Warsaw, Poland
On the 21 June 2002 in Warsaw, Poland, Critical Mass was stopped by a cordon of fully armed riot police force on Plac Konstytucji (Constitution Square), who demanded their dispersal and detained some of the participants. Other Critical Mass participants responded with a sit-in protest, blocking an important traffic junction, and then tried to evade the blockade by taking different routes to Plac Zamkowy (Castle Square), the Critical Mass rally point. This event was widely reported by the media, and as a result, the Warsaw municipality decided to legalize future events rather than escalate the conflict. Beginning from September 2002, Critical Mass in Warsaw is organized in full cooperation with the police force. From 2007 once a year in August a special Critical Mass is organized in cooperation with the city officials to commemorate the Warsaw Uprising.
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