NYPD Police Officer Who Shoved a Bicyclist Fired!
A police officer who was videotaped knocking a man off his bicycle and onto the ground during a cycling event in Manhattan last summer has been fired, the Police Department said.
Watch the brutal home video for all the proof needed.Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, said the officer, Patrick Pogan, 23, was fired about 10 days ago.
The shoving incident, which gained widespread attention after it was videotaped...
Stuart London, a lawyer for Mr.Pogan, disputed the Police Department’s statement, saying that he had resigned.
Mr. Pogan was accused last year of assault and of filing false paperwork related to the arrest of the cyclist and was suspended from the department. The Manhattan district attorney’s office dropped the charges — attempted assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct — against the cyclist, Christopher Long.
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Mr. Browne said on Thursday that the firing stemmed directly from the events involving Mr. Long, which took place on July 25 during a monthly event known as Critical Mass, in which hundreds of cyclists ride through the city to advocate nonpolluting forms of transportation.
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The termination was reported by The Associated Press on Thursday night.
“They make errors all the time,” Mr. London said of the Police Department’s assertion that Mr. Pogan had been fired. Mr. Pogan resigned “to concentrate his efforts on fighting the criminal charges that are against him,” Mr. London said, “so that when he is ultimately acquitted he can re-apply to the Police Department.” The shoving incident, which gained widespread attention after it was videotaped and posted on YouTube, embarrassed the Police Department. The video has been viewed on YouTube nearly 2 million times.
Watch the brutal home video for all the proof needed.Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, said the officer, Patrick Pogan, 23, was fired about 10 days ago.
The shoving incident, which gained widespread attention after it was videotaped...
Stuart London, a lawyer for Mr.Pogan, disputed the Police Department’s statement, saying that he had resigned.
Mr. Pogan was accused last year of assault and of filing false paperwork related to the arrest of the cyclist and was suspended from the department. The Manhattan district attorney’s office dropped the charges — attempted assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct — against the cyclist, Christopher Long.
Mr. Browne said on Thursday that the firing stemmed directly from the events involving Mr. Long, which took place on July 25 during a monthly event known as Critical Mass, in which hundreds of cyclists ride through the city to advocate nonpolluting forms of transportation.
The termination was reported by The Associated Press on Thursday night.
“They make errors all the time,” Mr. London said of the Police Department’s assertion that Mr. Pogan had been fired. Mr. Pogan resigned “to concentrate his efforts on fighting the criminal charges that are against him,” Mr. London said, “so that when he is ultimately acquitted he can re-apply to the Police Department.” The shoving incident, which gained widespread attention after it was videotaped and posted on YouTube, embarrassed the Police Department. The video has been viewed on YouTube nearly 2 million times.
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what the cyclist do to the f*cking officer?.
and why doesn't that police officer get charged?
Like what dinkboy said, this just brings bikers a bad name, not just the cops. WHEN PEOPLE IN CRITICAL MASS CAN SHUT THEIR MOUTH, STOP CUSSING, STOP SPITTING AT PEOPLE AND THROWING STUFF, IT WILL BE FINE. Until then its just lil kid mentality trying to get a point across. If they did it in a mature way, they might actually have more of an audience and get people to listen. Not all critical mass people are guilty, but a lot are.
why did the 'pig' push him off his bike anyway
The must be to some extent a god complex that compels potential embarrassments to join the force. I don understand why the psychological screening doesn't catch this.
Police work isnt the only occupation with these unhealthy steriotypes.. It's just as easy to say that most Doctors carry horrible god complexes and are usually self righteous a*sholes.
if that happened in the U.K it was cause a riot
And as for this video, it looks like he may have messed up. I don't see what the biker did wrong, but also if what dinkboy says is true, I don't much care for these bikers.
"And if there were no cops i would take my guage to anyone who came within 50 feet of me regardless." - do us a favour pal, don't have kids!
"it's like calling americans idiots, of course most americans are not idiots, thats the negative stereotype!"
That's a very refreshing thing to here on this site! I can't think of how many times I've been called a "stupid American". Just because our President was an Idiot does not make the entire country stupid! ARG
haha im a biker and i find it really true the stereotype al the bmxers with exeption to the 3 out of the group of 20 do cut ppl of on purpose swear and freak ppl and can be cocky a*sholes
I like police when they actually do something, I just cannot stand them when they do shit like this. Similar to that skateboarding video as well, or the bmx kid in the park. I would much rather see criminal charges laid against the cop than have him just fired.
This man is an idiot but do not put any cop in the same basket please. They are not all like him !
For sure, this man is the jerk I've ever seen since a long time !!
A cop asked a rider to make way for a car and of course he didn't. It would have been against everything the ride stands for. The cop threw the guy (60 plus) off his bike and went to arrest him. That was until the crowd started to chant 'LET HIM GO LET HIM GO" that cop was also a dick.
If a cop has a bad temper then he shouldn't be involved in events like this. I'm glad he was fired.
reminds me of this guy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgWrV8TcUc
badbadleroybrown (6 hours ago)
Yeah cause this is the ONLY cop out there who's an a*shole...
You are a tool! Its kids like you who bitch and moan about "Police Brutality" and then when they need someone to protect their family bitch and moan about response time. If I was an officer in your area I just might really take my time responding to any 911 call you ever made.
As a side note all the no job having clown doing the mass BS just really need to get something better to do. They can keep their fixie POS bikes the hell out of the way of Bay Area commuters. Hell even bike messengers hate em!
good out there...hell we get to bitch and ride bikes!!!
The Police do a good job 90% of the time, they help people in need, in trouble and even let you off when you have messed up and need a break. You can never paint all people with the same brush. I have known a number of Cops over the years, 80% were really good dudes... the other 20% were a$$h0le$. Maybe a little higher tard to nice Police, but that is likely because of the type of role they play and the power trippers they attract.
There are a TON of career protesters out there who love $h!t like this, only way they can get off I guess, so be it. The problem is they ruin it for those out there to prove a point. When you have something to say, sometimes you have to say it in a way that really gets the point across. Is a CM event the way? Maybe, maybe not... not for me to say.
In both the US and Canada, we have somewhat of a democracy, and we have rules we live by. In the US and Canada you have the right to protest openly if you follow the rules. Was bike dude following the rules, again hard to say from the vid. All I know is he got friggin creamed BIG time. Then his bike got stolen, fark, what a $hit deal. THEN he got arrested. The whole time with like 5000 people standing by and 1 dude with a camera.
Like Rodney King said... "The next time, if you see me getting beat by the Police, do us ALL a favor, put down the camera and HELP ME"!
Or like the dude who ended up with the Single Speed said.... "hey, free bike"!
sorry, had to
=)
The way people stereotype the police, and automatically being stereotyped by doing so is unbelievable. Sure, some cops are a*sholes, but then again, the most you encounter aren't. Ever thought bout it when you street 'round, that you can trash state property, and more important, hurt people?
Anyway just sayin' that guy is abusing his power, but I'd like to know the reason why he 'stopped' that dude, by smacking him down, before I start throwin around insults and start stereotyping people.
Just a thought that you guys maybe try to do the same, and maybe there wouldn't be such a bad relation between cops and bikers.
peace.
I know police do a great service and that for the most part we're better off having them, but f*ck, some cops think they've got the hand of God resting on their shoulder. I can tell you one thing, if this ever happened to me I'd gladly take the charges and beating that would ensue if I could just get one solid punch into the face of that as*hat and break a few teeth off.
No one is above the law, and cops don't ever think that in a community, it isn't very hard to find out where someone lives...
Actually doctors take an oath to do everything in their power to prevent death and cure illness. The years in college are to provide them with the extensive medical knowledge they need to diagnose and treat their patients.
Cops swear to Serve and Protect law abiding citizens and uphold the law of the land. They can only use their firearms when the lives of innocent people or their own lives are threatened.
You can't compare the two occupations.
On the other hand, the Critical Ma*sholes are a bad representation of cyclists IMO. They do tons of stupid shit & think they own the road. We all share the roads ppl. But that's why I ride a mountain bike. Asphalt is boring anyways
There's lots of good Critical Mass peeps that keep the vision of what they're doing. But there's a lot of them who take it to he opposite extreme & think they own the roads. Those guys are the problem & why Critical Mass gets heat.
NYPD at their finest, at least he didn't shove a baton up the poor cyclists' ass after the takedown.
Sadly we are highly unlikely to ever hear honest words coming from Mr Pogan...
bad day, happens
The cop had every right to defend his position, whether he had a badge or a grocery bag. Just because he was bigger and had good leverage to square up was bad luck for the biker.
If it had been a skinny rookie cop deciding to move to the side, and the cyclist was a 200+lb guy, the cop would have gotten leveled. You wusses have no idea what real brutality is. Don't be sissys and take responsibility.
If you're on your bike, act like you're in a car and do things right. If that cop had walked between cars in that same manner, the car would be expected to stop and be called a murderer. Since it's a skinny guy and a strong cop, you all give skinny boy victim status. Bull.
Anyone who's delt with cops in California would never deffend one! I've had my car searched while just driving to my local jumps just recently for NO reason! I stopped driving with my goggles on after that >
Just pics it up and rides off HAHAHA
:E
Atleast I got my wish. douchebag.
theerant.yuku.com/topic/14912/t/COP-INDICTED-IN-TIMES-SQUARE-BIKE-ASSAULT-.html
Public Enemy - f*ck Police
F*ckin' DickHead!
Did the cyclist do something?
maybe his chief was a biker
that Cop is a dick, no need to tackle someone off their bike.