Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein said she may have suffered a rib fracture after she says she was knocked to the ground and assaulted by police during her arrest at a pro-Palestine protest at Washington University in St. Louis.

“Today I have really sore ribs, I’m going to the emergency room to see whether I have a rib fracture because they were using their bikes as a weapon,” Stein said during a Sunday interview on “NewsNation Prime.” “Basically ramming the handles of the bike into our chests and into my ribcage and trying to flip us over.”

Stein, 73, who was arrested Saturday, spent six hours in police custody and is facing charges of assaulting a police officer. “I wiggled out of that assault, and was told by the officer that I was assaulting him, which is absolutely ludicrous,” Stein said.

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    7 months ago

    Feels prudent here, quoting from Wiki

    The bicycles are custom designed for law enforcement use. Many manufacturers of bicycles offer police models, including Haro, Volcanic, Trek, Cannondale, Fuji, Safariland-Kona, Force, and KHS.

    Never buy one new of those manufacturers. There’s enough other manufacturers out there that this is very easy to do.

    EDIT: Fuji especially by the way, they made big news during the BLM protests that they wouldn’t anymore and then quietly resumed it after. To no surprise to anyone but still, if the jellyfish have you beat on spines you deserve ire

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      7 months ago

      Always check around for giveaways or sales for second hand bikes too. Mfers are always planning on biking but never do it and then offer them up cheap on Craigslist and shit.