For the next year, however, the D.A. reserves the right to reactivate the charge for any reason. I am relieved that we are not currently facing more punishment, but it is unnerving that the threat still remains. During my time in jail and over the past month, Ive thought about what I might have done to offend society to the point where I am denied my personal freedom for eight hours, and my primary transportation is taken away for a week. I would like to apologize to anybody who was offended or inconvienienced by the bicycle presence on the down-town streets that evening. After much thought, my opinion remains that the punishment my fellow Critical Massers and I endured was discriminatory.
Automobiles travel in large groups everyday.
When there is a traffic jam, motorists are not usually arrested for blocking traffic. They are not often jailed for traffic infractions either. As she entered the crosswalk she was struck and run over by a driver who admits that she was taking a right turn onto 15th while looking for traffic on her left. The driver accelerated into the crosswalk and pinned the girl under her car. LaNeesha suffered a skull fracture, a broken collar-bone, a broken shoulder, an injured back and a severely burned knee.