They were keeping an eye on the oncoming cyclists. The cyclists were swerving to go around the cops as they were walking to the curb.
Suddenly, Pogan takes two quick steps and colcocks a cyclist at the high part of his swerve and sends him flying on to the sidewalk with a forearm shiver.
My guess is that the cyclist mouthed off to the cop as he had to swerve and the cop lost it. That's what the timing seems like to me.
The cop was wrong, but it was a neat little matador move to get the forearm in above the handlebars.
The cyclist goes from 20 mph south to 30 mph east pretty quickly.
I bet we could find a lot more history for “officer” Pogan.
3rd generation cop probably thought he was hot stuff
The cop is going to be screwed for this. Just weeks into his job and he thinks he can attack a civilian.
My son just became a state police officer. I would not be “proud of him” if he did something like that the way this jackass father said
AND THE MORONS HERE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BICYCLISTS ARE RIGHT TOO- BUT THAT DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE COP’S ACTION~!! OK???