Here's the scene: We were enjoying the nice spring weather from our balcony. A friend was visiting on his bike, and he rode up on the sidewalk from the street to our front door. In NYC this is illegal. You are supposed to stop in the street, get off the bike and walk it on the sidewalk. Although he was merely coming from the street up to our front door, those few second were illegal. NYPD rolls up and tickets him for this ($150 fine or appear in court!).
Meanwhile our neighbor walks by while this scene is unfolding. They exchange some banter. We all laughed. He keeps walking.
From there everything escalates... Seems completely unnecessary to me...
At the end of the day, he was charged with harassment, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Well at least they didn't taze him and shoot him 50 times.
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We were enjoying the nice spring weather from our balcony. A friend was visiting on his bike, and he rode up on the sidewalk from the street to our front door. In NYC this is illegal.
Good effing Lord, they drive cars on the sidewalk in Brooklyn, never mind bikes.
Two things here; 1) the effects of affirmative action (the black cop had chevrons on his sleeve which I can't recall ever seeing. It has to be a rank insignia) has taken it's toll on the NYPD and 2) it's the public who eventually suffers when dimwits are hired to perform a service.
I'm actually surprised the van wasn't stoned and set on fire.
It's so great that someone can post this vid which got almost 1/2 million views in 4 days! embarass & expose the cops. I love the internet, & always remember IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO FILM COPS! No matter who claims otherwise.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you".Sirach 4:28
Watching that brought back some old memories. In the dumps I worked in, you either got the perp, or yourself, off the street ASAP. The absurd tango-talk they were doing with that poor guy was not only way wrong, but will, in time, ensure that those asshats will have something very heavy bounced off their heads.
it's the public who eventually suffers when dimwits are hired to perform a service.
Seems to be hiring practice in some city police departments to hire "average" IQ types. A while back Robert Jordan was turned down by the New London, Conn., police department because he scored 125, way above the national average for police officers of 104. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the rejection, finding there being no discrimination since the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
Police departments avoid hiring bright folks because evidence suggests they get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing expensive training.
Also most likely, NYPD like other civic bureaucracies are running short on cash and told to bring in as much as possible.
