Gun-waving off-duty cop threatens bicyclists, so on-duty cops arrest them, not him

[DetlefK]

http://gawker.com/crazed-greenwich-village-gunman-also-off-duty-nypd-offi-1781972403

As reported by WABC-TV and the New York Daily News, the confrontation began when the driver apparently drove into the bike lane, causing the cyclists to yell at him (and, police claim, hit his side-view mirror or his window), whereupon the officer (in plainclothes, and without identifying himself as a police officer) exited his car and drew his gun.

“He did not even say he was a cop. Literally got out of car with his weapon drawn,” a biker said.

“We kept asking him, identify yourself. He just wouldn’t,” another friend of the biker’s said.

As word spread through the village that there was a gunman on the loose, a nearby elementary school was put on temporary lockdown instead of regular dismissal.

On-duty cops eventually arrived and, naturally, arrested one of the cyclists: Dejaune Jones, 19, who was charged with criminal mischief, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing and harassment. The gun-wielding cop was not arrested, nor has he been identified. (The Daily News says he is a sergeant.)

Police claim Jones had an icepick, though they did not recover an icepick from the scene and all the bicyclists involved deny that any of them were armed. Video of the the confrontation was captured by one of the cyclists.

[Quantess]

1. Let me guess. The bicyclist who got arrested is black.

That would be a safe bet.

[underpants]

2. Four wheels good, two wheels bad

[Bayard]

3. Oh for godsakes!

Where in the world would a cyclist carry an icepick? He got off his bike and got one out of his underseat pack? It was probably something like a tire pressure gauge, if anything. Very dangerous.

[greiner3]

5. Is that an ice pick or are you happy to see me

[pediatricmedic]

7. Probably a bicycle multi tool of some sort

By a stretch of the imagination, one of the bits could be considered a pick.

[bullwinkle428]

4. On the road, bullies see cyclists as the ultimate soft target.

[Punx]

6. Menacing and Harrasing

The guy with the gun, of course!

There have been a number of times I've almost taken someone's mirror off because they have suddenly moved right into the bike lane. Here in Oregon the cop should have been cited for entering the bike lane, don't know what the law says for NY.

I will say that most drivers here are very courteous to bikes, almost too courteous at times. The politeness in Seattle is otherworldly.

[Iggo]

8. That's cops. That's who they are. That's what they do.

[yurbud]

9. Do they give any kind of psychological testing to cops?

To see how they handle mild frustrations?

Seriously, or do they advertise for people with low impulse control?

[Demonaut]

10. he kept on calling him the "N" word!

[angrychair]

11. Hold on

Let us say he did have an ice pick, when did having an ice pick become "criminal possession of a weapon"?!?!?!
What other than an ice pick falls into that category?