LAPD Investigates Scuffle with Bicyclists Captured on Video

[Liberal_in_LA]

Source: KTLA

LAPD Investigates Scuffle with Bicyclists Captured on Video

LAPD Excessive Force Probe Video
HOLLYWOOD -- The Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood area bike unit is the subject of an internal investigation after video surfaced of their response to a protest ride against British Petroleum organized by a group of bicyclists.

In the video, at least one bicyclist is detained, and an officer can be seen kicking a passing bicycle. The cyclist taking the video objects to the action, and two officers take him down, ordering him simultaneously to "get down" and "get up."

A man can be heard repeatedly asking, "What did I do?"

Now, representatives of the L.A. biking community have filed an excessive force complaint against the officers.


Read more: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-lapd-bicyclists-force,0,255642.story

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Videos at link. Looks like LAPD was just on an angry rampage. Rules don't apply to them, I guess.

[Iowa]

1. Slash their budgets. It has become obvious that cops don't have enough real work to do...

...and when cops don't have enough work, they tend to prey on citizens. When we stop hearing about crap like this, we'll know we have slashed their budgets enough.

[kestrel91316]

32. They have already had their budget slashed. They are no longer investigating

ANY property crimes. Period.

So there will BE no investigation whatsoever of the theft of my family keepsakes ($2500+ worth) from my storage unit that I discovered on the 29th. Not even to see if there is a pattern of activity at that particular SUCKY PUBLIC STORAGE COMPANY facility and evidence of a theft ring or an inside job (which I believe it was).

LAPD said for me to look in pawn shops and on Craig's List and let them know if I found my stuff and then they might do something.

DO NOT store anything you care about at Public Storage. Their security does nothing to deter thefts.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. youtube link, about 23 seconds in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl7WWkQrkyo

'get up!'

'get down!'

'get up!'

'get down!'

'get up!'


omg

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. yeah, that got a lot of attention on our news

[naaman fletcher]

3. Video confirms two of my biases. I hate cops AND bicyclists

Bike riders are some of the most obnoxious people around.

[gratuitous]

4. I know!

Some bicyclists don't get out of the way fast enough, so it's their own fault they get flattened. Some of them even have the temerity to object to having their lives endangered while using public roads in a lawful manner. Obnoxious!

[naaman fletcher]

5. Or,

they do these flash rides like in this video and annoy everybody for no reason. The other thing they do of course is disregard all traffic rules.

[Javaman]

11. Yeah, because protesting crappy cycling laws is just so stupid.

wow.

[naaman fletcher]

14. What crappy cycling laws?

Like it's not ok to ride in the street, but then when the light turns red jump onto the sidewalk like a pedestrian?

[Javaman]

18. You live in a strange world. nt

[naaman fletcher]

19. i notice you didn't answer. nt.

[Javaman]

21. Yes, I did.

or did you miss my reply?

Tootles. :)

[naaman fletcher]

23. what crappy cycling laws? nt

[Javaman]

24. I guess reading comprehension is not your forte'.

I said, "you live in a strange world".

Which, I believe, you do. :)

Cheers!

[naaman fletcher]

26. So I guess you won't list the crappy cycling laws. nt.

[Javaman]

28. Here's a bat...

and here's a dead horse.

Have at it.

It seems to be your favorite past time.

Tootles! :)

[naaman fletcher]

29. You are totally illogical,

You posted that there were crappy bicycle laws, I asked what they are, you turned into a jerk. Don't get mad at me, I just asked a simple question that you either can't or won't answer.

[Javaman]

35. Who ever said I was mad?

You seem perturbed that I don't give you the attention you feel you seem to deserve.

Poor darling.

Finished with the bat yet?

:)

[naaman fletcher]

39. I'm not perturbed about anything at all,

I just find it amusing that you won't back up your statement, yet think there is something wrong with me.

[Javaman]

43. what statement? That I don't agree with you?

LOL you're a pisser.

did you ever stop to consider that what ever you say, doesn't matter?

you live in a very small world.

so sad.

Ta!

[naaman fletcher]

44. your statement

that there are bad cycling laws. You made that statement, and refuse to back it up. Please stop with the insults, it makes you look like a fool, I have simply asked to back up your statement, and you refuse to do it. Instead you have resorted to insults.

[Javaman]

45. Who's on first? nt

[naaman fletcher]

47. dont know. nt.

[Kelvin Mace]

7. Hmmm

Not my experience in NC.

[Mika]

9. Maybe, just maybe, the protesters are taking a big risk putting themselves out on the front lines...

.... against Big Oil.

Funny how you defend protests in other situations, but not this one against Big Oil.

Maybe you've encountered an obnoxious cyclist (maybe they had been run off the road or cut-off by a krazy cager) but if you have a flat tire or other mechanical breakdown cyclists are the only people to stop and ask if you need help.

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[naaman fletcher]

10. Why protest BP in downtown LA?

Or wherever they are...

Protest in front of BP headquarters. How does holding up traffic in a place unrelated to BP putting themselves at risk?

[Javaman]

12. It's about making a statement.

Or have you forgot that is what protesting is all about?

[naaman fletcher]

13. I have protested plenty..

At appropriate places. I never just blocked traffic in some random town. It sounds to me like these bikers are too lazy to actually protest someplace useful.

[Javaman]

17. LOL appropriate protesting. LOL good one.

tootles.

[naaman fletcher]

20. huh?

Protesting where you hurt the people you are protesting against it is worthwhile. Being a bunch of dicks and shutting down traffic while not in any way shape or form harming BP is just stupid.

[Javaman]

25. So in other words.

If you don't agree with they way they protest, than it's bad.

As I wrote above, "you live in a strange world".

Ta! :)

[naaman fletcher]

34. It's bad

If people block traffic for no reason. Nothing strange about it.

[Javaman]

46. Yeah, because protesting should be limited to free speach zones.

:eyes:

[Ferret Annica]

27. It's all the pollution and oil use, right?

Resource pigs like you who view their cars like huge extensions of their penis' are obnoxious.

Lose some weight and get in shape; cycling ends allot of health problems and lowers medical expenses too.

But people like you live in a fool's paradise of car commercial propaganda and a reveling in their own laziness and greed for material goods.

[naaman fletcher]

30. huh?

I'm as thin as a rail and drive a small car.

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

31. yeah, with their self-righteous, eco-safe, renewable resource based transportation!

How dare they pretend like they have as much or even more right to the road than I do in my car????

:eyes:

Thanks for playing, Bunky. Try again.

[naaman fletcher]

33. I never said they didn't have a right to the road

But nice strawman.

[primavera]

41. Don't deflect

No one is questioning the benefits of cycling. But the question remains unanswered: is there a reason why being on a bicycle entitles the cyclist to ignore rules of the road? I can't remember the last time I saw a cyclist actually stop for a red light or a stop sign, or comply with a turn only lane, or make a proper turn signal. And before you try to dismiss me as some fossil fuel junkie, know that I too am a cyclist, but I swear, I think I'm the only one who doesn't recklessly weave in and out of traffic at will as if there were no road rules at all. If frankly pisses me off, because I have to go out and face the somewhat deserved animosity of motorists with whom I share the road on account of the irresponsible conduct of so many cyclists. It astonishes me because I'm sure that, when cyclists are behind the wheel of an automobile, they don't run red lights or fail to use turn signals or weave in and out of every narrow opening. When they are on foot, I'm sure they don't jaywalk or cross against Don't Walk lights. Yet they climb onto a bicycle, and suddenly no law nor rule nor even common courtesy applies to them anymore. I don't understand why being on a bicycle makes such a difference.

[Papa Boule]

38. We're all going to be bicyclists when the oil runs out

Unless you're raising mules. ;)

[Downtown Hound]

6. The Police: Corporate America's favorite attack dogs

They like 'em big, dumb, and bloodthirsty.

[Ignis]

8. Apologia in 3...2...1...

LEOs can do no wrong!
Let's wait until all the facts are out!
If he didn't want to get kicked, he shouldn't have been riding a bike!

Etc. :argh:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

22. I've seen a lot less of that since Paulsby and FireMedic what's his name got TS'd.

[Ignis]

42. That's for damned sure.

I'm sure their latest reincarnations are waiting for 1000 posts before they start that up again.

Ah, the cycle of life.

[Trillo]

16. Getting off oil means, in part, creating a bicycle friendly environment.

This doesn't look at all like a bicycle friendly environment.

Is LAPD on Big Oil's payroll? Shadow Payroll?

[tqla]

36. over here we have bike paths right next to the roads BUT they

still ride on the street with the cars. I don't get that!

[Trillo]

37. In California, bicyclists must follow the same rules of the road

that auto drivers are required to follow.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/bicycle.htm

If there's a bike path parallel and to the right of the road, and the cyclist needs to turn left, one must signal (usually hand signal), move out of the bike path to the street's left lane (if that's possible, sometimes with separated-from-the-road bike paths it is not), wait for any lights to turn green, etc.

Yes, some bicyclists seemingly hold cars behind them up (happened to me), perhaps on purpose, just like some folks in cars deliberately throw amber-colored bottles at cyclists in the right shoulder who are not at all in the car's way (also happened to me). It's been my experience that those cases are the exceptions, not the rule.

Most prudent bicyclists try to stay out of the way of cars, just like most cars try to stay out of the way of semi-trucks, but there is little legal choice for a cyclist when turning left.

[mbperrin]

40. It's obvious the cyclists were attacking the police, so why didn't the

cops use the IDF solution and kill them in self-defense?












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