Video Of N.Y. Police Officer Shoving Bicyclist A YouTube Hit

Information Week ^ | 29 July 2008 | IW

[dangus]

>> Not much of one. No breaking, minimal swerving. Did you notice that the cop was in a crosswalk? If that cop had been a little old lady, there’d be a dead little old lady. The cop may well deserve a suspension or reprimand; the bicyclist deserves whatever broken bones he gets. <<

I take it back... on watching the tape again: I’m not sure what the striped lines are on the left side of the road; I had taken them for the remnants of a partially warn-away crosswalk. But other things in the scene make it appear that there is no intersection there.

[YOUGOTIT]

The cop is a big time SS officer who needs to be in jail for assault. Another lie by the police as they do on a daily basis in this new era. Use to be that you could believe anything they said now I believe nothing they say.

[cyborg]

I hope you are right.

[wtc911]

I don’t understand the assault. The video says otherwise.

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The Rookie (soon to be ex) cop didn't know that there was a camera. He wrote it up to cover his ass. In the old days it was the cop's word against the civilian and if the civilian wanted to make a stink then LE had a bargaining chip.

[uncbob]

Cop definitely picked that guy out for some reason unseen that occurred before he came into camera view

[wtc911]

btw....how’s by you?

[Graycliff]

It looked as if he was waiting for that particular cyclist.

[bereanway]

These Critical Mass bikers don’t look like hard core cyclists. Some of them were riding bikes you’d expect to see a 9 year old girl riding around the block. Maybe in New York that’s what most cyclists look like, but it’s not what I’m used to.

[cyborg]

I’d love to give the cop the benefit of the doubt but that video looks awful. I’m okay. I’m trying to get back to “normal” after a rollercoster year so far.

[lula]

Who has the right of way? The pedestrian or the bicyclist?
I'm sorry but I've been to many places in the world and if you don't have rules of the road and enforcement someone's going to get hurt.

[JLS]

Amazing, innit, how quickly anarchists run to court.

What would you have him do, catch the punk cop off duty and kick his butt? Taking ones own physical retribution is one morally legitimate, but not legal, response to being assaulted. In a lot of ways it can be the best response from society's point of view as it shows the punk he can not get away with it. But this is a cop and that changes the calculus. It is probably best that he and the city end up in court. BTW, it does not matter what the politics of the victim are.

[SJSAMPLE]

Yes, it’s a cruel irony.

[dead]

Watch the video carefully - after the guy is body slammed and the cops are dealing with him, some other cyclist grabs his bike and rides off with it.

He's having a bad day.

[dangus]

>> Cop definitely picked that guy out for some reason unseen that occurred before he came into camera view <<

Yeah... he was a straggler. Lionesses pick out their prey for the same reason. The cop has a defense if he can establish that the cyclist was reckless, and that the shove was self-defense. If his claim is that he was provoked, he’s full of crap. Even if the bicyclist shouted “F*** YOU, NAZI PIG! I HOPE YOU DIE!,” deliberately crashing a moving bicyclist is an insane escalation.

[SJSAMPLE]

WTF?
Are you serious?

The swerving was minimal because he was going about 2 MPH and wasn’t dangerous to anyone.

Did you help that cop write up his report?

[DCPatriot]

2 minutes million for cross-checking, IMO.

[thefactor]

you are so right. just like those a-hole military guys who come around simply to start fights by groping girls in bars all the while spouting off their war stories. they’re all heroes when it’s 5 on 1. thugs, all of ‘em.

[xcamel]

Videos have been known to lie, and I guess the things the bike jester were saying like “out of my way, pig” didn’t make it to the tape...

[JLS]

Did you notice that the cop was in a crosswalk?

Is that you Bill Clinton? Do you just make things up as you go along. The cop most certainly was NOT in a crosswalk. You should be ashamed of coming on here and spreading a flat out untruth.

[SJSAMPLE]

The replacement will be gold-plated and diamond-encrusted with platinum shift levers and titanium forks.

Courtesy of NYC and the NYPD.