Eric Gangloff rode away scot-free on August 1 when the cops failed to respond to his jury trial. "[The Judge] dismissed the case outright," Gangloff writes. Fellow cyclist Molly Zackary reported a similar no-show dismissal of her citation.
While their officers were MIA, other members of DPD's finest spent the day in Washington Park toting laser guns and enforcing a much-publicized crack-down on bicyclists cruising over the 15 mph speed limit. They wrote nine tickets worth $60 each — quite a bit less spendy than those that the Critical Massers face — but will they show up in court? -- Jared Jacang Maher