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Not Surprisingly, Patrick Pogan Will Avoid Jail Time

Bucky Turco — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:23:27 +0000

Just as we predicted, Patrick Pogan won’t be doing any jail time or getting probation for violently cross-checking cyclist Christopher Long, but on the bright side, at least he’ll never be able to rejoin the police force.

Bike Shove Cop To Be Sentenced, Slap On the Wrist Expected

Bucky Turco — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:24:08 +0000

Disgraced ex-cop Patrick Pogan will be sentenced today for lying about his now infamous body-check of cyclist Christopher Long. Although he was acquitted, amazingly, for the assault charge, he was found guilty of falsifying records and filing a false police report, which ould carry a sentence of four years behind bars, but in all likelihoods won’t. |NY1|

When It Comes To Police Brutality, It’s All About the Videotape

Bucky Turco — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:29:50 +0000

Sgt. Timothy Horohoe, like Patrick Pogan, was also caught assaulting a cyclist during a Critical Mass ride and then lying about it, but unlike the latter, the video of his infraction wasn’t as incriminating since most of the action happened off camera.

The seasoned NYPD veteran also didn’t leave a paper trail in the form of a police report like Pogan did. So although the Civilian Complaint Review Board firmly established that he lied about the incident, Horohoe was ultimately allowed to keep his badge, gun and paycheck. |NYT|

Jury Finds Patrick Pogan Guilty of Lying, but Not Assault

Bucky Turco — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:42:30 +0000

After a few days of deliberations, a jury found ex-cop Patrick Pogan guilty of being a lying scumbag, but totally innocent of assaulting Christopher Long, which is pretty amazing. Did these people not watch the same video as everyone else? Moral of the story: In NYC not even ex-cops get convicted of assault, even when blatantly caught on video. He could face up to four years in prison—ha, yeah right! |NYDN|

Patrick Pogan Finally Admits Some Truth

Bucky Turco — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:21:43 +0000

Disgraceful bike shoving ex-cop, Patrick Pogan, finally acknowledged the obvious: he’s a lying asshole.

Patrick Pogan, World’s Worst Perjurer

Bucky Turco — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:57:54 +0000

Patrick Pogan, the disgraceful ex-NYPD rookie who viciously pummeled cyclist Christopher Long two years ago testified in open court today for the first time since the incident and of course, he lied. If you even care to hear his bullshit, click here or just press play for the common sense version of events.

Second Bike-Assault Video Speaks for Itself, Which Is A Good Thing for Mouthy Cyclist

Bucky Turco — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:36:54 +0000

Prosecutors produced a second video which clearly shows Christopher Long getting pummeled off his bike by then officer Patrick Pogan for no reason, directly contradicting the ex-cop’s account, claiming the cyclist swerved towards him. And thank god for these videos, because Long is saying some not so smart stuff while testifying:

His actual words:

By exhorting them to assault me, I wanted the situation to go all the way. I was just really, really hyped up and very excited and it seemed like the next thing that was going to happen was that I was going to get punched out. And I didn’t want to wait for that to happen.

This didn’t help either:

“Right now, how often do you get stoned?” [Pogan's attorney] grilled the sometimes snarky cyclist, who cheerfully told of his “Nick-bag-a-day” marijuana habit. “That would be a five dollar bag — that’s why they call it a nick bag,” he explained.

The video:

|NYP via Gothamist|

What’s Weed Got To Do With It?: Patrick Pogan vs. Christopher Long

Bucky Turco — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:59:40 +0000

Remember Patrick Pogan? He’s the disgraceful ex-cop who resigned from the NYPD after a video surfaced of him body checking cyclist Christopher Long during a Critical Mass ride that directly contradicted the police report he falsified. Anyway, his trial begins today and according to New York’s trashiest tabloid, his defense lawyer is somehow going to convince jurors that his client should be exonerated because Long smoked some weed 7 years earlier while in the Army. Please let that be their strategy.

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.”

Crime Fighting Cameras Lead To Arrests of Crime Fighters

Bucky Turco — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:30:13 +0000

While surveillance cameras are rarely a successful tool in preventing crime, they do come in handy after the fact, when it comes to identifying criminals and cops now too. The New York Times reports how, increasingly, cameras are playing a role in gathering “evidence against police officers accused of misconduct.” Officer Patrick Pogan was eventually fired after video proved he was a liar, but his case was just one of many against law enforcement, like Detective Debra Eager. She was “indicted on three felony perjury charges after her testimony before a grand jury about a 2007 drug arrest “starkly contradicted” video surveillance of the event.” |NYT|