[heartwood]

Pushing hot buttons here - Freepers' general contempt for bicyclists (especially activist ones) vs. the hatred for out-of-control law-unto-themselves cops.

Video at link.

[1rudeboy]

ahahaha—pwned

[therut]

I saw the video once on cable. Looks to me that the bicycle guy was fixing to run over the cop. Could be either I suppose but the video is not cut and dry.

[Mr. K]

We love GOOD cops, but hate the idiot ones- and really wish the good ones would not allow the bad ones to hide within their ‘code of silence’

[weegee]

a bicyclist as he pedaled along Seventh Avenue as part of last Friday's controversial Critical Mass ride.

Critical Mass is an anarchist movement that rides to shut down roadways to cars.

They run red lights and block the traffic by their own protest.

I've had their members pound my car as they drove by and refused to let me make a legal right turn on red (they were passing on my right hand side and I was in a turn only lane).

Screw them.

[lesser_satan]

I’m no cop-sucker, but this guy deserves a medal. They can summarily execute the critical mass vermin for all I care.

[NativeNewYorker]

Very entertaining. Thanks for posting.

[JLS]

The video is pretty bad. The cop needs a new career as does his dad, given his comments.

[KarlInOhio]

Well, Pogan, being a law enforcement officer is beyond you. Maybe keeping kids from congregating near the Gap is more up to your skills and temperament.

[Just another Joe]

The policeman is in the wrong on this one.

While I don't condone the antics that "Critical Mass" uses, the policeman was clearly in the wrong.
Even if the cyclist called the policeman's mother a *****, the policeman was in the wrong.

[Deb]

Sometimes you just snap.

[Gamecock]

Cop bodychecks bicyclisg

At least it wasn’t a bicyclist!

[Alberta's Child]

I've got no sympathy for any of these cyclists. These "Critical Mass" rallies are an enormous pain in the @ss -- and involve large numbers of bicyclists who openly break the law and disrupt traffic.

Having said that, I should point out that the cop was a fool.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

What the video doesn't show is Pogan arresting Long for attempted assault in the third degree, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct - charges that kept the Bloomfield, NJ, man behind bars for 26 hours before his release late Saturday.

And how are these charges going to stick in court considering what precipitated the interaction between cyclist and Pogan?

[Eagles6]

Sorry. This sure looks like the officers were walking to the curb and the bicyclist tried to run down the cop or intimidate him.

[Uri’el-2012]

Why does Bloomburg permit this bicycle anarchy ?

[NEPA]

What the cop did was bad enough but then to press charges against the cyclist and hold him in jail for 26 hours was really going over the top.

The video clearly shows the cop going after the cyclist, not vice versa. Pogan should be charged with assault (at minimum) and do some jail time himself.

[Schnucki]

How come there’s on sound?

[weegee]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass

[rightinthemiddle]

Show me a bicyclist who obeys ALL traffic laws and I’ll like ‘em.

[heartwood]

Could you change the title spelling? I mean, “bicyclisg”? The embarrassment...