On Friday 27 July as the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony was being held in London, the British police made mass arrests during a protest staged by a group of activist cyclists.
The state-run BBC reported that 182 people were arrested on Friday night. Media reports also said that the British police used pepper spray and kettling tactics against two groups of protesters near the Olympic Park.
Video footage uploaded to YouTube by activists showed British police officers assaulting and pepper-spraying a disabled man on a tricycle. The disabled man was also arrested.
The arrested cyclists were identified as members of an activist cycling club who hold a cycling event called “Critical Mass” on the last Friday of every month. The event is held all around the world and activists travel as a group on bikes through city.
According to the BBC, two people were charged with causing a public nuisance and one person was charged with assaulting a constable.
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