Claim Filed Against City Over LAPD Bicycle Incident Seen on YouTube
The videographer apparently tackled by police during a large bicycle ride last Friday today filed a claim against the city of Los Angeles, he and lawyers announced today. The claim is based on assault, battery, false arrest, false imprisonment and First, Fourth and 14th amendment civil rights violations, among other legal theories, his lawyer Hermez Moreno said.
June 10, 2010, 2:32pm
“I fully support LAPD Chief Charlie Beck’s efforts to improve the relationship between cyclists and police officers, and I was very disappointed to hear about the confrontation in Hollywood on May 28,” the mayor said in the statement. ”The video from that night is disturbing. The LAPD is conducting a full investigation of this incident, and I have complete confidence in Chief Beck’s commitment to making the city’s streets safe for everyone.”
read at LA Times
June 09, 2010, 8:49am
He calls bike riders the ‘most vulnerable commuters.’ Bicycle advocates have been pushing the department to do more to crack down on motorists who don’t respect bikers’ right to the road.
read @ LA Times
February 26, 2010, 3:59am
repost from anonymous cyclist:
LACBC, folks from Echo Park Cycles and other cyclists showed up to the meet and greet with Chief Charlie Beck on Saturday where we alerted him that physical assaults on cyclists, harassment by motorists and bicycle thefts have been increasing in LA.
Chief Beck is interested in addressing these issues seriously and has assigned Lieutenant Andre Dawson, as the bicycle liaison in his office to work with us on addressing these concerns.
LAPD will be putting together a work group to continue to work with cyclists on addressing these issues. LACBC will also continue to work with them to develop educational material that all their officers will be required to view during their roll call and training.
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Here is what you can do now!
Report all assaults, thefts or acts of harassment, regardless of how minor they are. It is an initial step that we can do now, to help them track and identify where these problems are happening and to help them identify suspects.
-Call in and report incident to LAPD precinct in area of occurrence*
-If you are assaulted: give as much info as possible regarding suspect, license plate, color of car, clothing they were wearing, etc
-If your bike was stolen: give then as much info about the bike, serial #, color of bike, make/model, suspect info, etc
*If the officer refuses to take the report or says that they do not have time, that it is not a crime or any other excuse, call Lieutenant Andre Dawson at 213-792-3551 and explain the situation to him.
He has assured us that he will make sure to take care of it and hold the officers accountable for what is happening in the area.
January 06, 2010, 4:00pm
repost from anonymous cyclist:
FYI regarding a Rampart Bike Theft Detail. We conducted an undercover Bike theft detail on 12-15-09 and made (3) arrests. We focused on areas, within Rampart Division, that have seen a spike in bike thefts. The following locations resulted in arrests.
1) Heliotrope south of Melrose
2) 2nd St / Occidental St
3) Vendome / Sunset
Iris Santin Senior Lead Officer (2SLO45)
Rampart Division
1401 W 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-793-0778
31383@lapd.lacity.org
January 06, 2010, 1:10pm
