Impounded bicycles being removed on London transport buses. PHOTO: Rikki Blue
On 27 July, the Metropolitan police attempted to keep the monthly Critical Mass cycle ride out of east London, where the Olympics opening ceremony was taking place. The police deemed the ride a ‘public procession’ and invoked section 12 of the Public Order Act, allowing them to put conditions on where the ride could go.
The police then forcibly stopped the riders crossing Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges.…