MANHATTAN — A judge ruled against an activist cycling group Tuesday in lawsuit against the NYPD, despite public outrage over a controversial 2008 video showing a cyclist being pushed off his ride by a police officer in Times Square.
The Critical Mass bicyclist group said that police violated their First Amendment rights by unfairly ticketing them. The group also claimed the NYPD used extreme policing techniques to get them off the road during their monthly Friday night bike rides, but the court … Details