All the cops involved should be fired with prejudice. They do not deserve to wear badges.
The cops have their own little motorcycle gang. How lovely.
This needs to be torn up, root and branch. I would start by revoking the motorcycle license of every NYPD officer in the city. If they don’t like it, they can quit.
It’s like the end of A Clockwork Orange... the thugs have become the police.
Interesting that there is an undercover narcotics officer who does not want to reveal himself that is a member of this club. The other four (at least) law enforcement officers are apparently known quantities to the other bikers who have a narcotics investigation going against them (thus the assignment of an undercover agent in their midst).
These other officers must not be a risk to any of the drug related activities in the group.
Is it any wonder that police officers lose the trust of the public more and more as time goes on?
came from a family of NYPD....Father, Uncle, cousins...
(not I though)
know there are a majority of good guys.
also know there is a healthy minority of scumbags, dirtbags, and (never caught)criminals.....
And not one stepped forward. They should all be canned.
this is a kind of “the rest of the story” moment...
I now understand what happened and why the bikers (1) felt privileged,, (2) felt like they could force the motorist to slow down, (3) felt called to attack in revenge and all the rest of it.
Except as being told right now, the undercover cap wasn’t on any particular investigation. Sounds like a late excuse with just enough plausability in it — offensive nonetheless.
Obama’s secret army....
I wondered how these maniacs could have sped down these suburban and urban streets without a single cop being around. Now I know why. The cops were all with the bikers.
What is the big deal? Most of these cops like the adrenaline rush from beating already compliant individuals while on duty. Here they were just doing it for free. How dare mere citizens complain about the actions of their masters.
We have trained a generation of cops improperly. They now think survival, not morality and ethics. “Get home at all costs” is the catchphrase that permeates the law enforcement culture. I KNOW, because I have experienced it firsthand.
Records show that in June he was named a habitual offender and his right to drive in the state was revoked until 2017. It wasn't clear if he had been licensed in any other state.
If he really is paralyzed, then the good news is that his days of recidivism are over.
In the end, it may turn out that the only one that wasn’t some kind of LEO was Meises.
Reminds me of that Dirty Harry movie with the vigilante cops who were part of the bike squad.
This case always had a “nothing to see here folks - move along” vibe to it. Now we know why.
Judge sues Louisville police, claims they assaulted him (Old link at the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal, no longer works - "page could not be found".)
Jefferson Circuit Judge Stephen P. Ryan is suing the Louisville Police Department and four of its officers, claiming the officers assaulted him while they were directing traffic outside Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on Sept. 22 [2000].Ryan filed suit in Jefferson Circuit Court yesterday, alleging excessive use of force, assault and false imprisonment, among other things.
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In an interview yesterday, Ryan, who wasn't injured, said "it took a lot of soul searching," but he ultimately decided to sue -- in part because of other citizen complaints of excessive use of force by police.
"I think there are a small minority of police officers that are out of control. Maybe they'll believe me," said Ryan, who was a district court judge for nearly 10 years before being appointed to circuit court in 1997.
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According to Ryan, the four officers were directing traffic at Floyd Street and Central Avenue about 5:30 p.m. Sept. 22, as he was taking his 14-year-old daughter, Katie, home from a field hockey game. He said he got stuck in traffic headed to the football game between Trinity and St. Xavier high schools. He was trying to go straight south on Floyd Street but officers were directing traffic right onto Central, which was jammed, Ryan said.
Ryan said he told the officers that he wanted to go straight, but they wouldn't let him, saying he had to have a pass to go on that route.
"All I was going to do was go home," said Ryan, who lives several miles away near Iroquois Park. "I tried to point out that it was a public thoroughfare."
Ryan said that as he was talking to one officer, he inched his car forward a few feet, and another officer jumped in front of the car. He said one of the officers then asked him to step out of the car. As he was about to do so, he said, an officer yanked open the door, grabbed his arm, pulled him out of the car, and "shoved" him against the side of the car.
At that point, Ryan said, the officer drew back, and "it looked like he was going to hit me."
"I said, 'Look, I'm a judge,' " Ryan recalled.
Ryan said another officer then put his forearm into his chest, pushing him back against the car, and told Ryan they would have "15 officers here" if he didn't leave.
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"Even if I did commit some kind of traffic violation, I don't think they were entitled to use the force they did," he said.
Ryan was never arrested or charged with anything.
Ryan said his daughter remained in the car throughout the incident and was upset by it. "She didn't understand it. She didn't understand why they did what they did, and I couldn't explain it," he said.
The judge said he had talked with police officials in the last week to try to settle the matter but was not satisfied with the outcome. He would not elaborate.
The Rev. Louis Coleman, one of several activists who have complained about alleged excessive use of force by Louisville police, yesterday called Ryan's lawsuit a "benchmark."
"It really is," he said. "Nobody, it seems, is really listening, but when it happens to someone like Judge Ryan, I think it gives so much credibility to our concerns."