Critical Mass - Police win appeal!
21.05.07 by Buffalo Bill
Despite one of the judges saying that Critical Mass ‘is a perfectly lawful activity, and if, for any reason, it ceases to be so, the police have ample powers to intervene’, the Appeal Court today ruled that Critical Mass is subject to the Public Order Act, which governs processions.
This will mean that unless someone declares themselves the organiser of the event, and submits a route to the police in advance for their approval, the gathering will be illegal. The whole point of Critical Mass is that traditionally it is not organised, and simply a monthly coincidence.
This is a reversal of an earlier High Court decision, which was reported in Moving Target.
Well done, the boys in blue. Moving Target congratulates you on a major contribution to public safety.
The BBC’s report is here.
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Excellent. This’ll just make it even more fun! I’m seriously chuffed!
— Vagrant May 22, 12:06 AM #
wow. the police are definitely winning the race to become londons biggest fucktard wankhounds.
— flappy feet May 22, 07:48 AM #
You guys need to know what other cyclists think of CM….
here
— matt May 22, 10:32 AM #
Do we? I just read that thread. The dissenters appear to think that most CMers are badly in need of a wash. It’s not illegal to skimp on personal hygiene, is it?
— Bill May 22, 10:39 AM #
If it isn’t it should be.CM can be a magnet for smelly,aimless trouble makers.Get a job!
— overdrive May 22, 12:45 PM #
get a job? how about – contribute to how the society we live is shaped / have a voice & free rights?
— lucky_7 May 22, 01:48 PM #
I’d get a job if I were you.
— overdrive May 22, 03:14 PM #
OD, the voice of courier reason.
— Bill May 23, 01:00 PM #
Soon to be out of a job too. The irony!
— Overlord May 23, 03:12 PM #
i’ve got a job AND i smell. where does that leave me in the whole argument?
— footlong May 24, 03:17 PM #
Soap-dodging immigrant putting honest hard-working poles out of work. Why don’t you go back where you came from?
— Bill May 25, 07:07 AM #
why don’t i come back to where i went from?
— footlong May 25, 09:13 AM #
Ah, but when did you come from where you were before?
— Bill May 25, 09:30 AM #
What is this? A Gertrude Stein seminar?
— _muppetbot May 25, 10:09 AM #
Who’s Gertrude Stein? Does she smell?
— Bill May 25, 12:10 PM #