Police assault bicycle rider: One for the Godfather

[BigLittleTim]

This might already be old news, but it's new to me.

The original story commended the cop for acting so decisively against some "jerk" bike rider. The bicyclist, Christopher Long, 29, was charged with blocking traffic, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and assault. It's only when the uTube video came out that anyone even started to believe the bicyclist's story.

P.S. For those of you who think the cop is justified hitting some "liberal pinko environmentalist hippy", the guy he hit is an Iraq war veteran.

video of assault:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ

And the official police response:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07302008/news/regionalnews/cop_unions_spin_on_bike_tackler_122209.htm

[DSM4Life]

Links dead ! (assault)

[Tatudlifter]

Don't forget war vets can still break the law, not saying this guy did because the link doesn't work but just the same.

[JDawg1536]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ

Here you go... I usually side with the cops, but that was bullshit.

[DSM4Life]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUkiyBVytRQ

Here you go... I usually side with the cops, but that was bullshit.

He drove right into the cop !

[JDawg1536]

He drove right into the cop !

I hope you are being sarcastic.

[DSM4Life]

I hope you are being sarcastic.

[JDawg1536]

[stpete]

F##### Cops. HE should've been on a bike to burn some of that fat.

[Tatudlifter]

Yah that was Bullshit!! Can't even take a nice relaxing bike ride at night anymore. What's happening to the world !

[thegodfather]

This one is pretty sickening...The cop wasn't even justified in detaining the guy, let alone using force of any kind.

[Skully44420]

that was way fvcked up...i dont care if it is a cop...i would have gotten up swingin