Letter: Boardwalk clear around midnight
Derrick Adkins, 1996 Olympic gold medalist. Police said Adkins refused to move from a bike safety lane on the Long Beach boardwalk around midnight on Sept. 12 -- despite repeated requests -- and was arrested. (April 9, 2007) Credit: Patrick McCarthy
Olympic gold medalist Derrick Adkins faces an obstruction charge after his arrest in Long Beach ["Olympic medalist arrested in Long Beach," News, Sept. 20].
It seems he was arrested because he refused to move from a bike safety lane on the boardwalk at midnight, and tried to flee from an officer who was giving him a summons after two warnings. The bike lane could not have been crowded at midnight. I have been on that boardwalk during the day and have seen walkers in the bike lane, and no one asked them to move.
Maureen Masone, Inwood
