NYPD Assault Cyclist In Times Square - 29 July 2008

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August 07, 2008

A Critical Mass cyclist demonstrating in Times square was attacked and knocked off his bicycle by a Police Officer in Times Square. NYPD Officer Stripped of Badge After YouTube Video Shows Cyclist...

A Critical Mass cyclist demonstrating in Times square was attacked and knocked off his bicycle by a Police Officer in Times Square.

NYPD Officer Stripped of Badge After YouTube Video Shows Cyclist Shove

29 July 2008 | Associated Press

NEW YORK — A police officer shown on video body-checking a bicyclist who was riding as part of a demonstration was stripped of his badge and gun Monday.

The incident occurred Friday evening in Times Square at the Critical Mass ride, a monthly protest of urban reliance on motor vehicles.

The video clip, posted anonymously on the Internet on Sunday, shows the officer standing in the street as bikes whiz past. The officer moves toward the cyclist, identified in a criminal complaint as Christopher Long, and violently knocks him to the ground in front of crowds of people. Another officer comes over, and the two officers wrestle with Long before handcuffing him.

Craig Radhuber said he was riding about 3 feet behind Long when he was hit.

"It was unprovoked," Radhuber said. "It was like the cop was waiting for him and then just checked him as he got closer. I couldn't believe it."

The officer in the video was placed on desk duty pending the outcome of a police department investigation, chief police spokesman Paul Browne said.

The video, shot by a bystander, was posted on YouTube.

Long, of Hoboken, N.J., was arrested because he was obstructing traffic in the heart of Times Square, the complaint said. He was charged with attempted assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

The complaint said Long, 29, deliberately steered his bicycle into the officer, causing both of them to fall to the ground.

During his arrest, Long squirmed and kicked, saying to the officers, "You are pawns in the game. I'm gonna have your job," the complaint said.

There were no other arrests in the ride.

Long's lawyer said he hopes the Manhattan district attorney's office will drop the charges. The district attorney's office said it was investigating.

Meanwhile, Long's next court date was set for Sept. 5.

The Critical Mass bike rides started in San Francisco in 1992 and began in New York two years later. The New York rides, on the last Friday of every month, became large enough that police decided to crack down on them, leading to the arrests of more than 260 cyclists during a ride days before the GOP convention in August 2004 on charges of disorderly conduct and traffic offenses.

Dozens more cyclists have been arrested at subsequent rallies. In 2007, a federal judge ruled that the city could continue to regulate the rides despite a claim from riders arguing the rules infringe on their constitutional rights to free speech and to travel.

LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,392901,00.html

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cyclenut (2 days ago) Show Hide

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Typical PIG. Wonder why people hate them sooo much.... If there are honest cops, WHY didn't one stand up!!!! Proof they are ALL PIGS!!!!

FrederickTheTooth (3 days ago) Show Hide

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This is absolutely disgusting....although, hardly surprising. Guy fucked up, though, he wasn't even on the force for a fucking year! What a dumb piece of shit.

FrederickTheTooth (3 days ago) Show Hide

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I highly doubt many Americans know what a wombat is, love. And where, may I ask, are you from? Just wondering so I may lash back at you for making fun of us.

MrHOLLYWOOD76 (4 days ago) Show Hide

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Fuck nypd.. and that PIG

specnaz91 (1 week ago) Show Hide

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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY!!!!!! ROFL
Video says everything!!!!!

itallxit2 (1 week ago) Show Hide

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THE OFFICER WAS WRONG.

NATEandtheMONKEY (1 week ago) Show Hide

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"for the land of the freeeeeeeeee"
lmao what a fucking joke

klard (1 week ago) Show Hide

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Yet people still attach credibility to police officer statements? The average person is a moron.

capella1234 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Narrator is annoying as fuck.

lonniemaxwell (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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FUCK ALL POLICE!

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