#bicycle police

[odinsblog]

A study of police data showed that Black cyclists are stopped up to three times as often as whites.

A study done in December 2022 by Jonathan Manicham and Kevin Morris found that in Hillsboro County Florida, if you get stopped by the police for even a traffic violation within a certain window before an election, it reduces voter turnout by two percent in the targeted demographic.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis grabbed headlines throughout 2022 for practices that weakened democracy—from creating a police force to monitor voting to coordinating the arrests of people who allegedly voted illegally after the state told them they were eligible. In August, he suspended Tampa’s elected prosecutor, Democrat Andrew Warren, over his stated refusal to prosecute cases relating to abortion and trans rights, overriding voters’ decision.

But a host of more routine decisions made by Florida officials may be undermining the health of the state’s elections as well, even when they don’t seem directly related to voting rights.

To replace Warren as state attorney of Hillsborough County (home to Tampa), DeSantis appointed Susan Lopez, a member of the conservative Federalist Society. One of Lopez’s first decisions was to rescind a policy implemented by Warren to not prosecute bicyclists and pedestrians for certain traffic charges. A 2015 Tampa Bay Times report exposed the Tampa police department’s relentless ticketing of Black cyclists for things like having inadequate lighting, or riding on handlebars, a dynamic local organizers have labeled “bicycling while Black.” The report catalyzed a Justice Department investigation which ultimately confirmed the disproportionate enforcement.

New research shows how such low-level interactions with the police can undercut our democracy by reducing the number of people who participate in elections. A study I co-authored with fellow researcher Kevin Morris, published in December in the American Political Science Review, finds that traffic stops by police stops in Hillsborough County reduced voter turnout in 2014, 2016, and 2018 federal elections.

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#politics #voter suppression #police #ron desantis #bicycling while black #racism #blacklivesmatter #two americas #republicans #voting rights #defund the police #structural racism #systemic racism #systemic oppression #biking while black

[rideinternal]

#sturmey archer #bicycle #bike #3 speed #hub #vintage #police #cyclist

[hikikomoriheadphonegirl]

#Akai Mi Hajiketa #Takahashi Natsuko #Meiko san's Incident #Meiko san no Anken #police #bicycle

[emeraldexplorer2]

Police officer with a Schwinn bicycle and a Motorola radio, Tampa, FL (1955)

#vintage #nostalgia #police #police officer #bicycle #schwinn #motorola #1955 #tampa

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"BOY, 16, STEALS HORSE AND CYCLES 80 MILES," Toronto Star. September 30, 1943. Page 2. --- Michael Stiles and Juvenile Rode All Day Round Don Valley ---- JAILED FOUR MONTHS ---- County Police Court, County Buildings, Magistrate Keith. Charged with theft of a horse, on which he rode the Don valley trails for a whole day, and with theft of a bicycle which he rode 80 miles to Lindsay, Michael Stiles, 16, pleaded guilty today before Magistrate Keith. The boy was sentenced to three months at Guelph for the horse theft, the term to be concurrent with a similar penalty imposed at Lindsay for housebreaking. He was also given a one-month consecutive term for bicycle theft.

Det. Harold Speight of East York police said that Stiles and a juvenile had taken two horses and saddles from the stables of the Bar-Branch riding school on Broadview Ave. on Sept. 17. The horses were ridden around the Don valley all day and were later found abandoned one and a half miles from the stables.

Stiles told the court he had been working as a machine shop operator in Toronto, but recently had lost a finger and was waiting for compensation. Det. Speight said the boy had been living alone in Toronto, his mother having gone to Sudbury.

"You'll have a hard life ahead of you if you don't straighten up, son," declared his worship in passing sentence.

Pleading guilty of theft of $3.25 from the Milk for Britain fund. theft of an auto rug and theft of two rings, a boy of 16 was remanded for sentence until Oct. 7 by Magistrate Keith today.

His worship was advised by Detective McLellan that accused's father was in the army.

"You're not much help to your mother," observed Magistrate Keith to accused. "Why don't you get out and work and earn some money. You should keep your name good. otherwise you haven't got any- thing."

HAD BANK REVOLVER ---- "B" Police Court, City Hall, Magistrate Browne Appearing for judgment on a charge of receiving a revolver, stolen from a King St. bank, Frank Holmes, who admitted a record. was convicted and sentenced to four months imprisonment. Holmes claimed to have bought the revolver from a child for 75 cents.

Appearing for sentence on a charge of theft of a ring from a young woman, with whom he had been keeping company. Pte. Donald Penfield was sentenced to 60 days.

"The drunk driving charge will be dismissed and on the careless driving charge to which you have pleaded guilty there will be a penalty of $50 or 30 days." his worship told Joseph Aiken when he appeared for judgment on the more serious charge. Two witnesses denied that accused was intoxicated.

A conviction was registered against Ormie Drew and a fine of $100 or one month imposed, when he appeared for judgment on a charge of obstructing Plainclothesmen Sutton, Edgeworth and Patton, when they sought to enter his Wellesley St. house. Accused and three members of his family had denied the charge.

At the request of the crown Antoni Lizert, charged with a breach of the oil controller's regulations by having loose coupons. was remanded to Oct. 4. with bail $1,000.

#toronto #police court #east york #youth in the toils #horse theft #stolen horse #bicycle theft #stolen cash #drunk driving #juvenile delinquency #young delinquents #juvenile court #sentenced to prison #guelph reformatory #toronto jail farm #canada during world war 2 #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

[callese]

Source

#LA #los angeles #bicycles #ftp #defund the police #police brutality #true crime

[falseandrealultravival]

Loopy couple's Sonnet (Verse)

A man and a woman riding bicycles on the street,

man riding woman's bike

Attracting and releasing

acted dangerously.

I glared

The two of them just passed by—

Loopy couple.

These guys are foreigners and have white skin. Probably Peruvian.

If I suffer actual harm,

Go out to the police and get a lot of reparations.

I'll make sure you can't stay in Japan.

after a commotion of love

Invisible Loopy couple around,

It's not worth living in Japan.

バカップルのソネット（韻文）

路上で、２代の自転車に乗っていた男女、

男が女の自転車を

引き付けたり離したりと、

危険な行為をしていた。

私は睨みつけたが

２人はそのまま通り過ぎて行った――

バカップル。

こいつらは外国人で肌は白い。たぶんペルー人だろう。

もし私が実害を受けたら、

警察に突き出し、がっぽり賠償金をふんだくる。

日本にいられないようにしてやる。

恋のから騒ぎの挙句

まわりの見えないバカップルは、

日本で生きていく価値はない。

(2023.06.03)

#Loopy couple #bicycles #glare #Peruvian #police #reparation #I'll make sure you can't stay in Japan. #sonnet #verse #babylman

[pandaspwnz]

british crime show with whimsical old people in the leading role my beloved

#simply just love these crime drama/comedies #there are so many #But like father brown? I love you #give me these 50+ people in their cozy little villages solving murders and proving the police is incompetent #Team up with the old woman who makes award winning scones and the middle aged woman who sleeps around #fuck yeah ride that bicycle you whimsical old priest #Father brown #my post

[never-forget-viva-la-pluto]

Hey! Anarchists and Ally’s alike,

Does anyone know how to report a landlord for say, a crime, without calling the cops?

I don’t want to use the police bc there are many POC in our building but our landlord just changed the rules on bicycles and grill placement. We followed those rules and today we woke up with all the bikes and grills in the trash. Hundreds of dollars worth of bikes and grills in the trash mangled.

Anything I can do short of calling the police?

Thank you,

Someone who loved their red bike and hates their landlord 😞

#landlord #fuck landlords #bickes #bicycle #grill #outdoor grill #help #advise #law advise #tennant #fuck the police #acab #please help me #signal boost

[piduai]

AND YET i didn't get in any traffic accidents in either russia or italy but i WAS hit by a car in the rule-abiding, careful driving japan -_-

#not badly but it did knock me off my bicycle and sent my groceries flying #was literally like 6 meters away from home too it spooked me so bad bc i was hit by a car when i was 8 #and ever since then i've been feeling sus about cars #she ended up paying me 40k yen so i don't go to the police -_-

[ifyourideasfuck]

Happy 13/12 everyone ! And remember, All Cyclist Are Beautiful.

#bicycletteaftersex #bicycle #Police #treizedouze #metz

[qoldwater]

went on a taco bell run last night that was so wild, it even involved a horse

#im not joking #dbnshdbdhshdf #it was like 1am #and on gods there was a whole ass horse involved and my friends and I lost our shit #and there was a whole kerfuffle about the horse and cars and the fact that last night apparently everyone wanted to party and hang out #there were even people on bicycles straight up not on the bicycle lane and just full on on the main road with the horse and us #the police got involved and so did the firedepartment #they blocked off so many roads trying to catch people in dhdhdh #also so many people just left scooters everywhere #it was a wild taco bell run #taco bell #horse

[liberlandtv]

The forestry company stole the #Liberland #settlers' #bicycles and other #equipment with the support of #Croatian #police ‼️🚨🚨🚨

#liberland #croatia #police #forester #bicycles #danube #stolen #thief #bicycle #Youtube

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

YOUTHS' LIES FAIL TO GAIN CONVICTION,” Toronto Star. February 24, 1933. Page 1. ---- Pair Pleads Guilty to Theft Along With Pal ---- Hamilton, Feb. 24.- An attempt by two 17-year-old youths, Eric Williams and James Lang, to live up to the "gang code" by pleading guilty to charges of theft on which their pal Samuel Ruddle, was also convicted, came to naught when police investigation proved their innocence, Acting Crown Attorney Harry Hazell informed the court to-day.

All three pleaded guilty last weeks to theft of bicycle parts. Appearing for sentence to-day, Ruddle was placed on probation for two years and his two friends acquitted..

#hamilton #youth gang #youth in the toils #police court #bicycle theft #stolen bicycle #police investigation #acquitted #probation #put on probation #teenage boys #young delinquents #youth delinquency #great depression in canada #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada