Video of UK London Critical Mass on its monthly ride, defying the Metropolitan Police appeal.
There was a large attendance, possibly 1,000 or more, thanks to the call-out, some media attention and reaction to the court case.
The cycle police were pretty laid back and vastly outnumbered, though they did still try to manage the ride by blocking the front so that the back could catch up. What does it matter if a 1,000 riders get split into two or more though?
Towards the end of the ride the police seemed to give up doing anything, they didn't even try to stop a couple of cars going the wrong way down a one way street, and they just blended in and became a part of the Mass. The police did threatened to arrest a young rider at King's Cross, allegedly for theft. This led to some booing from the Mass.
Participants did quite a lot of blockading traffic and even a small sit down in Parliament Square, though this was probably celebratory and defiant. Nothing was done to stop the sound systems playing in the SOCPA zone this time. The impression I got from other riders was that this was a very good Mass. I went expecting the worst and got almost the best.
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