Date of Incident: September 25, 1998 Received: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 18:42:00

FULL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR OWN WORDS:

9/25/98
as in many cities on the last friday of the month the critical mass
 bicycle ride was taking place in chicago.  to make a long story short
the chicago police department arrested 15 bicyclist and charged them
 with mob action.  the arrests were unprovoked and uncalled for.

PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT:


Were you the victim?no
Were you a witness?yes

Time of day:5:00pm
AM or PM?pm
Weather conditions:partly cloud 80 degrees		
Raining?no
Dark, dusk/dawn, or light out? light out
Location(s) of incident: division and state
City:chicago,ill
Country:usa

Individuals involved:

Witness names: critical mass
Officer names:? too many
Officer badge numbers:? too many

Was anyone arrested or ticketed? yes

Who? 15 people

Were they taken into custody? yes

What was the charge? mob action

Infraction, Misdemeaner, or Felony? unknown

Identity of aggressor/attacker/perpetrator of abuse:

License plate number(s):NA

Badge number(s):

Was anyone injured? no