Bicycle Squad - Escuadrón de Bicicletas
‘It’s Not Your Bike Anymore’: Police Swipe Bikes at Black Lives Matter March
Ya no es tu bicicleta: la policía golpea las bicicletas en Black Lives Matter March
By Julianne Cuba and Dave Colon
Jun 4, 2020
Three bikes awaiting their owners next to Borough Hall, after police cleared out Cadman Plaza.
Three bikes awaiting their owners next to Borough Hall, after police cleared out Cadman Plaza. Photo: Ben Feibleman
Cops aggressively swiped protestors’ and reporters’ bikes during a peaceful protest Wednesday night in Brooklyn — a misuse of power by law enforcement that’s historically been used to stop people from exercising their right to protest, according a civil rights attorney and victims of the harassment.
“The cops seemed to see the bikes as an obstacle to what they were doing,” said Armin Rosen, a reporter with Tablet, who had his bike taken by police even though he wasn’t arrested. “They really wanted to get bikes off the street for whatever reason.”
Hundreds of New Yorkers showed up in Downtown Brooklyn for the seventh night of protests and rallies throughout the city, in response to the killing of a black man named George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25.
Protestors told Streetsblog that things were tense, but peaceful, when all of a sudden for reasons unknown, armed officers — including some in riot gear — started rushing the crowd, tossing people’s bikes to the side and fully seizing others’.
“Police started to push us back, backing up, they had batons they kind of held them out and pushed them out in front of them. And then a white-shirt basically came and rushed towards me and grabbed my bike — and tossed it behind the line of police,” said Nick Legowski, who was in the crowd of protestors outside Cadman Plaza at about 9 p.m., one hour after the citywide curfew went into effect.
[Editor’s note: A “white shirt” is common description for an NYPD precinct commander, who do, indeed, wear white uniform tops.]
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Bicycle Police
Introduction
The concept of police patrolling originated in England in 1818, after private rewards failed to deter crime and people were outraged when troops were called into Manchester to quell a civil disturbance and left 11 people dead. Sir Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829, which set up metropolitan police districts, staffed by paid constables (Trojanowicz et. al., 1998). These “Bobbies” (nicknamed in honor of Sir Peel) were on duty 14-17 hours of the day and often patrolled 20 miles a day for weeks on foot without a day off. To verify their diligence, early constables had to leave a ticket at a designated home on the farthest point of their patrol.
Boston developed a similar paid night patrol in 1801 and in 1804 Detroit appointed its first team of civilian police officers. In 1844, New York City was the first American city to model its police department after the principals in Peel’s law that included offering service to all members of the public and maintaining a good relationship with the public Riots in many major U.S. cities from the 1830s through 1850s led to the formation of police departments in virtually every major U.S. city by the mid-1860s (Trojanowicz et. al., 1998).
El ascenso, la caída y el renacimiento de la policía de bicicletas
Introducción
El concepto de patrullaje policial se originó en Inglaterra en 1818, después de que las recompensas privadas no lograron disuadir el crimen y la gente se indignó cuando las tropas fueron llamadas a Manchester para sofocar un disturbio civil y dejaron 11 personas muertas. Sir Robert Peel presentó la Ley de Policía Metropolitana de 1829, que estableció distritos de policía metropolitanos, atendidos por agentes pagados (Trojanowicz et. Al., 1998). Estos "Bobbies" (apodados en honor a Sir Peel) estaban de servicio 14-17 horas del día y a menudo patrullaban 20 millas al día durante semanas a pie sin un día libre. Para verificar su diligencia, los primeros agentes tuvieron que dejar un boleto en una casa designada en el punto más alejado de su patrulla.
Boston desarrolló una patrulla nocturna paga similar en 1801 y en 1804 Detroit nombró a su primer equipo de policías civiles. En 1844, la ciudad de Nueva York fue la primera ciudad estadounidense en modelar su departamento de policía después de los principios de la ley de Peel que incluía ofrecer servicio a todos los miembros del público y mantener una buena relación con los disturbios públicos en muchas ciudades importantes de los EE. UU. Desde la década de 1830 hasta La década de 1850 llevó a la formación de departamentos de policía en prácticamente todas las principales ciudades de los Estados Unidos a mediados de la década de 1860 (Trojanowicz et. Al., 1998)
Bicycle Squad - Escuadrón de Bicicletas
‘It’s Not Your Bike Anymore’: Police Swipe Bikes at Black Lives Matter March
Ya no es tu bicicleta: la policía golpea las bicicletas en Black Lives Matter March
By Julianne Cuba and Dave Colon
Jun 4, 2020
Three bikes awaiting their owners next to Borough Hall, after police cleared out Cadman Plaza.
Three bikes awaiting their owners next to Borough Hall, after police cleared out Cadman Plaza. Photo: Ben Feibleman
Cops aggressively swiped protestors’ and reporters’ bikes during a peaceful protest Wednesday night in Brooklyn — a misuse of power by law enforcement that’s historically been used to stop people from exercising their right to protest, according a civil rights attorney and victims of the harassment.
“The cops seemed to see the bikes as an obstacle to what they were doing,” said Armin Rosen, a reporter with Tablet, who had his bike taken by police even though he wasn’t arrested. “They really wanted to get bikes off the street for whatever reason.”
Hundreds of New Yorkers showed up in Downtown Brooklyn for the seventh night of protests and rallies throughout the city, in response to the killing of a black man named George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25.
Protestors told Streetsblog that things were tense, but peaceful, when all of a sudden for reasons unknown, armed officers — including some in riot gear — started rushing the crowd, tossing people’s bikes to the side and fully seizing others’.
“Police started to push us back, backing up, they had batons they kind of held them out and pushed them out in front of them. And then a white-shirt basically came and rushed towards me and grabbed my bike — and tossed it behind the line of police,” said Nick Legowski, who was in the crowd of protestors outside Cadman Plaza at about 9 p.m., one hour after the citywide curfew went into effect.
[Editor’s note: A “white shirt” is common description for an NYPD precinct commander, who do, indeed, wear white uniform tops.]
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Bicycle Police
Introduction
The concept of police patrolling originated in England in 1818, after private rewards failed to deter crime and people were outraged when troops were called into Manchester to quell a civil disturbance and left 11 people dead. Sir Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829, which set up metropolitan police districts, staffed by paid constables (Trojanowicz et. al., 1998). These “Bobbies” (nicknamed in honor of Sir Peel) were on duty 14-17 hours of the day and often patrolled 20 miles a day for weeks on foot without a day off. To verify their diligence, early constables had to leave a ticket at a designated home on the farthest point of their patrol.
Boston developed a similar paid night patrol in 1801 and in 1804 Detroit appointed its first team of civilian police officers. In 1844, New York City was the first American city to model its police department after the principals in Peel’s law that included offering service to all members of the public and maintaining a good relationship with the public Riots in many major U.S. cities from the 1830s through 1850s led to the formation of police departments in virtually every major U.S. city by the mid-1860s (Trojanowicz et. al., 1998).
El ascenso, la caída y el renacimiento de la policía de bicicletas
Introducción
El concepto de patrullaje policial se originó en Inglaterra en 1818, después de que las recompensas privadas no lograron disuadir el crimen y la gente se indignó cuando las tropas fueron llamadas a Manchester para sofocar un disturbio civil y dejaron 11 personas muertas. Sir Robert Peel presentó la Ley de Policía Metropolitana de 1829, que estableció distritos de policía metropolitanos, atendidos por agentes pagados (Trojanowicz et. Al., 1998). Estos "Bobbies" (apodados en honor a Sir Peel) estaban de servicio 14-17 horas del día y a menudo patrullaban 20 millas al día durante semanas a pie sin un día libre. Para verificar su diligencia, los primeros agentes tuvieron que dejar un boleto en una casa designada en el punto más alejado de su patrulla.
Boston desarrolló una patrulla nocturna paga similar en 1801 y en 1804 Detroit nombró a su primer equipo de policías civiles. En 1844, la ciudad de Nueva York fue la primera ciudad estadounidense en modelar su departamento de policía después de los principios de la ley de Peel que incluía ofrecer servicio a todos los miembros del público y mantener una buena relación con los disturbios públicos en muchas ciudades importantes de los EE. UU. Desde la década de 1830 hasta La década de 1850 llevó a la formación de departamentos de policía en prácticamente todas las principales ciudades de los Estados Unidos a mediados de la década de 1860 (Trojanowicz et. Al., 1998)