[*BCM*] Cambridge po-po sighting

[Michael A Zlotowicz]

Ha, if you think that's bad you should have seen NYPD after they launched a "quality of life" crackdown. I got a COURT DATE for clambering over a wall on my rollerblades in Thompson Square Park 2 years ago. Judge threw it out and personally apologized to me for having to come all the way to court over that. Amazing that Cambridge cops tried to ticket a bicyclist while Boston drivers are a direct danger and insult to all local forms of life.
MZ

----- Original Message -----
From: Laura Lamp <laura_lamp at harvard.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:44 am
Subject: RE: [*BCM*] Cambridge po-po sighting

> Cambridge cops rock!  I got pulled over in Harvard Square last 
> year for
> failing to come to a complete stop at a red light.  (Yes, I did 
> stop then
> proceeded on my way)
> I was shocked that 2 cops then pulled me over, and then proceeded 
> to write
> me a citation.  I actually demanded a warning and reluctantly the 
> cop gave
> me the warning instead.  I now have my warning framed and hanging 
> in my
> apartment.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
> [bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org]On Behalf Of
> Ariel Salomon
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:31 AM
> To: Boston Critical Mass
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Cambridge po-po sighting
> 
> 
> 
> Cambridge cops, especially near Central Sq., will pull you over and
> ticket you for minor infractions.
> 
> I was given a $10 ticket (or was it $20?) last year for pulling 
> througha red light at Mass Ave. and Inman St., even though the 
> lights were in a
> 4-way walk configuration and I don't recall coming anywhere within a
> mile of a ped.  Several people came up to me after and asked what the
> heck a motorcycle cop was doing pulling me over right in front of city
> hall.  According to a couple of friends experiences, it might be
> possible to sweet talk them into just a warning if you're lucky.
> 
> You have to remember that there's a police station a block away;
> presumably they are in part trying to encourage safe riding in 
> light of
> some bad accidents near there, but ..
> 
>  - Ariel
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 10:53, Dan Barrett wrote:
> > On my way in this morning I saw a fellow bike commuter being 
> pulled over
> > by a Cambridge motorcycle cop -- it looked like the biker was
> > getting a ticket.  This was outside the Asgard, at the corner of 
> Mass Ave
> > and Sidney(?).
> >
> > Weird.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Boston Critical Mass mailing list
> > list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> > http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list
> --
> Sine qua Noise WMBR 88.1FM, Cambridge, MA    Thursdays 8-10pm
> http://www.sinequanoise.org/           noise at oscillatory.org
> _______________________________________________
> Boston Critical Mass mailing list
> list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Boston Critical Mass mailing list
> list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list
>