Cop who attacked cyclist indicted

This clip that's been posted on YouPube speaks for itself:



That video was taken in July of a bicycling event on Times Square. In the clip, one of the New York City police officers who was standing guard decides to just suddenly march towards one of the law-abiding cyclists at random and shove him off his bike while he's riding it.

Watch the clip again. You can't deny that's what happened. The cop was caught red-handed, as he apparently didn't count on anyone having a video camera to record his unprovoked assault.

Now, after a clip of the incident was played in court, the officer has now been indicted for the attack.

Police claimed the bicyclist had been obstructing traffic and had intentionally steered his bike into the officer. Anyone who watches the video can see that's not what happened. The cop who shoved him was looking in the direction from which the bikes were coming. The cyclist was doing nothing that the other cyclists weren't doing, and was actually trying to avoid hitting the policeman. Charges against the cyclist were later dismissed.

So in addition to assault, it looks like the officer may also be in trouble for filing false charges.

When you see videos like this, it doesn't exactly reinforce your trust in the system.

(Source: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--youtube-cyclist1215dec15,0,3375850.story)