Police say it wasn’t long before they started taking 9-1-1 calls about the bicyclists not stopping at stop signs and taking up all lanes of the roadway, blocking vehicles from moving.
First gathering at a local park, the group steadily grew to around 300 cyclists who then rode out into the streets, according to the Modesto Police Department, for a bike-riding event organized by the Rippers bike group.
Jared Garrett, a member of the 209 Rippers, says the police “started grabbing people off bikes. They’re chasing kids and running them off roads.”
In a video obtained by CBS13, a Modesto police officer can be seen riding a motorcycle on neighborhood sidewalks before a squad car speeds past the group.
“They started sending motorcycles through our crowd at 30-40 miles per hour,” Garrett said.
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/01/25/modesto-cyclist-group-troubles/
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/01/26/bike-group-modesto-police-event/
And once again, the mob mentality takes over something that should be fun and turns it into mayhem. Go out, ride your bicycle, have fun, but don't be an asshole.
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