Cop Who Shoved Cyclist Fired by NYPD, Faces 4 Year Sentence
The police officer who was infamously caught on camera tackling a bicyclist in New York City was fired on February 10th, seven months after the original incident.
As we reported here on Planetsave, former officer Patrick Pogan, 23, has been arraigned under charges of falsifying records. We’ve now learned that he has plead not guilty to the charges in Manhattan court and could face up to 4 years in prison if convicted.
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The Manhattan District Attorney said that the YouTube video footage along with witness accounts clearly contradicted Pogan’s claim that the cyclist was “obstructing government administration” and resisting arrest. The cyclist had charges dropped soon after the video became available.
Pogan was a rookie officer and he has still not given a legitimate explanation as to why he tackled the cyclist. We have learned that he was an offensive lineman on his high school football team — perhaps that could explain a bit?
The power of YouTube footage also came in handy recently with the case of a teenage boy who decided to upload footage of himself torturing a cat. Once the video spread, people from various message boards and social media websites traced the boy’s name and location, eventually resulting in his arrest. He and his brother, who filmed the abuse, have been charged with two counts of animal cruelty.
If you’re not one of the 2 million people who have seen the footage of the cyclist tackle, check it out below.
UPDATE: The New York Times is reporting that Pogan’s lawyer claims that Pogan “resigned” from the force and was not fired, contrary to the statement released by the police department. Also, I’ve made a small correction — it has only been about 7 months since the incident, not over 18 months. Silly me, I’ll have to use a calculator next time I try such a tricky math problem late at night.
Via: Daily News Photo Credit: Doug Letterman on Flickr under Creative Commons license.
Lying cops should hang.
Punk Cop, probably was a punk kid, will grow into a punk man. Punks get beat on, Get ready son. You’ll never outrun this incident, youre a shame to honest, hard working cops everywhere, and a black mark on our society. Dont drop the soap while youre on the inside. Check that, I hope you drop your soap regularly.
i really hate cops that act this way; we have alot down here in tampa FL. if i could get away with it, i would put a bullet in every cops head that acted like this.
awesome hit… let the cop go
Lot of hostile talk coming from a bunch for tree huggin hippies.
O’DOYLE RULES!!!
You saying tree hugging hippies can’t be hostile?
Feck you - some of my best friends died at the hands of tree hugging hippies….
I went to school with the cop…apparently not much changes. He bashed a kid’s head through a windshield after a sporting event. I can see him tackling someone for now reason…
Yes, that’s my real name. Look me up, I’ll say this to you in person: FUCK COPS. Cops take an oath to uphold the law, to protect and serve the people living under their jurisdiction, etc. so they should be help to a higher standard than the general population when they commit crimes. This cop deserves to spend time behind bars, and I hope he gets to see firsthand the kind of treatment a cop gets in jail. He’s probably himself sent many innocent people to jail for stupid shit like smoking or selling cannabis.
Wow. Guy is clearly trying to ride his bike around the cops in the middle of the road and cop clearly speeds up to take him down. Weird. Cop must’ve been having a bad day and had to take it out on somebody.