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http://www.worth1000.com/contest.asp?contest_id=20115&display=photoshop&page=5000#entries

It happens.

"The other cop said, "Hey, isn't that Puck from the Real World San Francisco?""

Ha, then the hit was definitely warranted.

I don't believe it to be a universal truth that everyone reacting defensively in favor of the officer is doing so on the basis of some misguided internal rationalization process. We're all very much aware that abuses of authority take place regularly, everywhere (except Chicago apparently). In fact, I am willing to admit that the officers response to the "attempted assault" is woefully disproportionate to the alleged crime.

However, in this case, there is something that just screams 'total asshat' on the part of the cyclist. Come on, I live and work in SF and I KNOW that Critical Mass isn't exclusively populated by the altruistic do-gooders they make themselves out to be. No more than a municipal police department anyway.

I don't live in NYC, so I can't comment on the "adversarial" relationship between the NYPD and CM cyclists, BUT I do find it rather odd that several other cyclists rode by without incident and this one dude ended up getting singled out in such a decisive manner. Makes me wonder what (if anything) happened down the block out, of sight of the camera, to get himself throttled like that.

Just saying.

Can't sleep, clown will eat me.