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Official local mnemonic: Birmingham Postal area: Birmingham
Issued: between march 2012 and august 2012 Silver Bmw X5 xdrive30d ac auto, manufactured in 2012, first registered on 1 June 2012. Cylinder capacity: 2993cc, CO2 emissions: 195 g/km. As of 16 July 2018 this vehicle had done 63,189 miles. Current estimated odometer reading: 96,300 miles.
'This is the extraordinary moment a police car collided with a cyclist, drove over a bike and then sped off after tensions flared during a mass bike ride in central London.
The police 4x4 hit the cyclist – causing him to stumble backwards and drop his bike – and then crushed a second bike under its wheels before racing off on Friday night.
Witnesses described the incident at the junction of Vauxhall Bridge Road and Millbank as a “hit and run” as they slammed the officers’ actions.
Scotland Yard said police were trying to drive away in their BMW X5 after being “targeted by demonstrators”. They drove over the bike after it had been deliberately left in the road as an obstruction, a spokesman said.
The incident took place just after 9pm during the monthly Critical Mass bike ride, which sees hundreds of cyclists take to the streets for a group ride through London.
One observer who filmed the confrontation said it was “completely unacceptable”.
IT consultant John, 25, who did not want to give his last name, told the Standard: “I can imagine the police line is that they felt threatened, but frankly they’re armed police officers – do a bunch of cyclists pose a threat to them?
“Was it necessary to run over this kid’s bike? The police were trying to push people out of their way with the car.
“I think it’s entirely fair to call it a hit and run. The police were involved in an accident, they completely crushed a bike, and then they ran away.”
John said cyclists were remonstrating with the officers in the car after they had earlier “collared” a cyclist and treated him roughly.
Witnesses said they “wrestled” him off his moving bike and then dragged him across the road.
“They collared this one guy very forcefully,” said John.
“I started filming as the level of force the officers used was disproportionate.
“I don’t know why they collared this guy, but it looked like they wanted to make an example of them to the rest of the group.”
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “At approximately 9.10pm on April 29, police became aware of a demonstration involving a number of cyclists at Vauxhall Bridge.
“During this a police vehicle was targeted by demonstrators. As it tried to drive away, the vehicle ran over a cycle that was left in the road as an obstruction.
Eeeelllo elllo what do we have here then? I see the down-voters have descended upon us again. Unfortunately for you (and whichever "force" you may or may not represent[!]), society will decide for itself - not you. Nice try, but poor show..better luck next time.
May I ask which agency or body I need to contact to receive my payment ? . Feel free to post your reply in a barley literate rant or alternatively smash your face repeatedly in to your keyboard as the result may make you appear more intelligent than your carefully composed retorts .
Also admin can't ban a dynamic I.p address , just so you know . But feel free to post some more pearls of technological wisdom you really do appear to know what your talking about .
I agree. Iv'e seen such a thing on countless reports here. The more popular the report the more they try to ruin it. Even posts that post nothing but non-partisan information are being instantly met with down-votes and in some cases outright abuse. As far as I'm concerned the people do it not because they have anything to contribute but because, for whatever reason, they want to silence others. Whoever is behind these attacks you're wasting your time and ultimately my guess is the admins will just boot you out (they can do that, just so you know). To all time-wasters: most of us are more interested in what happens than your petty little squabbles. Grow up.
I'm all for ensuring the law is followed by every road user.
But with these critical mass publicity stunts in most cases it's just another form of anarchy and if I was driving a vehicle and surrounded by thugs I would take evasive action to protect myself.
So if a gang of you want to threaten me or my family then I will do all that I need to protect them.
This comment in no way condones the actions of the police as they have at their hands additional resources to assist them (unlike me).
But if you want to gang up and act anarchic the expect the consequences.
Footnote: I am providing this reference information only as a means of public interest; not to libel or slander any individual or collective entity. I am also unsure as to the exact circumstance behind this incident. All the information I have provided pertains to a public place, however I believe the video's themselves are copyright so please seek the permission of the copyright owners if you wish to use the material in your own broadcasts. Thanks.
BU12 AYY is a Silver 2012 Bmw X5 Xdrive30d Ac Auto with a numberplate first registered in Birmingham between March and August 2012. This SUV was first used on the road on Tuesday 12th June 2012.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/moment-police-car-collides-with-cyclist-crushes-bike-and-drives-off-a3237741.html