The guy who popularized this advocacy tactic is Adam White, a semi-celebrity bike lawyer who was formerly one half of Vaccaro & White, the law firm that sponsored a lot of NYC biking events. I remember the sweet justice when NYPD tried to arrest him a few years ago for vandalism and he essentially took them to the cleaners in court.

Speaking of, I still don’t know why Vaccaro & White split up, though as far as I understand it was not on good terms.