Jul.29.2008 NYPD cop shoves bicyclist for seemingly no reason
People falling off bikes is pretty funny. People getting shoved off bikes is even funnier. But people getting shoved off bikes by a police office, then having a YouTube released of the incident, then having the officer stripped of his badge probably takes the cake.
A rookie cop - the son of a highly respected New York City detective - has been stripped of his badge and gun after being caught on video viciously attacking a bicyclist who was part of a Times Square demonstration. ‘
The startling YouTube video shows Officer Patrick Pogan, 22, apparently setting his sights on - and then tackling - a bicyclist as he pedaled along Seventh Avenue as part of last Friday’s controversial Critical Mass ride.
Christopher Long, 29, was among a throng of riders as he whizzed toward the corner of West 46th Street at 9:30 p.m. and appeared to try and swerve away from the officer.
In court papers, Pogan accused Long of purposely swerving his bicycle to block traffic and then using it as a weapon to run down the officer, knocking him off his feet and causing a “laceration” on his forearm. “You are pawns in the game. I’m going to have your job,” Long told Pogan, as he flailed and kicked his arms and legs, according to the complaint.
“If it wasn’t caught on video people would not have believed it,” said Christopher Ryan, who rides with Critical Mass and is filming the monthly protests for a documentary. “The video just shows what the cyclists have been saying all along, that the police are still harassing and intimidating them from doing group rides,” said Ryan. “An officer assaulted a cyclist for no reason. It’s just crazy.”
Whatever happened to the days where a cop could shove a bicyclist without any repercussions? I mean, what, because some asshole films this, it’s a problem? NYC cops have always been reckless dicks in some cases. They shot a dude 41 times for pulling out a wallet. And shoved a plunger up a dude’s ass. I mean, granted, these are the EXTREME minority of cops, but I don’t think you should be surprised when a cop does something completely douchey. You may as well get angry at the dog for licking peanut butter off your crotch.
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