[Griff]

The "tough" part to me isn't the question of enforcing the law. The tough part is as a cyclist deciding whether or not to participate in something like this. Of course, its purely theoretical on my part since I live in the boonies.

Democracies often fail to protect minority groups. Its a basic weakness in the form that re-enforces mass culture. Over time the cyclist has been excluded from the roads since cars, which have there own set of problems in urban areas such as parking and air quality, are so efficient at moving us around. A CM protest is a good way to move the issue to the front burner. Who knows, it might even lead to a discussion about alternatives to our dependence on foreign oil. None of which says they shouldn't do their time or pay the fine. The brutality question is something for the locals to judge.