> Is everyone else as confused as I am regarding this thread? The police
> arrest a bunch of bikers that went through a red light. I guess I can't
get
> real outraged at that. At least not at the police. Maybe the bikers who
> think they have Carte Blanche for disobeying traffic laws as long as they
> are part of some kind of demonstration.
>
> Mark Anderson
> Bancroft
> Ward 8
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "michael libby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mpls] Police Arrest Bike Riders
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> > On Saturday 30 March 2002 07:40 pm, Cameron A. Gordon wrote:
> > > Does anyone else question if this is a useful or valuable use of our
> > > police resources?
> >
> > I certainly do. I think it's an outrage. No, it doesn't quite reach the
> > level of killing immigrants, or the way the recent khat raid was
handled.
> > This recent incident seems intended to promote a chilling of political
> > speech and relatively peaceful protest, though.
> >
> > This sort of police abuse is indicative of their "use as much force as
> > possible" approach to any confrontation. They seem to be trained to
> > escalate as much as necessary to prove to everyone involved that they
> > (MPD) are "in control". They're not in control, they're out of control.
> >
> > Hopefully the Mayor can look past his police endorsements during the
> > election season and work for some change in the department. We all know
> > there are good cops on the team: this isn't about the street cops. It's
a
> > management decision, and a poor one at that.
> >
> > - -Michael Libby (Cleveland/North Mpls)
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