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Cleveland Police Bicycle Unit Getting a Workout at the RNC
This group is trailing protesters moving west on Euclid Mark Urycki, Ideastream, Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 5:47 am The city of Cleveland purchased 300 bicycles for its police officers to use at the Republican convention this week. The 400 thousand dollar cost...
Tampa Police RNC Bikes Still On The Street
By DEVIN RODRIGUEZ, JULy 21, 2016, WUSF Tampa police officers have used bicycles purchased for the RNC in 2012 for a variety of events. CHIP WEINER / FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER WUSF host Cathy Carter introduces the story written by Devin Rodriguez on...
Steinberg: Cops on bikes wall off risk of chaos at GOP convention
Police officers use the "Barrier Technique" to keep the peace among protesters at the Republican National Convention. Photo by Neil Steinberg. By Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times, July 20, 2016 CLEVELAND — The Bible Believers are back, standing at the edge of Public...
How Seattle’s May Day protests are helping Cleveland bike cops at GOP convention
Protesters clash with police in Cleveland Tuesday at the Republican National Convention. About 300 Cleveland officers were deployed to manage crowds on bikes — a tactic Seattle police helped them implement. (John Minchillo / The Associated Press) About 300 Cleveland police officers are...
The Mountain Bike Gear of the Republican National Convention
What are Cleveland’s riot police doing in mountain bike gear? By: Wes Siler, Outside Magazine, July 18, 2016 Demonstrators march by police during the Shut Down Trump & the RNC protest on July 17 in Cleveland. Photo:...
RNC Bicycle Cops Are Sporting Slick Dystopian Riot Gear
BY JEN CHUNG, Gothamist, JULy 19, 2016 4:38 PM While no riots have erupted yet at Republican National Convention (Trump fans and protesters have been relatively peaceful), police officers on the ground have been showing off some of the riot...
New Bike Given to Talented Young Rider
Cleveland Police Department, July 20, 2016 The Cleveland Division of Police had the opportunity to team up with Volcanic Bikes and Tiger Mountain Tactical to give Tyquan Winn, a Cleveland youth, a new bicycle and helmet. During the first day...
Cleveland Police Are Using Bikes To Prevent Violence At The RNC
Police say they only arrested one person on Monday. By Arthur Delaney, The Huffington Post, 07/19/2016 CLEVELAND ― The man used a bullhorn to goad the protesters who’d swarmed around him on Monday afternoon. “Homosexuals! Ho-mo-sexuals!” he...