spindrift wrote:

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[A] cyclist was among over a hundred other "Critical Mass" riders
passing through Times Square Friday evening, when witnesses say -- and
as a video posted on YouTube shows -- two officers approach him.
What happens next is disturbing. One of the officers intercepts the
rider, identified as Christopher Long of Bloomfield, N.J., and
apparently deliberately shoves him hard as he rides by, sending the
cyclist hard to the pavement.
Craig Radhuber was taking part in the ride, and witnessed the
incident.

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Police have placed the officer, identified as Patrick Pogan, on desk
duty pending the outcome of a department investigation. Pogan told
officials that Long was obstructing traffic and that the biker was
actually trying to run him down.
Long, 29, was charged with attempted assault, resisting arrest, and
disorderly conduct.

He'll make an appearance in court on August 5.
End quote.

The cyclist could have landed on a pram or elderly person on the
pavement. How the flip they can consider those charges against the
cyclist is beyond me.

Perhaps the police officer is completely right and perhaps the
totally-non-independent witness is not being as honest as a genuinely
independent witness would be?

I've certainly got no way of knowing - have you?

We'll just have to let the court decide, won't we?