NYC Cop body checks bicyclist at Critical Mass

[johnfoss]

Originally Posted by BillyTheMountain

So now you are claiming there was a turtle involved? And that neither the cop nor the rider were Atheists? EEE Gad! What's gotten into you, lad?!

Can't you just let some of your way-too-many-threads-you-create just die?

Based on the video a few things are obvious:

- If the cyclist was doing anything to alert the attention of those officers, they had about 5 seconds for it to happen and for him to put his hands back on the handlebars and right straight, and try to avoid the tackle.

- The intent was not to stop the cyclist, it was to tackle him.

- If the cyclist was riding dangerously, tackling him to the curb and inventing a bunch of charges is still not exactly appropriate.

- Several of the things the officer(s) stated in their reports were clearly untrue (no traffic, cop was not assaulted except possibly when trying to arrest the guy, cop was not knocked down). That's pure, unadulterated perjury. Also it makes every other detail in the report suspicious.

It's very easy for cops to commit crimes and get away with them. Everything from speeding to driving drunk to murder. All you need is a few "buddies" on the force. Or a culture that frowns upon snitching. Sheesh. You wish cops would be more proud of having an honorable tradition, which they mostly do, but this crap happens all the time. Without that video, this guy might still be in jail.

I honor the vast majority of cops who do their jobs honestly and risk their lives to protect us. But cops who are criminals, to me, are worse than non-cop criminals. And they have access to way more crime if their colleagues look the other way.

[maestro8]

"This was a case where the officer's sworn testimony was contradicted by the videotape," Rankin said. "It raises serious questions about other cases that don't have the luxury of a videotape."

This is great news!

We need our public defenders to remain conscious of the fallibility of our "officers of the law."

Let's hope this consciousness becomes more widespread.

[surfcolorado]

http://twofivefix.blogspot.com/2008/...-innocent.html

I do disagree with the first twofivefix paragraph. The think there are few bad cops, but most are honesty and try to do a good job. There was a few times in college that the campus police where cool and calm, when my mouth was running with rental cop this, rental cop that. I have learned to watch my mouth these days, most of the time. Always to the police.

Check out the new campus police rides. my old stomping grounds

http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=98765

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by BillyTheMountain

So it turns out we were right all along.

Critical Mass is purely good.

The police dept dropped all charges against the cyclist, and it was suggested the cop face charges for assault and perjury, as an example to stop all this longstanding unfair police action against cyclists and critical mass.[/SIZE]

The police really began violating the rights of Critical Mass 4 years ago when the Republican National Convention came to NYC. The police were so bad, it's costing the city nearly $10 million SO FAR, and the city is still fighting to prevent the TRUTH from coming out. Of course, the city trying to hide so much just makes them look worse for violating the rights of its own citizens (which makes it hard to point fingers at Red China).

The Republican National Convention is associated with so many civil rights violations (costing NYC many $$millions still) that St. Paul made them take out an insurance policy to cover the costs of litigating all the civil rights violations.

That gives the local carte blanch to violate the rights of USA citizens. Clever, huh?

And have you followed how the Mineapolis police violated the rights of Rage Against the Machine (who are of course aligned with Iraqi Veterans Against the War), stopping them as soon as they got out of their vehicles to play. Rage, in a wonderful move, moved into the audience and did 2 songs through a bullhorn!!!

You have to love America!!!