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Bicycle Maker Puts Brakes on Sales to Police, Claiming Cops Using Their Bike Brand as ‘Weapons’
By Stephen Owsinski, National Police Association, June 12, 2020 Where does one begin with this latest bit of lunacy and animated whining from knee-jerk responses and irrational behavior? The cycle of crazy continues to debase America’s law enforcement institution....
Bikes can be a tool for protests – and for police brutality
Images of police officers using bikes to violently suppress protests have prompted a forceful reply from the cycling community. By Andrew J. Hawkins, the Verge, June 12, 2020 Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui-AFP-Getty It’s not often the humble bicycle...
The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest
By Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, June 10, 2020 June 10, 2020 [Bicycles take over Flatbush Ave. during a protest.] Bicycles are powerful things—inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize...
How MSP’s tactical bike team trains for, assists in crowd control
by: Heather Walker, WOOD, June 10, 2020 Video: https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/msps-tactile-bike-team-assists-in-crowd-control/ Photo by Cory Morse, MLIVE GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After Michigan State Police’s tactical bike team made several arrests in a matter of...
Trek’s statement on police bikes
Bicycle Retailer and Indutry News, Published June 10, 2020 Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui-AFP-Getty Images WATERLOO, Wis. (BRAIN) — Several hours after publishing a blog post about its diversity programs, Trek Bicycle released a separate statement regarding police...
The Police Are Weaponizing Bikes. Should Brands Stop Selling to Them?
BY ROBERT ANNIS, Bicycling Magazine, Jun 10, 2020 As protests against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have swept the nation, in response to George Floyd’s killing by a former Minnesota police officer on...
Fuji’s distributor suspends sales of police bikes in North America, begins dialogue with police
by Steve Frothingham, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, June 8, 2020 UPDATED with company comment. PHILADELPHIA (BRAIN) — BikeCo, the North American distributor of Fuji bikes, has suspended sales of bikes to police forces, citing recent reports of police bikes...
Miami PD’s Bike Response Team and Their Role In the Recent Protests
By Jamie Guirola, NBC Miami • Published June 4, 2020 • Updated on June 4, 2020 at 10:08 pm Sunday night on live TV, South Florida watched as police moved back a crowd after a scuffle at CVS...