Bike Shoving Police Officer Tossed off the Force
Victory at last! Patrick Pogan, the live at home cop who was caught on video brutally shoving a cyclist during a Critical Mass ride last year has been quietly fired. He was apparently let go about 10 days ago, although his lawyer is disputing the NYPD’s official claim and is instead characterizing the disgraceful bully’s change in employment as a resignation. Isn’t lying aka perjury what got him in so much trouble in the first place? |NYT|
by Bucky Turco on February 20, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Editor-in-Chief:
I hope the victim is considering a civil suit.
[...] against police officers accused of misconduct or of lying on the witness stand.” Bike bully Patrick Pogan was eventually fired after video surfaced of him attacking a cyclist, but his high profile case was just one of many [...]