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Cops Runs With Doughnut Stereotype

Bucky Turco — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:22:53 +0000

A Queens police officer is under investigation by the NYPD for treating a Dunkin’ Donuts in the Rockaways like a free buffet. Sgt. Eric Turetsky took coffee, doughnuts, and was even brazen enough to walk behind the counter “to make himself sandwiches and cram his face full of crullers.” |NYP|

Cyclist Sues for $1.5 Million Over Cop’s Assault

Will Sherman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:53:55 +0000

A cyclist assaulted by a former rookie cop in Times Square last year is filing a $1.5 million lawsuit against the NYPD for attempting to cover up the unprovoked attack. 30-year-old Christopher Long was bicycling through Times Square as part of a July 2008 Critical Mass ride when then-cop Patrick Pogan, just three weeks on the job, tackled him to the pavement.

Pogan arrested Long for assault, resisting arresting and disorderly conduct, falsely testifying that Long swerved and then ran his bicycle into him, causing him to fall and “suffer lacerations” on his arms. The video below, shot by a bystander, cleared Long of charges and led to Pogan’s firing for perjuring police reports.

Long’s lawyer, Jonathan Moore, points out that “Nobody would have cried foul if it wasn’t for that video,” and says the experience put Long, who is working on a farm in Wisconsin, through “psychological trauma, which explains why he is not living in New York City right now.”

NYPD Blues

Will Sherman — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:30:06 +0000

An innocent cab driver, imprisoned for 9 months in 2002 after an undercover cop lied about buying 100 Ecstasy pills from him, has received a $1.5 million settlement from the city. The perjuring cop wasn’t even working the day he falsely claimed the cabbie sold him drugs. |Newsday|

Parsing Officer Patrick Pogan’s Anger

ANIMAL — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:35:11 +0000

The video of rookie cop Patrick E. Pogan (shield #28957) violently body checking cyclist Christopher Long during a Critical Mass group ride has a lot of people wondering what motivated him to act in such a blatantly egregious manner. Contrary to the video evidence and universal common sense, the cop (deponent) claimed—in a sworn statement—that Long swerved and then ran into him, “causing deponent to fall to the ground and causing deponent to suffer lacerations on deponent’s forearms” (PDF doc here). However, as the clip demonstrates, that’s not the case and the attack was unprovoked. Why is Officer ~~Perjurer~~ Pogan so angry? ANIMAL takes a look into some of the potential, hostility-causing factors: UPDATE: All charges dropped!

Patrick E. Pogan Jr. is a 22-year-old (born 9/9/85) NYC cop who lives at home with his parents in the infinitely boring, bike unfriendly suburban enclave of Massapequa Park. Even more depressing, his daddy is a former NYPD detective—good luck having fun in that relatively small house (street view and overhead map). ~~This is further evidenced when you call the house (516-|||-||||) and there’s a curt voicemail recording: “We’re not here right now, do what ya gotta do.”~~ Like most cops who live in Long Island but work in the city, Pogan most likely takes the LIRR daily, which when packed like the cattle car it is, could easily cause some intense mental discomfort. As to the effectiveness of the cowardly shove, it could be explained by the disgraced officer’s former football days. He played on his high school team and was even chosen to play as an offensive lineman on the 2003 Long Island All Star team. The Pogans also have tons of tax problems, with a federal lien in one case for the amount of $34,385.00. Plus the most damning evidence: he only had like 5 Facebook friends before deactivation. UPDATE: The phone number appears to have been changed, but all the other information is 100% correct.