He didnt come close to the oficer.. The officer clearly walked in his path. You cant see what the guy was doing.. True but I saw 2 people come close to that scum bag before he walked into that police officer and then in typical fashion they cliam they resisted arrest and that he assaulted the police officer!
That is how our fake law system works.. By far not a justice system.
He should have been fired! A long with everyone who had anything to do with that police report.
"DID SOMETHING HAPPEN *BEFORE* THE CAMERAS STARTED ROLLING" - Boy do they want to be apologists for corruption or what? Stop already with the "what happened before the cameras started rolling" nonsense - if there was something it would have been in the false report this officer made. Just look at the officers own false report - "assault" was the reason for the arrest. Case closed - nothing happened before the camera started rolling he just didn't think a camera would catch him in the act.
July '08's subdued idiot — like the rest of the SMELLY, SMUG VANDALS jealous of smarter citizens who EARN MORE and can afford nice cars — was GUILTY of:
(1) RUNNING A RED LIGHT
(2) FAILING TO YIELD TO A PEDESTRIAN (cop).
"Critical (m)Asses," MOBS of BODY-ODOR HIPPIE VANDALS, deserve JAIL.
To me it looks as though both the officer and the cyclist both intended to avoid each other. Unfortunately both chose to go in the same direction. The officer misinterpreted the cyclist swerving out of his way as aiming for him. Therefore he viewed it as an aggressive act and responded aggressively by pushing the cyclist down. Embarrassed and confused the officer then lays charges against the cyclist to gain control over the situation (in his own mind)
The CARS and SUVS are blocking the streets, not the bicycles...if everyone were riding bicycles, there'd be NO traffic jams, and more importantly no need to keep polluting the environment with expensive, dirty gasoline!!!
Uhhmmm, no, I don't think so...bicycles are VEHICLES just like cars...only difference is they're not spewing filth into the air and via the exhaust pipe or the mouths of their drivers!!!!
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fuk critical mass they suck stupid hippy was out of line and probably had a gun somewhere. NYPD are heroes taking out the trash you bastards who hate on them just dont know they deal with garbage every day. fuk you reactionary asses.
I guess the cop was just trying to take down the real criminals you know they like to hide in the critical mass rides. Don't be so stupid this officer was way outta line he could have simply grabbed his handle bars or seatpost if he really had the intention to stop and question the rider rather than lay a full body block and risk a head trauma on the curb which could of been a real serious ordeal. A complete embarrassment to the NYPD this rookie should be fired immediatley no questions asked.
The officer should be charged with submitting a false report too.People get serious time for what the office charged the biker with and if not for this tape the biker could be looking at losing a decade of his life sitting in jail for something he didn't do,so falsifying a report should bring the same consequences.
ive seen similar tackles in person at Times Square on critical mass, catapulting bikers through the air. not this particular one though--unfortunately these things are commonplace in NYC.
i love how the liberals like to monday night quarterback. anyone of you who live in nyc should be ashamed to try and give city cops such a bad rap. when this city goes back to the way in the early 90s and u have some crazy crackhead breaking into your house your gonna wish you had a cop with some balls there to protect you.
what a pussy acting like a child ringing his bell and defying laws while verbally laughing at the police sent to monitor their childish behavior. Everyone of those protestors loved that they drummed up that drama. Their whole job is to influence the weak and less intelligent minds of you common folk.
I really hope that bad cop gets charged and fired on the same day. He is new on the job and did such horrible thing in public; and then tried to filed criminal charges against the cyclist?!
The biker even swerved to miss the police officer. The cop was WAY out of line. I would have resisted arrest also. And the bald guy commenting on it is an idiot. They need to fire the cop. I'd hate to see what he does when no one is looking.
You can even see that the cyclist tried to avoid the officer by swerving to the left and the cop speeds up to catch him. Funny thing is that the officer has been on the job for 3 weeks. He just came out of the academy and is already abusing his authority. It is in the best interest for NYPD to fire him (new officers are on probation for 2 years) because he will turn out to be more of a liability to the department rather an asset.
Three weeks in - he should have kept cool. I think the biker before the guy that got hit actually pissed him off a little. You can see it in his body language. Legally,the guy was committing a crime. Even if there are four thousand people doing it. Sadly, life continues to be a lot like grade school. SOmebody takes the rap for everyone. Protests carry a cost. In the long run - the biker will get paid...watch. THat's your tax money as much as overzealous cop's salary is your tax money.
actually ...protest charges are often dismissed. This is largely due to the fact that they are considered to be "social" acts allowed by law for constitutional change. In reality(news flash....our justice system doesnt operate in reality) but in reality..he needs to be riding on the far right side of the road...and he needs to yield to pedestrian traffic. They also fail to stop at stop signs or follow the other rules of the road and they do this en mass to prevent or discourage arrest.
I dont think that video disputes the report. This is typical protestor behavior. They act like children taunting and misbehaving. It looks to me like the Ofc. is crossing the road....the bicyclist drives close on purpose and the officer appears to begin trying to beat him out of the path.....then with the impending collision the ofc. shoulders him to prevent his own injury. This video and the angle is subject to opinion.
You people miss the point. This is not a bike ride..It is a mass protest designed to stir up controversary. Their goal is to cause disruption and typically the protestors will entice the police into over reacting. I am not making a claim either way..Im merely telling you the bicyclists have much to blame. The reports are not public to read yet and there is no audio. Perhaps he is overzealous but there are many factors you liberal anarchists havent considered before passing judgement.
Oh...and I believe you liberal cop hating folk would refer to the process of baiting someone into reacting unlawfully as "Entrapment" When you see it happen to a criminal you scream bloody murder. Does this new cop not get the same benefit from you?? OH. no. Theyre always wrong. You people should call someone else in an emergency. And get out of the back seat and drive. Have any of you any concerns about the crime going on in this country? Or is cop bashing all you can do?
The crimes are being committed by the cops!!! I've seen them do everything from rolling through red lights to get to the donut shop, to firing 50 shots into an innocent man and killing him!!!
Who are you..Steve Wonder. It looked quite clear that the officers were standing in the road and started walking not to beat him out of the path but apparently off the path.
I hope you spend some time in county you fucking slime. You need a little taste of your own medicine. Don't cry when you become the nail instead of the hammer with the badge. Maybe you'll realize that your badge, gun and uniform was all that gave you any semblance of power or respect. Now you're just an unemployed idiot with no dick or brain.
3 weeks out of training? what the hell did they teach him?!?
the fact that he then went and arrested the guy and LIED -quite clearly he never fell over- on the statement should be enough to put him in jail (and the other cop who was with him).
Any occupation would rid an employee using such conduct.
To merely demote them for a month is not ample justice.
A cop representing the law like this is like an extremist representing their faith of choice by exerting their will over others Then they claim it's in the name of God or the law.
WHYYYY?!?!? why would that person be charged with anything? how can he obstruct the road when he's moving faster than the cop is walking?
He didnt come close to the oficer.. The officer clearly walked in his path. You cant see what the guy was doing.. True but I saw 2 people come close to that scum bag before he walked into that police officer and then in typical fashion they cliam they resisted arrest and that he assaulted the police officer!
That is how our fake law system works.. By far not a justice system.
He should have been fired! A long with everyone who had anything to do with that police report.
8Thirst 1 year ago
sad to say... without that video....the cop would have won :(
farfromuglyjay 1 year ago
all cops are bad. they should execute this lying bastard.
moodinator123 2 years ago
The guy at 2:27 looks like Steve Wilkos.
houstonpenny 3 years ago
February 20th, 2009. Patrick Pogan has been fired from the NYPD.
WordAndReason 3 years ago 7
That's Class A assault, throw him in the pokie. He's a cop and should be held to even higher standards. Kill yourself
ghostman199 3 years ago
I love the football star comment. He can't be a bad guy- he played football in college! Really? Really?
beautifulspam 3 years ago 6
precisely. In fact, a history of playing football should explicitly call one's moral character into question.
recognizegame 2 years ago
To me it's just irrelevant. Kind of like when the drunk-driving teenager turns out to have been a straight-A student...who cares?
beautifulspam 2 years ago
Critical massers are douchebags, but yeah...don't shove people off their bikes.
beautifulspam 3 years ago 2
Disgrace to the badge.
combatsambonyc 3 years ago 2
Cop is liar and a dirtbag. The video speaks for itself. A disgrace to the badge.
Tobytuber 3 years ago 2
i just thought of somthing. what if the officer was trying make his daddy proud.
lordbutz 3 years ago
What is that bald fag talking about ?? He is comming close to the officer ?? Ugly fucking retard !
FatGermanBastard 3 years ago
"...they say he is a great guy and play football"
Well he plays football, we should overlook this then.
How dare these cyclists protest/rally for the environment! Who do they think they are?!?
This cop should be stripped of his badge for lying and face criminal charges for assault.
guidomith 3 years ago
Who is to blame?
Are these people stupid?
He flat out lied in his official report, he made shit up, and they have to do some research before making a decision?
This cop should not only be fired, but charged with assault, lying, and sent to jail.
Diemerstein 3 years ago 2
"DID SOMETHING HAPPEN *BEFORE* THE CAMERAS STARTED ROLLING" - Boy do they want to be apologists for corruption or what? Stop already with the "what happened before the cameras started rolling" nonsense - if there was something it would have been in the false report this officer made. Just look at the officers own false report - "assault" was the reason for the arrest. Case closed - nothing happened before the camera started rolling he just didn't think a camera would catch him in the act.
MedullaPancreas 3 years ago
get him he has a bicycle
petezilla2k 3 years ago
That prick cop should be tied and dragged across Manhattan by a pack of bikes. I'll be first in line.
stankwho 3 years ago 2
I call it "old school" police work!
mm3861 3 years ago 2
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July '08's subdued idiot — like the rest of the SMELLY, SMUG VANDALS jealous of smarter citizens who EARN MORE and can afford nice cars — was GUILTY of:
(1) RUNNING A RED LIGHT
(2) FAILING TO YIELD TO A PEDESTRIAN (cop).
"Critical (m)Asses," MOBS of BODY-ODOR HIPPIE VANDALS, deserve JAIL.
zzzzzzaaa1 3 years ago
so if i jump out onto the highway and get hit my a car its the drivers fault? you can clearly see the officer charge at the biker.
lordbutz 3 years ago
modified duty? The bitch needs to be be fired.
NOWALUSA 3 years ago
To me it looks as though both the officer and the cyclist both intended to avoid each other. Unfortunately both chose to go in the same direction. The officer misinterpreted the cyclist swerving out of his way as aiming for him. Therefore he viewed it as an aggressive act and responded aggressively by pushing the cyclist down. Embarrassed and confused the officer then lays charges against the cyclist to gain control over the situation (in his own mind)
PaiMeisBeard 3 years ago
Critical Mass Fail
xshadowgirlx 3 years ago
You are brave mr. policeman
Supergoguie 3 years ago
Modified duty...are you kidding. He should be fired
rantoppp 3 years ago
Lock up the creeps blocking the streets!
Nice open field tackle :)
Take that hippy!
mm3861 3 years ago
The CARS and SUVS are blocking the streets, not the bicycles...if everyone were riding bicycles, there'd be NO traffic jams, and more importantly no need to keep polluting the environment with expensive, dirty gasoline!!!
JPinNYC1025 3 years ago
Jackasses like this need a lung full of 93 octane "super" exhaust and a faceful of rubber tire smoke. Go ride your bike in the park!
mm3861 3 years ago
Uhhmmm, no, I don't think so...bicycles are VEHICLES just like cars...only difference is they're not spewing filth into the air and via the exhaust pipe or the mouths of their drivers!!!!
JPinNYC1025 3 years ago 2
lenin1928 im going to find and fuck your mom in front of your dad and grandmother you bitch nigger
swiftnorm28 3 years ago
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fuk critical mass they suck stupid hippy was out of line and probably had a gun somewhere. NYPD are heroes taking out the trash you bastards who hate on them just dont know they deal with garbage every day. fuk you reactionary asses.
lenin1928 3 years ago
Epic Post!
noodlesdefyyou 3 years ago
I guess the cop was just trying to take down the real criminals you know they like to hide in the critical mass rides. Don't be so stupid this officer was way outta line he could have simply grabbed his handle bars or seatpost if he really had the intention to stop and question the rider rather than lay a full body block and risk a head trauma on the curb which could of been a real serious ordeal. A complete embarrassment to the NYPD this rookie should be fired immediatley no questions asked.
robsurge 3 years ago 2
He lied on top of being a dick.. Been on the job for 3 weeks LMAO..
sidewaysntraffic 3 years ago
The officer should be charged with submitting a false report too.People get serious time for what the office charged the biker with and if not for this tape the biker could be looking at losing a decade of his life sitting in jail for something he didn't do,so falsifying a report should bring the same consequences.
Aaron518 3 years ago
ive seen similar tackles in person at Times Square on critical mass, catapulting bikers through the air. not this particular one though--unfortunately these things are commonplace in NYC.
gatewaycat 3 years ago
Hey man. Ya gotta do whatcha gotta do.
TheCrystalMethod90 3 years ago
lowered the boom on him
catchfree84 3 years ago
i love how the liberals like to monday night quarterback. anyone of you who live in nyc should be ashamed to try and give city cops such a bad rap. when this city goes back to the way in the early 90s and u have some crazy crackhead breaking into your house your gonna wish you had a cop with some balls there to protect you.
tvalentine15 3 years ago
Yeah and that cop has a lot of balls. What a pussy going after a kid on a bike. Don't try to over analyze the obvious dip shit.
robsurge 3 years ago
what a pussy acting like a child ringing his bell and defying laws while verbally laughing at the police sent to monitor their childish behavior. Everyone of those protestors loved that they drummed up that drama. Their whole job is to influence the weak and less intelligent minds of you common folk.
dutch941 3 years ago
I really hope that bad cop gets charged and fired on the same day. He is new on the job and did such horrible thing in public; and then tried to filed criminal charges against the cyclist?!
tywills26 3 years ago
We Are Winning.
jericho1ne 3 years ago
The biker even swerved to miss the police officer. The cop was WAY out of line. I would have resisted arrest also. And the bald guy commenting on it is an idiot. They need to fire the cop. I'd hate to see what he does when no one is looking.
bilzarkz 3 years ago
You can even see that the cyclist tried to avoid the officer by swerving to the left and the cop speeds up to catch him. Funny thing is that the officer has been on the job for 3 weeks. He just came out of the academy and is already abusing his authority. It is in the best interest for NYPD to fire him (new officers are on probation for 2 years) because he will turn out to be more of a liability to the department rather an asset.
jaydee427 3 years ago
Three weeks in - he should have kept cool. I think the biker before the guy that got hit actually pissed him off a little. You can see it in his body language. Legally,the guy was committing a crime. Even if there are four thousand people doing it. Sadly, life continues to be a lot like grade school. SOmebody takes the rap for everyone. Protests carry a cost. In the long run - the biker will get paid...watch. THat's your tax money as much as overzealous cop's salary is your tax money.
pinestinn 3 years ago
What crime was he committing?
cilleysf 3 years ago
no, the NYPD edicts making Critical Mass illegal have been repeatedly struck down in the courts.
gatewaycat 3 years ago
actually ...protest charges are often dismissed. This is largely due to the fact that they are considered to be "social" acts allowed by law for constitutional change. In reality(news flash....our justice system doesnt operate in reality) but in reality..he needs to be riding on the far right side of the road...and he needs to yield to pedestrian traffic. They also fail to stop at stop signs or follow the other rules of the road and they do this en mass to prevent or discourage arrest.
dutch941 3 years ago
Fuck all of these cop defenders, its very obvious what happened. assholes.
Bubulo1410 3 years ago
He should have stopped...instead, the cop stopped him. Tough shit. That's life in New York. Next time bike ride in Central PArk.
pinestinn 3 years ago
he was on a fixed gear. braking isn't the easiest.
jonbeatz951 3 years ago
pinestinn, not jon
garpike1 3 years ago
You're clueless.
garpike1 3 years ago
nice hit eh
vics331 3 years ago
I dont think that video disputes the report. This is typical protestor behavior. They act like children taunting and misbehaving. It looks to me like the Ofc. is crossing the road....the bicyclist drives close on purpose and the officer appears to begin trying to beat him out of the path.....then with the impending collision the ofc. shoulders him to prevent his own injury. This video and the angle is subject to opinion.
dutch941 3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
liebermania 3 years ago
You people miss the point. This is not a bike ride..It is a mass protest designed to stir up controversary. Their goal is to cause disruption and typically the protestors will entice the police into over reacting. I am not making a claim either way..Im merely telling you the bicyclists have much to blame. The reports are not public to read yet and there is no audio. Perhaps he is overzealous but there are many factors you liberal anarchists havent considered before passing judgement.
dutch941 3 years ago
Oh...and I believe you liberal cop hating folk would refer to the process of baiting someone into reacting unlawfully as "Entrapment" When you see it happen to a criminal you scream bloody murder. Does this new cop not get the same benefit from you?? OH. no. Theyre always wrong. You people should call someone else in an emergency. And get out of the back seat and drive. Have any of you any concerns about the crime going on in this country? Or is cop bashing all you can do?
dutch941 3 years ago
The crimes are being committed by the cops!!! I've seen them do everything from rolling through red lights to get to the donut shop, to firing 50 shots into an innocent man and killing him!!!
JPinNYC1025 3 years ago
Oh. you saw that did you? Ill bet you read that in the newspaper...or at least stared at the photographs and had someone explain that to you.
dutch941 3 years ago
Who are you..Steve Wonder. It looked quite clear that the officers were standing in the road and started walking not to beat him out of the path but apparently off the path.
rantoppp 3 years ago
I hope you spend some time in county you fucking slime. You need a little taste of your own medicine. Don't cry when you become the nail instead of the hammer with the badge. Maybe you'll realize that your badge, gun and uniform was all that gave you any semblance of power or respect. Now you're just an unemployed idiot with no dick or brain.
allteeth 3 years ago
the only thing worse then cop killers are killer cops.
quagles 3 years ago
3 weeks out of training? what the hell did they teach him?!?
the fact that he then went and arrested the guy and LIED -quite clearly he never fell over- on the statement should be enough to put him in jail (and the other cop who was with him).
stocktakerbillybob 3 years ago
Wow corrupt cops, they never seem to stop.
dstrayer09 3 years ago 2
Fvck The Police.
kooredub 3 years ago 2
They are investigating?!?!?!
to what degree?
They arrest people on speculation yet when video evidence proves 'authority' in the wrong.... the evidence in plain sight is denied and debated?!?!
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG HERE PEOPLE.....
What do we do when the very people that would seemingly protect us are the people most corrupt?
Serve and protect....not Seek and destroy!!!!
It's not paranoia when they really are out to get you.
TheRealVerbz 3 years ago 3
Somthing IS really wrong.
bendtx 3 years ago 2
OMGGGGG!
This kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable.
Any occupation would rid an employee using such conduct.
To merely demote them for a month is not ample justice.
A cop representing the law like this is like an extremist representing their faith of choice by exerting their will over others Then they claim it's in the name of God or the law.
WHYYYY?!?!? why would that person be charged with anything? how can he obstruct the road when he's moving faster than the cop is walking?
CORRUPTION!
TheRealVerbz 3 years ago
I would have to say that he is probably being charged because the cops didn't know they were caught on camera.
rantoppp 3 years ago 2
I think that what happened BEFORE the camera was rolling was that officer Asshole got an adrenaline rush.
FluxRostrum 3 years ago
If they think last Friday night was hot, if this cop isn't fired, the summer has just begun.
NOWALUSA 3 years ago 2
No way, a NY cop lied about what actually happened after they assaulted an innocent
person and threw them in jail? Luckily, what actually happened is on video or this kid would be rotting in jail with no recourse.
tdeanpear 3 years ago 4
yeah this is straight up police misconduct.
GretchenDawntreader 3 years ago 3
I can see why there are COP KILLERS. New York City's FINEST? I'd hate to see their worst. I won't be visiting NYC ever.
hillybillycrash 3 years ago