Police Brutality Justice Completely Dependent on Good YouTube Videos

[Liberal_in_LA]

Police Brutality Justice Completely Dependent on Good YouTube Videos

Former jerk NYPD officer Patrick Pogan was instantly villainized after a video showed him shoving a rider off his bike in Times Square. But Pogan was a victim, too; the victim of a good videographer.

John Eligon points out in the NYT that a year before Pogan smashed a Critical Mass rider for fun, another cop was caught on video doing the exact same thing. But while Pogan was forced to resign and later convicted of a felony in a high profile trial, the other bike-shove cop, Sgt. Timothy Horohoe, wasn't charged with any crime, and is still on the job. The only real difference in the two cases: Pogan was caught on a crystal-clear, easy-to-see video, while Horohoe's shove was barely captured on the edges of a shaky, murkier video.

The inescapable conclusion: Make sure you capture the cop beating your ass on a well-produced video, or you're fucked. See for yourself—the Pogan video is first, followed by the Horohoe video below.

http://gawker.com/5538153/police-brutality-justice-completely-dependent-on-good-youtube-videos

[Echo In Light]

1. K/R

[EFerrari]

2. Support the independent media.

:kick:

[jayfish]

3. Good Dashcam Video Helps Too

http://toledoblade.com/article/20100514/NEWS02/5140348/0/ARCHIVES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY18yYgUR3s

FSH

[Lagomorph]

4. I like the irony of...

...police cars getting caught on speed cameras.