Thursday, December 2, 2010
News
Bike-Hating Post Thinks All Brooklyn Cyclists are Cell Phone-Snatchers
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Our delightful
New York Post,
always happy to stoke the fires of anti-bike rage, is
at it again: Did you know that our borough is in the grips of a wave of bicycle-aided smartphone-snatchings? Yes! In a piece with the accusatory headline "Cyclists swipe cells in ride-by robberies," the
Post counts six cyclist cell phone snatchers in six weeks, striking in Park Slope, Prospect Heights and Boerum Hill, mostly going for iPhones. The last two robberies took place on November 24, which means we're due for the next bike-by phone theft. Trust no cyclists; pocket those $800 phones. (
Streetsblog)
Tags: Biking in NYC, Theft, New York Post, Bike wars, Crime, Crime on a bike, Cell pones
