{"article":{"id":3722,"heading":"I want to ride my bicycle--I want to ride my bike!","author":"Tom Gorman","created":"2000-09-08 01:53:31","modified":"2005-08-15 00:28:59","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:28:59","article":"","contact":"tgorman222@aol.com","link":"","address":"405 N. Euclid Ave., #1PasadenaCA91101-1303","phone":"(626) 585-9359","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Following a report of unfettered expression, LA bike cops are on their way.","numcomment":3,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/09\/bike_cops.jpg","filesize":"52.8 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/09\/3722.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2000\/09\/bike_cops.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2000\/09\/bike_cops.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2000\/09\/bike_cops.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":3741,"heading":"Wow!","article":"Are those Specialized carbon fiber 5 spoke wheels?  where did they get the bucks for that $1000 wheelset?  You dont suppose they charged la citizens for that bill, do you?  Or maybe they have corporate sponsorship.  \r\n\r\nAnd a riddle:  Is a fat pig with a phat bike a fast pig, or still just a fat pig?   \r\n\r\nr@ven","author":"r@ven","parent_id":3722,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-09-08 21:20:26","modified":"2000-09-08 21:51:57","fileurl":""},{"id":3757,"heading":"Fat and slow","article":"Yeh,and even with the superfancy bikes those pathetic thugs couldn't even keep up.  And they supposedly ride those things for a living.  BooooHisssss!","author":"Mike","parent_id":3722,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-09-09 23:34:42","modified":"2000-09-10 00:00:00","fileurl":""},{"id":3801,"heading":"Are you really dumb.","article":"Those bikes are paid for by the officers who choose to ride them  however, they get them at cost which is about $100 and do not have to pay taxes on that purchase.  Also, when they ride it that type of situation, they are carrying\/wearing 30 pounds of equipment which may slow them down.  Plus, they are trained for stamina on the bikes, not speed.  Obviously you can't think of any sensible argument so you act like an idiot by picking on others.  You most likely didn't fit in in school and had to rebel against society to feel right.  Was your head flushed in a toilet as a child?  You say that all cops are assholes, and just tools of the system, but how many have you met, talked to, had dinner with, met their family?  They are people too, but i guess that you forgot that in your tyrades of how bad our system is, and how you have only idealistic dreams on how to fix it. \r\n\r\nOh wait...I said something anti-you...I MUST be a cop because only cops don't like you.  Or I could be a corporate sponsor.  Ah, the devil spawn itself.  Get a life.","author":"George","parent_id":3722,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-09-14 12:13:28","modified":"2000-09-14 13:00:00","fileurl":""}]}