Original sentence: Brown was also criticized for his 1997 "declaration of war" on San Francisco's Critical Mass bicycle rides, calling them "a terrible demonstration of intolerance," and ordering San Francisco Police Department Chief Fred Lau to conduct a crackdown the night of the July 25, 1997 ride.During the ride approximately 250 riders were arrested and for unlawful assembly and jailed, allegedly after being cordoned off by San Francisco police officers and without being given a lawful order or chance to disperse, and had their bicycles confiscated by the police.He said both the bikes and the riders locked up, because "a little jail time" would teach Critical Mass riders a lesson
Edited sentence: "    San Francicso Examiner editorialist Paul Krassner once compared Brown's description of bicyclists as "little weenies" to Richard Nixon's dubbing students at Kent State "a bunch of bums.At a July 31st, 1997 press conference, Brown antagonistically referred to Critical Mass cyclists as "little weenies," and implied that bicyclists do not vote or comprise a significant portion of his constituency.Brown later explained the remark as occuring "in a moment of evidence of (his) annoyance.Brown was also criticized widely in the local and national news media for his 1997 "declaration of war" on San Francisco's Critical Mass bicycle rides, calling them "a terrible demonstration of intolerance," and ordering San Francisco Police Department Chief Fred Lau to conduct a crackdown the night of the July 25, 1997 ride.Brown was seen by many as hypocritical and lacking credibility on the issue of enforcing traffic laws against Critical Mass bicyclists since Brown gained a noted reputation for flying through town with a motorcycle escort just to make his meetings on time.During the ride approximately 250 riders were arrested and for unlawful assembly and jailed, allegedly after being cordoned off by lines of riot-helmeted San Francisco police officers and without being given a lawful order or chance to disperse, and had their bicycles confiscated by the police.He threatened to keep both the bikes and the riders locked up, because "a little jail time" would teach Critical Mass riders a lesson