http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0429/cop-cyclist-shoving-incident-acquitted-assault/
All I can say is watch the video and judge for yourself.
This the judicial system that we are dealing with.
It makes no sense to me at all.
A police officer who became famous worldwide after a YouTube video showed him shoving a cyclist off his bike seemingly without provocation has been acquitted of assault.
But Patrick Pogan, formerly of the New York Police Department, was found guilty of making a false filing in the case, and now faces up to four years in prison, the New York Times reported Thursday.
In amateur footage of a Critical Mass cycling event in New York City in July of 2008, Pogan can be seen crossing a street and walking into the path of 29-year-old cyclist Christopher Long. Long can be seen swerving to avoid Pogan before Pogan shoves him, causing Long to fall off his bicycle and into a nearby crowd.
Long "was initially charged with attempted assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, but the charges were all dropped," the Times reports.
