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The cyclist is obviously moving to avoid an accident and the cop literally tackles the guy to the curb. Police brutality, or justified? Share your thoughts... StumbleUpon Toolbar
Tags: nypd newyork police cops cyclist protest arrest 
Submitted by NYU on August 20, 2008 11:56:20 AM
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1) by pthompson * [07/29/08 08:14:18 AM]
cop should be tossed in jail, and yes brutality at it's finest.
 
2) by at the last second * [07/29/08 10:28:13 AM]
he swerved and that fine police officer had to do what he had to do which was to keep that pussy on a bike from blocking traffic. kudos NYPD . they do nt take no s#it
 
3) by keeper [07/29/08 10:36:27 AM]
I say GOOD. Keep them from beating up drivers like they did in Seattle. Get off the road!!!
 
4) by joesnose [07/29/08 11:47:48 AM]
what an asshole, i hope the video was used against him in a court of "law"
 
5) by Poker_Thom [07/29/08 12:01:29 PM]
That chickenshit cop! he`s got 16 bullets in his g un, he could have stop 16 of those law breakers, b ut he has no guts.....If you can`t catch the WHOLE dog,...why settle for the TAIL???
 
6) by TheTruth * [07/29/08 03:16:26 PM]
A New York City police officer was stripped of his gun and badge after a video posted on YouTube sho wed him body-checking a bicyclist during Friday's Critical Mass bicycle ride. The video (see b elow), which was shot by a tourist and posted on t he video-sharing site Sunday, shows bicyclists whi zzing past uniformed officers during the Times Squ are protest. One officer begins to stride across t he street, picking up speed and violently tackling a bicyclist into a crowded sidewalk. The vide o sparked an immediate public outcry and led the d epartment to place the officer, identified by seve ral news agencies as Patrick Pogan, 22, on desk du ty pending the outcome of an internal investigatio n. The bicyclist, Christopher Long, 29, was ch arged with blocking traffic, resisting arrest, dis orderly conduct, and assault, prosecutors said. Critical Mass is a leaderless mass bicycle ride typically held on the last Friday of each month in cities around the world. The event, which origina ted in San Francisco in 1992, is alternately refer red to as a celebration and a protest against auto mobile-choked streets.
 
7) by race* * [07/29/08 05:40:18 PM]
i love how people describe cyclists as pussies. m ost people i know at work couldn't climb a flight of stairs. that's why it's important to drive. a nonymous pussies. put the f'n cop in jail.
 
8) by IM_FIRST [07/29/08 06:02:21 PM]
Usually things like this are taken out of context. This one looks like the cop is a fucking ass hole . Sue his ass (not the city). If the bike rides ca use problems then plan for them get enough cops ou t there to stop about a hundred or so bikers and t icket them. Next week repeat and ticket 200 and so on.
 
9) by Poker_Thom [07/29/08 07:21:38 PM]
This was a protest ride.....they don`t advertise t hese to the police.....guess we all know who used to take the short yellow bus to school. lol
 
10) by IM_FIRST [07/29/08 08:28:29 PM]
Yeah that would be real hard to go to the local St arbucks and read the bulletin board.
 
11) by Unreg * [07/29/08 09:57:20 PM]
Poker_Thom, your response is unwarranted. The cop was not out of line if it is a protest. Somehow I don't believe the rider would have stopped had the officer said Halt.
 
12) by Cops suck * [07/30/08 06:50:44 AM]
I don't know of any cops without an attitude. Prot ect and serve looks more like harrass and abuse yo ur power!!!
 
13) by qwik55 * [07/30/08 12:11:06 PM]
I heard the COP lost his Badge because of his Stu pidty. Dum ASS!!!!
 
14) by B.M.F. * [07/30/08 03:16:44 PM]
because every cop is a crimmial, and all the sinne rs saints, it`s heads or tails just call me " Lucifer" or i`ll lay your soul to waste.....I f you can`t catch the WHOLE dog,...why settle for the TAIL???hahaha...good one pokertom.
 
15) by Unreg* is stupid * [07/30/08 07:11:16 PM]
idk if you know it or not but it's an american cit izens right to be able to protest as long as it is peaceful........ idk maybe its different in your third world country
 
16) by Dumb-Ass-Cop * [07/30/08 09:40:11 PM]
I mean think about it....all the guy is doing is r iding a bicycle, and this fucking pig tackles the guy? What if the bicyclist had smash his head on t o something and now had brain damage? Is what he w as doing sooooo bad that his way of life needed to be put at risk? I hope that cop gets kicked off t he force, serves him right....OH and yes, I liked the line from Pokertom....If you can`t catch the W HOLE dog,...why settle for the TAIL??? I got a kic k out of that...keep them coming.
 
17) by frenchy lover * [07/31/08 03:46:47 AM]
Stupids pigs...that's why i love to kill them in G TA IV...
 
18) by Unreg * [08/2/08 02:23:36 AM]
The cop was wrong to single out this guy. He wasn 't breaking the law. Critical Mass is a bunch of assholes IMNSHO, but this guy wasn't doing anythin g different from anyone else there. If Critical Mass was breaking the law as a group, then round up all the cyclists and charge them. Just knockin g one guy off the bike (and endangering him and pe ople in the crowd) is out of line. The city is liable because the cop was on the job at the time. The city needs to train and control its employee s better, or pay the price. Expect more of this , now that everyone's got video cams and phone cam s.
 
19) by John Smith * [08/2/08 04:07:13 PM]
Plain old fascism. Where are the end results?
 
20) by Larsen * [08/3/08 11:30:51 AM]
Why is there even talk about, wether or not the bi cyclist was breaking the law? Does that justify hi s actions? Is it normal practice for every polic e officer in the US to simply beat down any and al l lawbreakers? Or is it (like in most of Europe) c onsidered a last resort for any officer of the law to resort to physical violence?
 
21) by fuck that cop * [08/3/08 02:04:32 PM]
fine example of why citizens HATE COPS fuck that c op i hope he is killed
 
22) by bert* * [08/3/08 02:06:04 PM]
I'm just surprised the cop wasn't run over by the next bicyclist coming along. Would've been poetic.
 
23) by Good For Him * [08/3/08 02:29:09 PM]
These asshole riders mess with traffic and wreak h avoc on NYC. I wish they had tackled every last o ne of these idiots. I'd promote this cop.
 
24) by ernie * [08/3/08 02:30:53 PM]
Yes, the cop went overboard. BUT if the cyclist w as breaking the law how is he any different? The laws are written to (in theory) keep everything sa fe for as many people as possible; so if it's ille gal for him to be riding down the middle of the ro ad that's probably because someone sometime got hu rt or killed doing it. I'm all for keeping " overenthusiastic" cops off the job, but I'm a lso for keeping dumbasses out of the way too. So w hat if one cyclist being a DA and getting run over causes a traffic jam that delays the ambulance co ming to save you or someone you love? Two way str eet, look BOTH ways before crossing...
 
25) by unreg * [08/3/08 06:38:02 PM]
please stop asking the internet to tell its opinio ns
 
26) by jerk * [08/3/08 06:47:53 PM]
fake
 
27) by ggjeffy * [08/3/08 09:28:17 PM]
Cyclists want all of the rights but don't want to obey the rules. They are elitists in its purest fo rm.
 
28) by quietpopcorn * [08/3/08 11:22:39 PM]
It's not illegal to bike in the middle of the road . Especially during critical mass. So that cop was just a jerk and the people that you can tell don' t bike are idiots.
 
29) by twisteddman * [08/4/08 01:11:11 AM]
1. Not illegal to protest 2. Not illegal to ride your bike in the street 3. Nothing bicyclist is d oing is causing anyone bodily harm 4. It is illeg al for police officers to use force against a citi zen without provocation. Put it all together an d this incident and many others like it equal a ju stice system being enforced by dim-witted fascist pigs , who have no interest in protecting the publ ic or there freedoms. If you are one of the many idiots who think this kind of thing is good for yo u or anyone else for any reason. You should turn i n your common sense card and get on with letting f ascist Nazis rule your life ,as you are just one o f the many sheeple.
 
30) by Kieter * [08/4/08 12:01:01 PM]
You people make me laugh. Police brutality or n ot, the only people that ever complain about cops are the ones who did something stupid (read: you), got caught, and proceeded to baw. If you think cops suck so much, then get active in your commun ity and do a better job protecting and serving. Th en you can complain.
 
31) by IM_FIRST [08/4/08 07:59:21 PM]
I think "twisteddman*" and "Kieter* " are one and the same, split personality.
 
32) by Unwarranted* * [08/5/08 11:05:27 AM]
When did you ever see a NYC cop do the right thing ?
 
33) by twisteddman * [08/5/08 08:46:33 PM]
I am afraid Keiter is not my evil alter ego. He is one of the many idiots who believe this kind of t hing is OK because its not happening to him at the moment. As far as the only people who complain about this kind of thing being people who are doin g something they could get in trouble for. Thats j ust a totally ignorant statement on Keiters part. First of all i have never been in trouble ,nor d o i break any laws. I still believe that police of ficers should abide by there code of conduct. Sec ond, its not the job of the police to dole out pun ishment of any kind. The reason is you are innocen t untill proven guilty. We have these rules for a reason. The fact is even if the guy on the bike r an a stop sign, and had no bike light, neither of which happened, the police officer still had no ri ght to assault him. If people dont stand up to th is kind of thing, soon you will be the victim. It is happening more and more all the time. People wh o have done nothing wrong at all are tazered sever al times for no reason every day. There cases are dismissed but they have still been assaulted and r eceive no justice. As far as the mentality that I can not complain unless I become a police officer . Thats just plain idiotic. The citizens of the un ited states have a right to complain when there lo cal police forces are filled with unregulated ,ill tempered fascist idiots who actually think doing things like this is funny. Go read NYPDrant and te ll me that what the other police officers are sayi ng about this and other incidence's like it is not scary as hell. They think tazering a citizen wh o has done nothing wrong , then watching them flop around like a fish while they pee themselves, and finally arresting them on trumped up charges is d own right hilarious. Go check it out for yourself .
 
34) by Billy_Jack * [08/6/08 04:21:27 AM]
"When policemen break the law,...then there i s no law,...just a fight for survival". I thi nk that cop should be...blaa blaa blaa. And the bi cyclist who was just blaa blaa blaa. Everyone STFU , the bicyclist is going to win a million $$$ sett lement out of this,...so that cop did him the best favor of his life. When`s the next ride going to be??? I want to become a millionaire too.
 
35) by unreg Spineless * [08/6/08 07:59:28 AM]
That copper is spineless. Why let the other cycli sts go by then pick him, says it all! He just got bored standing in the street and wanted to pass s ome time being a wank*r. If he had no uniform on and he did that to you I bet all you guys out ther e would get up of the pavement(if you could) and s mash his head in! Sorry but that is straight up b ullying and a physical attack which should not be excused just because he has the "suit of the city" on him.
 
36) by unreg Spineless * [08/6/08 08:19:18 AM]
That copper is spineless. Why let the other cycli sts go by then pick him, says it all! He just got bored standing in the street and wanted to pass s ome time being a wank*r. If he had no uniform on and he did that to you I bet all you guys out ther e would get up of the pavement(if you could) and s mash his head in! Sorry but that is straight up b ullying and a physical attack which should not be excused just because he has the "suit of the city" on him.
 
37) by unreg Spineless * [08/6/08 08:37:57 AM]
That copper is spineless. Why let the other cycli sts go by then pick him, says it all! He just got bored standing in the street and wanted to pass s ome time being a wank*r. If he had no uniform on and he did that to you I bet all you guys out ther e would get up of the pavement(if you could) and s mash his head in! Sorry but that is straight up b ullying and a physical attack which should not be excused just because he has the "suit of the city" on him.
 
38) by unreg Spineless * [08/6/08 08:38:39 AM]
That copper is spineless. Why let the other cycli sts go by then pick him, says it all! He just got bored standing in the street and wanted to pass s ome time being a wank*r. If he had no uniform on and he did that to you I bet all you guys out ther e would get up of the pavement(if you could) and s mash his head in! Sorry but that is straight up b ullying and a physical attack which should not be excused just because he has the "suit of the city" on him.
 
39) by unreg Spineless * [08/6/08 08:50:17 AM]
That copper is spineless. Why let the other cycli sts go by then pick him, says it all! He just got bored standing in the street and wanted to pass s ome time being a wank*r. If he had no uniform on and he did that to you I bet all you guys out ther e would get up of the pavement(if you could) and s mash his head in! Sorry but that is straight up b ullying and a physical attack which should not be excused just because he has the "suit of the city" on him.
 
40) by unreg Spineless * [08/6/08 08:53:56 AM]
That copper is spineless. Why let the other cycli sts go by then pick him, says it all! He just got bored standing in the street and wanted to pass s ome time being a wank*r. If he had no uniform on and he did that to you I bet all you guys out ther e would get up of the pavement(if you could) and s mash his head in! Sorry but that is straight up b ullying and a physical attack which should not be excused just because he has the "suit of the city" on him.
 
41) by unreg Spineless * [08/6/08 08:59:08 AM]
That copper is spineless. Why let the other cycli sts go by then pick him, says it all! He just got bored standing in the street and wanted to pass s ome time being a wank*r. If he had no uniform on and he did that to you I bet all you guys out ther e would get up of the pavement(if you could) and s mash his head in! Sorry but that is straight up b ullying and a physical attack which should not be excused just because he has the "suit of the city" on him.
 
42) by unreg Spineless is a dumb BITCH * [08/7/08 12:18:05 AM]
and this discussion as we know it is now closed!!! !!!!!!! Good bye everyone!!!!
 
43) by xan * [08/18/08 02:04:56 PM]
bay bay
 
44) by Unreg*civilian * [08/21/08 02:47:03 PM]
THAT PIG SHOULD GET THE CHAIR! MAKE SOME BACON OF HIS WORTHLESS ASS! Its clowns like that which m ake us otherwise law abiding citizens hate and des pise all police. If I ever had the chance, I'd kil l a cop for all the shit they've done to innocent people.
 
45) by stanjam* * [08/25/08 08:22:55 PM]
Someone said he is justified because this was a pr otest? What is this, China? The cop had NO RIGHT to advance upon, and attack, with no provocation, a peaceful citizen of these Untied States! He de serves to be charged and sent to jail with some of those people he arrested!
 
46) by Unreg^ * [12/11/08 04:41:38 PM]
photoshop
 
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