"There was the 54-year-old man whose bike was confiscated because he couldn't produce a receipt to prove it was his."
Unless that shit was a pink Barbie bike*, why would the suspect it wan't his? Who carries receipts for this they own?
*There's a dude I see riding around Pittsburgh all the time. It's always a different bike, sometimes kids bikes, and he usually has a car bumper mounted on the handlebars.
3. "Stop & frisk all over again." In response to Reply # 0
"This is not a coincidence," said Police Chief Jane Castor. "Many individuals receiving bike citations are involved in criminal activity."
She said her department has done such a good job curbing auto theft that bikes have "become the most common mode of transportation for criminals."
Many of the tickets did go to convicted criminals, including some people interviewed for this story. And there are cases where police stopped someone under suspicious circumstances and found a gun or caught a burglar.
But most bike stops that led to a ticket turned up no illegal activity; only 20 percent of adults ticketed last year were arrested.
When police did arrest someone, it was almost always for a small amount of drugs or a misdemeanor like trespassing.
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