The New York Police Division is investigating a video going viral this week of a police cruiser seemingly making an attempt to aspect swipe a moped rider on an expressway.
Not a lot is understood concerning the disturbing footage shot on Van Wyck Expressway, which runs between Queens and Brooklyn. The NYPD instructed CBS New York that they’re conscious of the video and investigating the incident. The video was posted Might 14.
The cruiser has no lights or sirens on whereas harassing the moped rider. From the seems to be of the footage, it appears extra of a case of street rage than making an attempt to apprehend a suspect or get the moped rider off the expressway. Particularly the way in which the cruiser swerves throughout three lanes and speeds as much as get in entrance of the moped, solely to brake test the rider.
Former NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce instructed ABC 7 the moped rider shouldn’t have been on the expressway, however the officers actions are extremely regarding. Boyce suspects some arduous penalties are going to return down the road for the officer within the video:
“There was no sirens used, there have been no lights in any respect, additionally no PA engaged telling the individual to cease” Boyce stated.
It’s unlawful for a scooter to be on an expressway — and it’s not simply unlawful, it’s dangerous.
“It doesn’t have the facility to speed up or decelerate and it’s harmful as a result of it’s very small and you’ve got a sight incapacity, a bike is completely completely different,” Boyce stated.
It may need been the fitting concept to get the scooter to drag over, however the NYPD’s ways are regarding to Boyce.
“A few of these issues like crowding you noticed, that’s inherently harmful, it might get somebody damage,” Boyce stated. “It’s not solely harmful for the officer or the individual on the motor scooter, however everybody on that freeway.”
Cops definitely aren’t proof against performing like assholes whereas behind the wheel. NYPD cops park their cruisers straight on sidewalks, a lot to the detriment of New Yorkers. Two cops in Detroit coated up their roll in a deadly crash following an inappropriate pursuit of a car. One other in the identical metropolis ran a cease signal after which arrested the opposite driver for the crash the officer brought on. Police have purposefully brought on automobile crashes, solely to search out out the driver they crashed into wasn’t their suspect. An off-duty officer killed a 12-year-old woman when he drove 95 mph via a college zone in Los Angeles again in February, the identical metropolis experiencing an epidemic in drunk driving amongst legislation enforcement officers.
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