Yes, but it’s a bad to meet non-violent protest with violence.
Cop should burn HARD.
Not only did he assault the cyclist, he wrote up a false police report to say the cyclist tried to run him down.
The cyclist was charged with multiple misdemeanors and FELONIES before the tape proved his innocence.
How the NYPD can put him at a desk is beyond comprehension.
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Two reasons....
1. Union contract protections.
2. That pesky US concept thing about innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Or are you one of those who think that everybody but cops deserve that right...
Reminds me of the two Border Patrol Agents serving 10 years in prison. I wonder if they will charge the officer with being in possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.