[sustran] Re: [WorldCityBike] FW: [Cities-for-Mobility] Solidarity Address with cyclists attacked at bike event in Brazil

[Carlosfelipe Pardo]

Hi,

There has been a very strong discussion between yesterday and today
regarding this issue in the listgroups from Latin America (SUTP-LAC,
Sustran-LAC, Cicloamerica, Cities for Mobility, Cicloviarios), which
unfortunately is all in Spanish and Portuguese. World Streets has some
information, and the evolution has been mainly characterized by pacific
protests in Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, and even Santiago de Chile. There is
also a very interesting letter written by the Union of Brazilian Cyclists
(UCB) which was sent today to all media in Brazil, in which they propose
that the driver does social work in a hospital and helps in treatment to the
victims.

Unfortunately, the driver was clever legally. He has a good lawyer, and he
has said that he was acting to defend himself and out of fright (he was with
his son - !!!! - in the car and said that the cyclists were about to do
something bad to him). The result at this point is that he has been taken to
a psychiatric hospital as a patient... it reminds me of a recent Batman
movie...

I think it would be very useful if we write a letter (in English, we can
find someone to translate) to show that Sustran members are also concerned
about these issues and demand justice. It would be a very nice complement to
the work being done in Latin America.

Best regards,

Carlos.

On 1 March 2011 20:55, Cornie Huizenga <
cornie.huizenga at slocatpartnership.org> wrote:

> Dear Sujit,
>
> This is truley horrific.  I have also been thinking on what would be a good
> manner to respond, in addition to ensuring that the guy who did is actually
> apprehended.
>
> My thinking is that the people who were killed and injured were out on the
> street because they were passionate about cycling and that they were trying
> to make their voice heard.  Based on that I think that it is important to
> give a face to the voices that were lost. What we could do is ask our
> friends in Brazil to come up with short dignified presentation summarizing
> who the victims were and what they stood for. Many of us have websites and
> many us of organize conferences. We could run this presentations on our
> websites and in our meetings to continue the campaign that they literally
> died for.
>
> Cornie
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Sujit Patwardhan <
> patwardhan.sujit at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Dear Eric,
> >
> > This is one of the most horrific videos I have seen and it makes my blood
> > boil.
> >
> > Can we do more than just express our solidarity to the innocent victims
> of
> > this deliberate murderous attack by the motorist?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Sujit
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM, eric britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org
> > >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Solidarity Address with cyclists attacked at bike event in Brazil*
> > >
> > > Cities for Mobility expresses its solidarity with the victims of a car
> > > attack to cyclists which occurred during the critical mass bike
> > > manifestation in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil on 25 February 2011.
> > Our
> > > thoughts are with the injured and their families. We wish them a fast
> > > recovery.
> > >
> > > Link to the Video:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.metatube.com/en/videos/51205/Driver-kill-cyclists-in-Critical-Mass-Porto-Alegre-Brazil/
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > The CFM Coordination Office
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