DENVER — “This is 2021 into ’22. I’m too old for this mess. I just want to ride my bike. Leave me alone,” said Marcus Robinson, cofounder and executive director of Ride for Racial Justice.
Ride for Racial Justice a nonprofit organization that provides education and community support for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) cyclists and aims to dismantle systemic racism so everyone can feel safe while riding their bike.
Robinson told Rocky Mountain PBS that he has been an avid bike rider since he was a child. He said he has been stopped twice by law enforcement while riding his bike; both times, Robinson said he was accused of running a stop sign and was hassled to show his ID. Because of those experiences, coupled with the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, he created Ride for Racial Justice.
“Over the past two years we’ve have suffered,” Robinson said, referring to …
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