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July 28th, 2008
Posted: 09:36 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNN)– A New York City Police officer who body-checked a cyclist off his bike and then arrested him during an event in Times Square has been assigned to desk duty pending investigation of the incident, New York City Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said. A video of the incident posted on YouTube shows a group of cyclists traveling through New York’s Times Square before Patrick Pogan, one of the two police officers standing in the middle of the street, sees approaching cyclist Christopher Long and shoves him off his bicycle onto the sidewalk. Long, 29, was charged with attempted assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to the complaint filed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. |
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