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Cop-Shove Bike Victim Does Something Bad One Year Later
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BettyCrocker
12/03/09

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Bike Douche is an inssuferable dick, unless he was so drunk that he thought the car mirror was Andrea Peyser's face.
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Fuzzy Dunlop
12/03/09

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That cop has gotten a bum rap. What really happened is that, years ago, the cop was injured in an accident and entered a coma for nearly five years. When he emerged, he had the ability to see a person's future by touching them. After a chance encounter with Chris Long over a decade ago, the cop learned that, if not stopped, Chris Long would go on a horrifying car-kicking spree that would terrorize the nation. This brave man tried to put a stop to that, knowing that his reputation would be forever destroyed in the process. Bravo, Officer. Bravo.
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Tremonius
12/03/09

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My golly, it's just like Descartes says, nothing can be anything unless it's prefigured in old movies. Remember how hard that Mexican narco (Charlton Heston?) worked to get Cap'n Quinlan (Orson Welles?) on tape for abusing his authority in Touch of Evil? And then, only after the credits were about to roll (SPOILER ALERT) and Quinlan is floating in the bay are we told he was right all along.
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wattwatt
12/03/09

@Tremonius: What does it matter what you say about Post items?
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Halo_Override
12/03/09

@wattwatt: Beautiful.
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pureblarney
12/03/09

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Clearly a dick move, but I still say that cop deserves to spend time with his nuts in a vice.
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iplaudius
12/03/09

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I hope people do not use this an opportunity to justify “car-hater-bike-off-pushing.”
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Niko Bellic
12/03/09

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Looks like that cop is vindicated

From watching some ESPN, I believe the correct assessment would be: the game is now tied at one.
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MisterHippity
12/03/09

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I say this is that cop's fault too. The guy's probably still suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
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Private Hangnail
12/03/09

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I'm seeing a CBS show here - perhaps they could call it Future Cop. Basically, a psychic beat cop acts as judge, jury and executioner on people who will commit crimes in the future. Sort of like The Equalizer with equal amounts of Medium and The New Price is Right.
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AzureTexan
12/03/09

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Maybe the guy is suffering from New York Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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JungleBuddha
07/08/09

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i dont know which one to hope LOSES: stupid hipsters and their bikes or cops with their unresolved high-school bully issues. can't we just let the biker pimp smack the officer in times sq, with an audience and call it even?
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The Lone Scout
07/08/09

@JungleBuddha: Friend, I think you've found a profitable use for all of those lawn chairs in the street and the new bleachers above TKTS--selling admission to a Times Square Smackdown Cage Match to the Death.
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sybann
07/08/09

@JungleBuddha: I think we'd have far fewer stupid lawsuits if most cases were settled in just this way. Bravo!
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chrisdag
07/08/09

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The real issue here and the reason why NYC should be on the hook for $1.5M is the fact that the cop lied in his police arrest report by saying he was assaulted by the cyclist.

Cops don't learn lessons well, it's costly examples like this that may eventually trickle down into the folks on the street.
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OMG! Ponies!
07/08/09

@chrisdag: The NYPD is on the hook under the theories of respondeat-superior and negligent hiring, training and retention.
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OMG! Ponies!
07/08/09

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Time for a fact-checking.

The cyclist was cleared of all charges and the officer, Patrick Pogan, was fired for filing a perjurious report, was indicted, and is currently awaiting trial.
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AndPreciousLittleofThat
07/08/09

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On a sort-of related note, I fucking HATE Critical Mass.

I live in Chicago, and I got stuck in a line of traffic waiting. Which wouldn't have been so bad, except that I was taking my wife to the hospital for an appointment; because of the fifteen minute wait, the hospital called and said that we'd have to reschedule the appointment.

I completely get the point: get cars off the road, show the power of bikes, and so on. But I was driving an I-Go car that I'd checked out JUST for this appointment. And surprise surprise, when I emailed the people at Critical Mass to ask them about my situation, and they never emailed back.

FUCK Critical Mass.
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hamburgerhotdog
07/08/09

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: I'm a very avid cyclist and it pisses me off that they don't follow traffic rules. If your point is that bikes ARE traffic, follow the same damned rules as the rest of traffic.
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badasscat
07/08/09

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I hope the NYPD in turn sues this former cop to recover that money.

While I think what this cop did was pretty revolting, that in no way means I think his fall off his bike is worth $1.5 million of my tax dollars. Let the guy who pushed him pay for that.
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pureblarney
07/08/09

@badasscat: Whatever that guy is doing right now, I hope he now has to struggle to pay his mortgage because of it. Karma: shezabitch.
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