Comments on: Streetfilms: Halloween Mass in San Francisco http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/11/06/streetfilms-halloween-mass-in-san-francisco/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher Edwards http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/11/06/streetfilms-halloween-mass-in-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-58913 Christopher Edwards Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:40:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4894#comment-58913 Yeah. I lived in SF for 6 years and Critical Mass is pretty much detested by 50% of that city. And the Halloween CM is abhorred. People skip work or leave early just to avoid the mess. The SFPD and the city are at the mercy of the CM crew. And so it goes on, but the grumbling is loud and the tension is just below the surface at all times. Remember also that the West Coast in general have fewer police officers per resident than the East Coast. There is only so much they can do to curtail something like this. There aren't enough police officers do anything more than monitor. Yeah. I lived in SF for 6 years and Critical Mass is pretty much detested by 50% of that city. And the Halloween CM is abhorred. People skip work or leave early just to avoid the mess. The SFPD and the city are at the mercy of the CM crew. And so it goes on, but the grumbling is loud and the tension is just below the surface at all times. Remember also that the West Coast in general have fewer police officers per resident than the East Coast. There is only so much they can do to curtail something like this. There aren’t enough police officers do anything more than monitor.

]]> By: Troy McClure SF http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/11/06/streetfilms-halloween-mass-in-san-francisco/comment-page-1/#comment-58651 Troy McClure SF Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:33:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4894#comment-58651 <i>the ride is very peaceful and non-confrontational.</i> ...Bwa? The SFPD is hand-off *because* they'd have a riot on their hands if they tried to do anything. But hey, thank god Critical Mass is there to make sure all those sons of bitches on the J Church won't know what time they'll get home *this* month. the ride is very peaceful and non-confrontational.

…Bwa? The SFPD is hand-off *because* they’d have a riot on their hands if they tried to do anything. But hey, thank god Critical Mass is there to make sure all those sons of bitches on the J Church won’t know what time they’ll get home *this* month.

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