your fucking asses on the curb! Get off your fucking bikes!' etc. etc." [ref]=[http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/203873.shtml] "After my peers and myself had screamed about 4 times 'What the fuck are you doing?! There's a fucking child in there!' the officer mumbled 'There's a kid in there?' and then proceeded to pick up the carriage, briefly glance at the baby, and said in a voice dryer than a desert, 'Sorry, buddy'. "All of this occurred while the father was being wrestled to the ground by 4 cops. One of his tickets was for resisting arrest. The tickets fail to mention that he was resisting arrest because his child had just been assaulted. [ibid.] A listserv has been started for any who wish to plan legal action against the city. [ref]=[http://mke.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/203875.shtml] View some photos Jolena put up at her blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/jolenaxcore/214364.html Madison IMC: http://madison.indymedia.org/ _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
