For the past 10 years, the city of St. Louis plays host to the annual Streetfighterz Ride of the Century (ROC) festival.
The 2012 edition of the ROC gathering took place last weekend with hundreds if not thousands of riders traveling to Missouri to attend the event.
At some point, the bikers hit the highway in large groups and the Missouri Highway Patrol got involved and started following the bikers, many of whom were recording the ride.
In the first clip, which was said to be shot by multiple people from many angles, we see two cop cars driving alongside a group of motorcyclists. At the 2:10 mark, some of the riders break off and cut through the grass to make a run for it as patrol cars had partially blocked the road in front.
From the footage, we see at least one police car coming in contact with a biker, who was able to keep going.
The YouTube user under the name "Sean Baker", who uploaded the first video, says that the cops performed "dangerous acts on civilian motorcyclists".
"Road blocks, brute force, ramming, and pit maneuver tactics were used by the police in order to try and stop civilians while on their motorcycles. (while not all of these tactics can be seen here, they were in fact used)," he said, adding that the bikers did not do anything illegal.
"This clip is a group of riders going down 370 in St. Louis for the beginning of the "2012 Ride of the Century" when police suddenly produced a roadblock and in turn induced panic among many of the motorcyclists causing the chaos and commotion that you see within the video. The riders were all clearly wearing their helmets, nobody was speeding, there were no stunters performing any tricks, and no laws or traffic violations were being broken to provoke the mayhem that law enforcement felt necessary," Baker wrote on his YouTube channel.
Other recordings that have surfaced on the video-sharing website show a number of motorcyclists performing some really impressive but nevertheless, dangerous and illegal stunts including wheelies (in all sorts of positions…) and burnouts.
According to a news report from St. Louis Today, the Missouri Highway Patrol said that troopers arrested 13 motorcyclists and wrote more than 90 traffic tickets over the course of the weekend.
Story References: Jalopnik
10 Comments:
stupid bikers
I bet that pretty soon GoPros, Contour HDs and all the other action cameras will be banned for use on public roads.
Fucking cops. always trying to fuck things up........i've gotten pulled over several time on my moped for christ sakes! and it only does 60 at the most top speed down hill with the wind blowing with me. i mean serious =go out and catch some real fucking criminals!
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Am I supposed to feel sorry for these douche bags? Why are they all over the freaking road. Ride like you have some sense and I don't think anyone would object.
I saw a lot of these riders last weekend in downtown St. Louis, It was a stunting free-for-all, and not just out on the open highway, on side streets with pedestrians and kids on the sidewalks, not cool. I don't care how good you are, you cannot properly control your bike hanging from your handlebars by your feet while doing a wheel stand, especially in a large group surrounded by other riders, I'm talking with other bikes within 15 feet of you. If something happens, a bunch of riders are going to go down and quite likely get hurt.
I'd say the cops were pretty reserved given the thousands of riders that descended on the city, many of whom were intentionally provoking the police playing catch me if you can. I will say that the majority behaved just fine, but of course there are always a few idiots, and in such a large group of riders that means a whole lot of idiots. I didn't hear of anyone getting seriously hurt, but it's just a matter of time if this thing continues.
"civilian" lies; cops lies. lies, ever lies. sad. autos X bikes. why not introduce "friendly police bikers" on these rides?
I know all bikers aren't morons. Too bad I don't live up there anymore, because if I saw a group of these idiots driving the wrong way headed towards me, I would not move out of the way.
How can there be 10 Rides of the Century in one century?
Here is a Clue that Sean Baker is a damn Liar. Videos show popping wheelies, felony evading, hit and run, and in other videos: going up and ramp in the wrong direction. But "Cry", we did not break any laws! Damn retarded Squids never learn.
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