Olympics 2012: Policeman assaulting and pepper-spraying a disabled man on a tricycle - Mass arrests as London Police Attack cycle ride

London police have used pepper spray against a “Critical Mass” cycle ride as the British capital holds the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Games. “Large number of people” arrested said a police tweet. "A number of people in breach of regulations imposed on a monthly cycling event have been arrested," a spokesman for Scotland Yard said. According to some reports at least 50 people have been detained and their bicycles loaded onto special buses parked nearby.

Critical Mass is a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month all around the world. Earlier there have been calls on the Internet to stage the London ride on July 27 as an anti-Olympics protest.

Scuffles occurred near the Olympic Stadium on the outskirts of the Olympic Park with participants saying they were being “kettled”.
Some witnesses said police pushed the cyclists aside to get David Beckham through traffic.

A witness video uploaded to YouTube shows police assaulting and pepper-spraying a disabled man on a tricycle.

Image from twitter.com @MetPoliceEvents

A bus loaded with confiscated bicycles Image from twitter.com @indyrikki

 

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