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In reply to the discussion: 5 Off-Duty Officers Among Bikers in SUV Incident [View all]BeyondGeography
(39,861 posts)9. Pathetic...who's minding the store here?
How do you lose control of the West Side Drive on a Sunday? This is how. It's a scandal that the NYPD was nowhere in evidence throughout this whole run, which extended the length of one of Manhattan's major thoroughfares on a weekend in broad daylight. Now we hear cops were participating? Ray Kelly for Homeland Security? Yeah. Dude doesn't have a clue.
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Does anyone know why the bikers picked on this particular SUV? What was their motive for
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#1
If I was the guy in the SUV, I would have thought they were setting me up for a car-jacking.
Ian David
Oct 2013
#96
Motorcyclists have no authority to redirect traffic - EXCEPT WHEN 5 OF THE GROUP
TheDebbieDee
Oct 2013
#58
Wait a minute--are you saying that the off duty corrections officers or the undercover cop(s)
MADem
Oct 2013
#76
Oh? These cops were working undercover? This is the first I'm hearing about this.
TheDebbieDee
Oct 2013
#82
I heard that one guy was undercover, and the other "LE" persons were corrections.
MADem
Oct 2013
#114
Groups of motorcycle riders around here travel in clusters of 5-10, in the right lane
SharonAnn
Oct 2013
#92
according to the police, they were trying to clear the highway so they could perform stunts
magical thyme
Oct 2013
#109
If you watch the videos, ALL the other cars slow down and defer... or move over and let them pass.
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2013
#35
I've read it, and watched the last 1.5 or seconds of the video countless times.
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2013
#45
There weren't 34,000 cops at the "rally", only five and 100% of them were dirt bags....
marble falls
Oct 2013
#104
That's our NYPD. Thugs on duty, thugs off duty. Too bad there is no effective civilian oversight.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2013
#7
That's why I hate the TV show,"Cops". If they don'y have "Police" in yellow on their jackets....
marble falls
Oct 2013
#21
That's screwed up beyond belief. Didn't make it into the AE rotation, I bet.
marble falls
Oct 2013
#56
By the look of the site - and this is a guess - the child was black and the supporters .....
marble falls
Oct 2013
#87
Now you know there aren't enough people to replace the crooked cops that would be revealed
TheDebbieDee
Oct 2013
#25
The guys from high school who became cops were ones who were the theives ....
marble falls
Oct 2013
#57
Why should off duty cops rallying in violation of the law be allowed to keep their badges?
marble falls
Oct 2013
#17
Wow. I figured something was up when all those bikers were immediately arrested. nt
SunSeeker
Oct 2013
#31
They were breaking laws everywhere they rode. They were cutting people off, driving on berms, in
appleannie1
Oct 2013
#66
It seems as if many here are making this out like this was a gang of 30+ cops invovled
penultimate
Oct 2013
#71