This story is certainly not getting any better; it is a sad day when the police begin to sit on the sideline and spectate or worse yet become an attacker.

I noticed in one video, it looks like just before the SUV runs over the unfortunate biker one or more other bikers are moving out of the way of the SUV. Either these guys can see into the future or the SUV driver was warning that pedal is about to meet metal.

 

the first article has this line at the end:

innocence.... hahahahahahaha

 

This will show you that theres a bunch of idiots in NYC. Honestly, NYPD has long been known for it's corruption. I'm pretty sure that this now isn't going to really help with their PR case...

 

Not an attack on a viewpoint, rather, an attempt to promote further discussion.....

What could the cop be possibly investigating "undercover" that would be greater in importance than stepping in to intervene on a mob assault when there was an infant and a young woman present and, considering the willingness of the bikers to smash windows and drag out the driver....what could have been in store for the young woman? Or that baby?

Under cover cops investigate what....drug traffic, organized crime, ****? Cops have this magic permission slip called "discretion"....they can choose to place value on situations, weigh their present assignment against present risk. I can't think of any undercover operation that in importance outweighed the threat to this family. Personally, I don't think officer discretion played any part in this incident. Pack mentality did, and his option to split from the scene after he participated AND WAS AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL THREAT TO DRIVER, WOMAN, AND THE BABY was based on his knowledge of how to avoid consequences, and an act of depravity.

Knowing he left that woman and baby to the mercy of that pack......who wouldn't put up a carton of cigarettes to every jail inmate that gives this cop his first civics lesson in the jail shower?

 

Soon after I wrote that it came out the undercover officer was off-duty, which completely negates any reasoning for not stopping the attack let alone participating.

 

I read somewhere that his most recent undercover assignment was infiltration of some local protesters.

 

How terrible. And cops were there who didnt help? How sad..