Re-read my comment keeping 9/11 in mind and then ask yourself if a NYPD Sgt. would be either that stupid or that lazy?
Would he shove a guy he knows is a reporter or would he allow someone with fake papers to walk away?
I say neither!! Here comes my last post redux!!
It could also be a lie, because a Sgt. would not usually dis-respect a true reporter that way and if the Sgt. suspected fake credentials he would have put the bag on the guy holding them and confiscated the papers, that is why I suspect the writer is a liar!!
Was it clear to the officer that he was a reporter, or was the reporter a conservative under cover pretending to be an agitator?