dr. mlk jr.

brother.

Everyone’s gotta fight the bullshit locally. This may seem like a small incident, but it’s representative of the larger culture, one which denotes cyclists as low lives w/ no buying power. That same culture that goes to their 9-5 job everyday and could care less about wars abroad and problems at home, as long as the mortgage is low and gas is cheap.

yeah, there was a tone of voice, you read it right. But still – you are belittling the situation, you belittled it because you see it as petty. But I don’t see it as petty. Yeah, it doesn’t compare to civil atrocities that occur in most parts of the world. But it’s still wrong, and we have the capacity [i.e. privilege] to confront it. It’s not headline news, you’re not going to see it show up on channel 11. No one here is going to sue for a single dollar. So, really, it’s not that big of a deal. But if you think it’s small beans for a person to sit in jail for a couple days, humiliated, then released for $10,000 in bail for a PETTY $250 CRIME – I don’t know what to say. Drinking a beer while riding a bike is petty, going to jail for it – a waste of your tax dollars. Shining lights into the eyes of witnesses is not petty, it’s illegal – it’s obstruction of justice. Shoving witnesses is assault, which is also illegal. Seizing our private property for no reason, is unconstitutional, period. No one should stand for that, so why should we? That’s what this article is about. To comment on here, with your entitled opinion, without being called out on your bs? Dream on Holmes.

@EDDIEBOYINLA – WEHO IS RACIST AGAINST HUMANZ!

@humm

Here’s how I see it. Yes, Ridazz benefits from white privilege. For damn sure we would get messed with a lot more if Ridazz wasn’t mostly white people. What Franz and the rest of us experienced pales in comparison to what black and brown experience in South LA.

On the other hand, what people experience in South LA is nothing by comparison to the experience of a Sudanese refugee. Does that mean Compton residents should keep quiet when police abuse their power? HELL NO. They should fight. We should too.

“Humm”, it’s not that I’m out of touch, it’s that for me, Ridazz is my community. When the man fucks with it, I’m going to defend it. Yes, there are more pressing issues in the world, but I have little capacity to make a difference in South Central or Sudan. I don’t live there, I haven’t built up any reputation, and I don’t have a personal experience with that.

I do have personal experience with WeHo deputies. I know they aren’t too good. Maybe bikers making a ruckus over this will open the door for other people to complain about the Sheriff’s. The Sheriff’s don’t have a good reputation . . . can we create an opportunity here for other groups to air their issues with them?

I clearly said it would be nice if it the fusion in this case would have been lit by a stronger fuse.

Peace homie

We’re crybabies because we are pissed off by the way we are handled by the Sheriff’s Department? That’s what it sounds like you’re saying. That’s bullshit buddy. You’re entitled to your opinion, absolutely. But I’m also entitled to call you on your BULLSHIT. Rights were violated, period. Don’t justify their actions with ridiculous examples that have nothing to do with what is going on here. Yeah, this isn’t Abu Ghraib. Waahh! But on the same note, this ISN’T Abu Ghraib!

Most of what is written on here is valid but close to petty
1) Cops yell at you and threaten to take you bikes
2) Someone was arrested , although a bit rough by your standards. Take into account they already had a unpaid ticket and dismissed responsibility to take care of it. Would you have made a big deal if they would have arrested them in a scenario where bicycling was not involved?
3)Sheriffs did not clean up vomit for over 40 min. (Comical)

My point is that you have good intentions. Its just that I cant help to notice how out of touch with reality you are (based on reading this post)
Daily , hourly , many worse things are happening which are considered collateral damage in the process of enforcing the law.Wish you could have a bird’s eyeview or the experience of visiting a county jail or a juvenile hall and seeing how the human spirit is broken down creating generations and generations of people which you would probably avoid on a daily basis and probably would not lift a finger on their defense.
I cant tell you that a group of 200 young minority could from Compton would not run around the city drinking and fucking around like we do with out the cops coming down hard.Most people would be afraid including most of the people that ride on these rides.
Yet getting a light shined on their face and getting arrested for a outstanding ticket is the least of their worries.Maybe some are already thinking, “That’s not our problem, Let them fight their own fight”
Again, although I commend you on the intention.I think your complaints are petty and would love to see you pick a bigger battle.
My opinion, remember, we are all free to use it and that makes us have a great thing in common.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEZzL06kL88

There were plenty of drunken individuals walking all over the street that night, and the deputies seemed to act as if they weren’t there.
Why the deputies acted this way towards our group and more specifically, Franz, would probably go to show that they had a directive to act upon.
At the same time though, the deputies have never encountered a situation like this before, and decided to treat it as a literal, “quelling of the mob”, ie., adhering to general, crowd engagement-tactics that were probably taught to them at the LA Sheriff’s Academy.

Before future jaunts through this particular municipality, some of us should consider getting some feedback from the city-council in regards to any existing policies towards groups of our style/caliber.
Challenge them on these issues and then suggest that they form a set of engagement rules to be adhered to, by their respective police-force.

I myself, am still considering getting into law-enforcement, but when I do, it’s most likely going to be at a state, or federal level.
That way, I won’t have to deal with handling anything as asinine as this.