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 twocrows rated 3 months ago - From Democracy Now interview about this video:
arlier this week, a Critical Mass biker was body-checked by an officer in New York City. Can you talk about what happened? And the incident was also videotaped. Can you lay out what happened, what the police said, and then what the video showed?
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- itallgoeshere rated 4 months ago
- The NYPD in action.
- Francdoggydog rated 4 months ago
- Good gravy,
I ride a bike and live in the city scheduled to host the upcoming DNC.
I think we may see a bit of this...brace yourself my sweet, innocent Denver.
- onley1 rated 4 months ago
- one of NY's finest
- lrdbyron rated 4 months ago
- Very sad.
- maznio rated 4 months ago
- Another good use for cheap video cameras.
- twocrows rated 3 months ago
- From Democracy Now interview about this video:
arlier this week, a Critical Mass biker was body-checked by an officer in New York City. Can you talk about what happened? And the incident was also videotaped. Can you lay out what happened, what the police said, and then what the video showed?
EILEEN CLANCY: Yeah. There was the usual Critical Mass bike ride every month in New York. There was a significant police presence at the gathering of the ride. I was at the gathering of the ride. I don't ride a bicycle, so I don't go along the ride. If I can't run along with it, I don't make it. So, what happened was the bicycle ride went through Times Square, and at some point, one rider was basically tackled by a police officer. A bystander captured that moment on videotape. This was somebody who happened to be right nearby, who was a tourist and just happened to capture it.
And since there are a number of video activist groups that now have been monitoring this ride and monitoring the police conduct, and people were in a good position to basically try to make this videotape have an impact. And the videotape was placed on YouTube. And because it's a particularly potent example--it's just from sort of the right angle--you can really see that this rider was going along and the police officer just runs over and slams him. And it just looks like a football maneuver. And it turned out, after this came out in the news media and investigators looked into it and reporters looked into it, that this--actually, this police officer was a former high school football player on Long Island and went to college on Long Island on a football scholarship. So, something was going on there.
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: And initially, the biker was arrested and charged, is that correct?
EILEEN CLANCY: He was arrested and charged with assaulting the police officer, which is a very serious charge. So he had two misdemeanor charges, I think, and a lower charge. And the police officer made a statement that he'd been basically run into, deliberately run into, by the bicyclist. And I think you can see from the video that the bicyclist is veering away from the police officer, who's pursuing this fellow.
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: And the officer claimed initially that the biker was veering in and out of traffic and aimed for him, is that what he said?
EILEEN CLANCY: That's what the police affidavit says, so that's what was sworn to by the police officer under a penalty of perjury, which in this case would be a felony.
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: And in fact, there's no cars in the video.
EILEEN CLANCY: It doesn't appear that there are. I mean, I wasn't there. And what you can see there, it's just right in front of you. There's police officers in the road, standing in the middle of the road for some reason. It's not clear why. And then the bicyclists are going past right there in Times Square.
This videotape, I think, is the first tape that--you know, we've been associated with, we've helped to get some publicity around it. But it's the first tape of this kind that we've ever been even a little bit near that's really gone viral, which means that it's basically exploded across the internet. And it's been viewed one million times on YouTube...
And the question has come up now, what's going to happen to the charges? This young man is still charged. The charges haven't been dropped yet. They may be dropped. And also, the police officer actually hasn't been dismissed from his job; he's been put on modified duties, on suspension. So his badge has been taken away, and his gun has been taken away, and he's behind a desk. And so, the police department has to decide and the district attorney has to decide what is to be done. If they determine that the police officer actually lied, you know, what is to be done with the situation.
- greatsloth rated 3 months ago
- I dream of the day a bunch of hardcore motherfuckers ass rape some of these bitch ass cops... FUCK THE POLICE!! Yeah, that's right, I am a card carrying member of the ACLU..
- Whomadewho rated 3 months ago
- They just seem to be getting worse (the cops that is).
- pereirinha rated 3 months ago
- What the fuck is wrong with you, son?
- r4f4e1 rated 3 months ago
- fuck em
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