Cop Falls Down Then Charges This Guy With Assault
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So ... citizens are responsible for any injuries that indirectly occur to police, but police are not responsible for injuries they directly inflict upon citizens. Unbelievable.
Yup, and if you say otherwise you’re a commie, socialist, hyuk hyuk hyuk
Welcome to the NWO.
Incorrect.
Police have rules about use of force and can get in trouble if they go beyond the use of force needed.
Like if they dislocate your shoulder or break your arm and that use of force was found to be above what was needed, then yes they can face charges for it.
You really need to read up on things instead of assuming things or just hearing something and believing it to be true.
Many police officers have been arrested and sued or fired and sued because they went above the use of force needed.
@@lordvika2526countless numbers of police have inflicted unnecessary bodily injury on suspects without any recourse.
What a naive individual.
@@lordvika2526oh no if they use excessive force they get paid leave😢
I realize it’s the law, but I can’t imagine wanting to use violence against someone for not having a light on his bike.
Well, you are likely a normal, well adjusted and decent human being. They would never hire you to be a cop.
Welcome to police state
Well, we have all the facts. Because he was refusing to pull over, I assumed he had a warrant out for his arrest. Did you ever see that video of the suspected murderer who called the cops over cold fries?
its about taxation. these cops are not there for your protection. they are tax collectors for their department/governing body. They also do nothing productive the whole day, so they feel justified spending massive tax payer money for ambulances to follow up their excessive authoritarianism. immensely unprofessional and an example for why many police officers are currently a welfare program for those of low intellect and awareness, capable of only being a bully.
@@TijuanabillThey would hire them and parade them around as the moral image meanwhile hire people that grew up in a an age of war/militarization to go out acting like everyone without a badge is a potential “terrorist”
Sorry, but escalating "no light on a bicycle" to a violent physical assault and threatening a mauling by a dog is absolutely beyond the pale. I don't care what the law says. This is absolutely INSANE. What are we even doing in this country anymore?!?
It wouldn't have come to this if he'd just done what he was asked, I wholeheartedly disagree with a felony charge, but come on man... The whole time the cop was talking to him as he was fleeing telling him WHY he was being asked stop. By refusing to do so he only put everyone in danger, yes, even on a bike because they have a job and a duty to stop him. His refusal to stop creates a situation where both himself and the officers can get hurt, which is negligent and incredibly irresponsible. If he just stopped the most likely case is that he gets a citation which he can contest in court, worst case is he takes the city PD to court for police misconduct and comes out of it tens to hundreds of thousands richer. The worst outcome by refusing is that is he, or the officer suffers serious bodily harm/injuries or worse.
This situation he's in sucks, I don't think the felony charge should even be possible, but this is his own damn fault. People going on saying things like "Thank god the officers stopped this criminal." fail to realize that it's a part of the job, same as things like domestic calls, public disturbance, or similar. There are things they HAVE to do that frankly they don't want to, this is one of them. Every law and ordinance has to be followed... Even if some of them are stupid, they don't make the laws, they just enforce and uphold them, albeit poorly in this case in my opinion. I hope the Lacrosse PD chooses to drop the felony charge, and if not I hope this guy gets proper legal representation to fight that charge because it's extremely unreasonable, and while a court in the past may have ruled in favor of the officers on similar cases, the keyword is 'similar', and most judges I'd wager would find the severity of his crimes don't warrant a felony charge.
@@ThatPinkOtterHe put everyone in danger by not stopping?? What danger? Seriously, this is why the world laughs at America.
While yes he should stop the road was fucking empty like wuuuut????
It makes me think back to my childhood. We never had lights on our bikes. Would they have tackled a 10 year old his bike especially if he was scared and confused just trying to get home. Would a 10 y/o face felonies for the same reason as this guy? Knowing the police these days the answer is yes.
@@ThatPinkOtter so a non violent crime requires violence?
Only in America can police escalate a broken light to a felony arrest. Absolutely ridiculous.
Technically the bike rider escalated it.
@@chazz0418umm no…not having a tail light on a bike is a minor law, he was riding down the sidewalk on a well-lit road, he clearly posed absolutely zero danger to anyone, the officers were the ones who chose to engage for no reason, he had already stated that he was going home and doesn’t trust cops, to which they proceed to prove him right by assaulting him to the ground over a fucking bicycle tail light, let that sink in, they said he was just going to give him a warning, they could’ve just as easily chosen to escort him to his home to make sure he was safe, or they could’ve just told him that he should be careful and let him carry on his way, officers are supposed to DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION, not tackle a young man off his bicycle for not having a tail light and the give him a felony charge
@@knightmarecx2069 that's not how it works. Guy should have just stopped when given the many opportunities. No different than a car not pulling over for a broken tail light. In that case you could also end up with a felony charge too. Moral of the story, stop for the police, fight in court not the streets.
@@chazz0418you sound like you would like living in an authoritarian country 😂
@@knightmarecx2069 fascinating world you live in. If I tell cops I'm on my way home and don't trust them I become immune to all laws. The citizens of that town voted for an ordinance requiring bikes to have lights. This guy was in violation. If he weren't a moron, he would've gotten a warning, walked his bike home, and bought a light for it later. End of story. You can't just not follow local laws and not stop for police because you are on your way home.
"you're obstructing me on my way home," lol nice comeback 😂
Lol 😂
"Walk much, occifer? You sure you haven't been drinking, occifer? Imma need you to walk a straight line, occifer... [hic]"
More like: what no to say during a lawful traffic stop.
@@kwinzman
Hall monitor.
@@kwinzmanBut he wasn't afraid of those tyrants like you are,so your point is moot..
"oh he needs medical attention, for what? Does he have asthma" this dude was honestly hillarious.
"You have no warrants or bonds."
"Right. Because I had no reason not to."
Keaton Stein doesn't realize that he could do stand up. LOL.
Na, he is a dumba$$
He was just a super jerk
@californian1459 the cops were, all over a bike light, I would be like he is
@@poopahskoopahh8563 No, the biker had an attitude problem.
Its funny how the cops went out of their way to prove his thoughts of cops was accurate.
There must be no crimes in that area if several police are pursuing a cyclist without a light as though he's 'America's Most Wanted'
The cop said it himself (this is as good as it gets)
Dude, he should have stopped. He made it worse than it should have. Yall are being petty now.
@@Name-jw4sjgo lick boots elsewhere this used to be a free country where people valued individual liberty.
@@patrickday4206 What are you talking about? You against laws? Going to work, I have almost hit a few bicyclists as they were not seen until I got close b/c of no lights. This is a safety for the bicyclist and the people around the person.
@@billoconnell1427 It is a safety issue, and evidently so is tackling a cyclist. He initially wanted to give him a warning. They were talking while following him. He could have said that he only wanted to give a warning for the light. Instead, this is how the light was first mentioned: "Ya ain't gonna win buddy, there's more cars coming." "What do you guys even want?" "It's just the light, you dumb idiot. You wanna get bit? I'll send them out right now (dogs)"
They protected and served the SHIT out of this dude
Oof
Refusal to stop - it only makes sense to refuse if they have something criminal to hide. The moment they ‘run’, which is what this guy did- an Officer is OBLIGATED to pursue and investigate, for good reason.
This guy ‘looks’ like he’s harmless but I can guarantee if he was in a darker hoodie with darker skin more people would see him as a threat. Appearances don’t matter, he ran from police!
Know the laws. There are good reasons they exist.
Our communities are MUCH safer with this dangerous bicyclist off the streets 🙏🙏🙏
Hahahaha.
@@americasmomloveeveryonenoe7517 Hell yeah dude obviously.. ya know, since he had no warrants, no priors, and nothing illegal on his person. Take your foot out of your mouth and touch grass
"Oh he needs medical attention?"
"For what? He have asthma?"
lmaooooo
Officers get a C+ for arbitrarily ruining a man’s life for riding a bike? Yeah no
This yapper loves his own voice and is a bootlicker
When an officer makes a legal traffic stop you must stop. The felony resisting was 100% the fault of the accused.
"what are you in for?"
"i rode a bike at night without a light"
"...
...how are you not in solitary?"
Idk if threatening a guy by saying your gonna release your dog on him if he doesn’t stop is exactly “professional and respectful”
If someone threatened their dog on me, I’d consider getting out of there as fast as bikely possible.
It's called a fair warning
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 versus NOT releasing the dog at all. The dog is only to be used in life threatening situations. There was no danger to the cops except each other or gravity!
Fairly sure that wasn’t the first warning.
@@robv5834 That's right Your Honour, I'm _pretty_ sure!!!
Alternate universe:
"Hey man, get a bike light ok?"
*drives away*
which would do nothing since the guy wouldn’t have any reason to get a bike light. that’s why fix-it tickets exist, and that’s all that it had to be if the guy didn’t take off
they should also inform that its law and give the number to it so the person can check it out themselves. but other than that i 100% agree
Does anyone value liberty in this country Does anyone understand what it means? I bet you sorry people would all wear a pink hat with a feather in it on Fridays if the made it a law. Probably even call in macaroni 😂
Nanny state this sad corporate states of America
@@JxsonKingnobody needs a damn bike light man! 😂 Gtfo
A reasonable universe that’s been gone for a while.
Giving the officers a C+ was a little too generous. Tackling a man off his bike is a pretty dismal move. As someone who broke his arm falling off his bike, I can attest to how dangerous that type of strategy is to all parties involved. I have a hard time believing that less violent strategies were unavailable. Although officers are not technically legally required to use the least violent and intrusive means to apprehend a fleeing suspect, it would’ve behooved them to use common sense and exercise better judgment.
Not just that but the cop threatened the dude saying he would release his dog on him. A mauling doesn't seem anywhere near the level of force needed to get the guy to stop lol.
Absolutely correct! Not to mention that the underlying offense was a missing headlight. Completely unworthy of such heavy, handed brutish tactics.
Yeah, he was literally going home. Just follow him home. And get him there. He cant bike forever.
Yo tbn me rompi el btazo por eso, y fue un ladron que me intentó asaltar.
"What you in for kid?" "Oh i didnt have a light on my bicycle."
The officer threatened to sick his dog on this guy. He was already willing to excessively use force from the beginning because of his ego
Yup there was another incident recently where a dog was let into a home and the officer was in a lot of trouble for it.
That’s what happens when u don’t stop. Stop and u won’t have any issues. Simple really
@@SuperNovaHeights_ This is what happens when the far right wingers continue to lick boots. We end up with a fascist police state where conservatives only realize the issue when they are the ones being chewed on by a police dog or shot at.
@@SuperNovaHeights_ Which department you work for?
@@SuperNovaHeights_if only it was that simple
"It's just a bike light" followed by immediately saying that'll he will release the damn dog. Bro wtf.
@jcdenton4110 The difference is is that it is a bicycle on a sidewalk, not a four thousand pound mechanical missle going 50 down the road. Kinda a different situation
@jcdenton4110learn to read
@jcdenton4110bootlicker Some people still value individual liberty
Man. Good thing these cops were there to save the day from such a danger to the neighborhood. Absolutely ridiculous. They still can't puzzle out why we hate them.
This is the video I’m citing from now on when people ask why 😂
They literally did their job here. Maybe hate them when they don't.
@@LegDayLas Boot licker
@@LegDayLastheir job shouldn’t exist
@@LegDayLas hate them in general. they cause more harm than good and always will.
This show how police can ruin someones life unnecessarily
A real hero, hurt in the line of duty, saves everyone from the bike without a light.
Yeah maybe the kid should have just complied and stopped his bike.
My bike doesn’t even have reflectors. I’m an outlaw.
While on a sidewalk no less
@@jcdenton4110statistics aren't facts, pal
@@jcdenton4110statistics say smoking kills, but science hasn't ever had someone smoke until they died, so it's not fact. It's just stats....
"You're obstructing me on my way home."
LOL, love it. 🤣
The fact that the pigs says this is as good as it gets is the proof that there are too many pigs in that town.
A c+? The bar is in hell.
Imagine being willing to sic a dog on someone for a petty victimless crime like a bike light being out. Policing in America is wild and out of touch with reality and the crazy part is American citizens are desensitized to this absurd level of aggression and violence from the people meant to protect them.
This wasn’t for the bike light specifically, but rather resisting arrest. While the threat is less commonly directed at someone actively fleeing on a bike, it’s more common when trying to detain a fleeing suspect especially on foot
Siced the dog because he ran. Shitty law they were probably using to check him for drugs, weapons, warrants, etc. Shitty but which laws do you want cops to enforce and which ones not to? Why even have a law then? Work to get the law taken down, cant just choose which laws to ignore
Cops were never meant to protect you.
This cop keeps claiming this kids parents should be very disappointed in him....I think any parents of cops that show no humanity in doing their job and care more about a bike light infraction than the ramifications to a young man...should be the disappointed ones.
@@chrisd2p2 I choose to ignore specific laws all the time. I just sometimes suffer the consequences. So yes you can ignore them.
Man I wish I could sue someone after falling down because of my own actions.
You can if its on their property hahah
@@PSOpwnagethat’s not exactly how that works 😂 the property owner has to be negligent is some way.
@@bradholmes4 I know but it is funny how these cops are trying to blame the guy for why a cop got hurt. These cops were decent but don't blame reckless actions of your co-worker on someone else. I have a feeling this will get thrown out because of that.
Fool will jump in front of a car next time so he can justify shooting, and instead get run over. Problem solves itself. But no kidding. Imagine a teacher saying "some kid in class was texting, so I gave him the People's Elbow, bruised my hip on the way down though so he needs to be charged with assault".
@@bradholmes4 theres a robber through the skyline case that proves that otherwise
Charging him for assault is bizarre. There was no justice that day and the police officers need to rethink what it is they are there for.
If the judge finds there was no probable cause, it will get tossed.
@@KendraAndTheLawif it's not just it's not law. Saint Augustine said that we shouldn't follow laws that don't have a moral obligation to do
Oh my GOD!! Get that SERIOUS criminal off the streets! No bike light! He needs to be on death row! Never mind ALL the other SERIOUS crimes, that they are ignoring calls to.
“Medical attention for what, does he have asthma?” 10/10 roast
5:27 😂😂😂
By far the best part
"oh yeah, does he have asthma?"
I lost it.
Regardless of your state’s law, keep in mind that police can never compel you to identify yourself without reasonable suspicion to believe you’re involved in illegal activity.
Unless our rights are being stripped by corrupt troopers and other LEO’s
I mean yeah they can't physically force you to identify but they can still charge you depending on the state
Are you an idiot Bulli9374 or did you not watch the video? Obviously I agree that pushing the charges to the level of a Felony as well as tackling the guy when he’s standing there not making any sudden moves is excessive as hell, but the guy was riding his bike at night with no lights on his bike or self. A Bike IS a Vehicle technically by law which is why you have to obey the same laws as other cars or Vehicles WHICH INCLUDE having a functioning Light to be used at Night making this a lawful traffic stop because he was creating a dangerous and potentially fatal situation( all it takes is one car not seeing him in the darkness and blam, dead cyclist or driver or god forbid both). But this guy had to have a massive ego on him and, thinking he was right, continued antagonizing the cop instead of obeying a lawful command, ON TOP OF trying to run from the cop to spite him Bc of his ignorance in thinking he was right and the cops were wrong and just trying to harass him.
All the dude had to do was stop and talk to the cop for like 5-10 mins tops and show the Bare Minimum amount of respect or Courtesy.
But he wanted to Eff around…..and now he Found out. Learn to watch AND listen to the video sometime.
They prevented multiple crimes tackling him off that back. Thank you for keeping us all safe..
The cop threatened to sic his dog on him.
that cop deserves an F for that
A felony
that’s wild on a human level.
lol, like hunting a rabbit… with your boys in yours trucks, with your rifles and the perfect hunting dog.
deep.
@@marcusbarras5010Right he gave them a C plus
To be fair he was biking without a light..
Wonderful. Citizens can be held accountable if an officer gets injured but officers can hide behind qualified immunity if a citizen gets hurt.
But lets be real he could have stopped and would have gotten away without a Ticket or with a Ticket 20$ 5 Min later would have been on his Way Home.. But instead he choose to drive, shout Things not listen and fcking didnt have any respect... What happend after was unfortuned but it could have been easily prevented by showing atleast a normal Level of Respect even tho you dont like Cops, atleast respect the Person behind the Job and talk nice to them... Just listen for a few Minutes and continue to go Home safley...
The person who breaks the law should be responsible.
@@Herogames2022So a $20 ticket because my bike now needs a light on it? So 25 years ago, we should have charged millions of kids for riding a bike without a light? They should have been subject to arrest? This officer is pathetic. He tripped and fell on his own accord.
If I run down the sidewalk and I trip and fall, the property owner should be at fault? Gtfo here.
@@jordan9604 What Type of Argument is this 20 Years Ago we should have did this and that is this how Laws work xD Dude do you even listen to yourself how silly you sound ...
@@jordan9604 Yes. And maybe that's not such a bad idea because bicyclists can cause serious accidents. And the cop initially was just going to give the guy a warning. And any time a suspect evades police, that's a red flag they may have a warrant or are committing a second crime. And while the police may exercise discretion in who they contact about minor crimes, they have a duty and ethical obligation not to allow suspects to flea once they have initiated the encounter. So, short of simply letting the suspect go, which wasn't really an option, what was the cop supposed to do?
The biker asking "you don't have anything better to do?"
Got me thinking how many kidnapped kids are currently screaming for help while sincere officers here busy charging bike light!
IKR.... i see people get stop for nothing while some drivers drive 100 in schools zones and sht... its ridiculous
You know that kidnappings don't just happen every second in every single town ever. And it's based off of what an officer witnesses, therefore, they witnessed an offense and attempted to enforce it. I'm not saying it was nessasary or the right thing to do, but it is a very legal and regular action
Can you name the kid? There should be amber alerts for every child abducted in that town during this very incident, it'll have there name and some more info. Since you're so worried about them, you should definitely put out the info for everyone to keep an eye out for them.
Here's why your argument is completely stupid and invalid. The officer saw someone breaking a city ordinance. It would take literally 3-5 minutes in a normal world for him to stop, give a warning, and be on his way. Instead, this idiot ran, which would indicate that he had a warrant or something more nefarious going on. And it isn't like by ignoring the bike light the officer would've been magically led to missing children he could save from trafficking. Cops have the duty to enforce all laws, big and small. A simple warning to a good citizen is not a bad thing. It could've even been a pleasant interaction. Normalizing and applauding some jackass not stopping for the cops is a braindead way to spend your time.
"There's no tyranny like petty tyranny." - Patrick Jane, The Mentalist
Charging this guy with a felony for this situation is fully insane and reckless on the part of the cops. They're basically doing harm to the community over hurt feelings.
Nah it's not
@@ccompson2Yeah, it is.
Imagine if you could just run at a random person hurt yourself then sue said person 🤦♂️
They’re two legged parasites. They are only of use as ground fertilizer and even then tax payers have to pay death benefits to its family. Like welfare scum.
Ruining people lives one hour at a time..
Calling the Ambulance every time must be a huge burden to the taxpayer as well
I know where I live in Massachusetts. Every time they call the Ambulance out. It was $500.00... And this was six years ago.. Most likely the prices went up.. To me it looks like this cop Tripped over his two big feet.😅😂😅😂
He attempted an nfl style tackle and fell down hahaha, so a shinned knee is now a felony, what about when it happens to a citizen? Where's the same tier of justice, I'm gonna remember this law.
Cops couldn't care less how much they drain the taxpayers pockets. There's always more where it came from!
Over a ‘crime’ that was gonna be a warning ? So the escalated a caused injury which could have been completely ignored lol
My GF's mom passed away while she was home. Shes a nurse called the police and said shes most def unrevivable and does not need ambulance. They called ambulance and charged her 3000$ just for showing up and leaving.
I remember being told this is a free country. It really isn’t. In no way
"You're obstructing me on my way home" played the Uno reverse card
If an officer willingly jumps in front of a moving vehicle and the person operating that vehicle attempts to avoid the officer, that person should not be held liable for that officer’s injuries.
This just happened in Columbus, OH with a pregnant woman suspected of shoplifting alcohol from a grocery store. Officer moved in front of her vehicle with weapon drawn and fired on her when she put the car and gear and tried to drive away. Killed her and her unborn baby.
@@tfgrrl2042That’s still so annoying to hear about. And people defend it because she was, “running the cop over.”
I’ve been “nudged” by a moving vehicle like that. AND I’m noticeably shorter than the officer in question, meaning it’d be easier to get pulled under than for him. When a vehicle is pushing on you like that, it naturally pushes you off to the side of the hood. He remained in front of a car, had a gun out for a shoplifting suspect, and deemed the necessary action to take was to shoot the driver of the car. All he had to do was roll off, and they could get the plate of the car later. Instead it ended fatally.
When people defend these kinds of situations it vexes me so much. Like, how low is your bar for *death?* Because there are way too many people who have set their bar for *ending someone’s life* at “you inconvenienced an officer.”
In an alternate timeline the officer would have just rolled to the side. They’d get her plate, and she’d be dealt with. Instead, she’s dead.
It’s pathetic that U.S army soldiers have better discipline in when to use firearms, than cops. 18 year olds fresh out of high school assess higher stress and more dangerous situations better than most late 20 somethings cops. You carry a gun near a soldier and they’ll watch your fingers and where you point the barrel. You carry a gun near a cop and they’ll watch you bleed on the ground while calling for backup.
@@brandonwilliams6221my question is... Why can't people just obey the law and not attempt to drive off when an officer has commanded them to stop? She was suspected of shoplifting, which is a crime. The cops were within their authority to identify and detain her. Allowing her to drive off and using her plates as means of identification would not work considering she could easily claim that she was not the one operating the vehicle. I'm not saying she should've been killed, but it's really not that difficult just to obey the law. Driving a vehicle in the direction of another human being with no intentions of stopping lawfully justifies the use of deadly force. She was in the wrong. Period.
@@tfgrrl2042she must have been brown 🤔
@percylee8116 she was on both security camera footage and body camera as the driver. She didn't ram him, she was doing under 5 mph and have you never heard of fight or flight. You don't think when you're scared, you just react. I agree she should have complied, but that shouldn't get an unarmed pregnant woman dead.
This highlights the issue raised by a study that I read about 20 years ago that found that based on the number of laws, most citizens are violating "the law" every day, and that the number of things that are illegal, directly or indirectly, is too great to count.
I suppose that might be why certain cops seem to believe anything to be illegal.
I’ve heard that before…
Way too many laws on the books.
If the Government puts any citizen under a microscope they’ll find a crime.
It's be design.
It is done for a reason.. a lot of money to be made by building/operating prisons..
Exactly , & for example : Most people are unaware
Riding a bicycle on the sidewalk is a ticketable offense.
Your not my father nor my mom.
.
If I was, id be pretty disappointed.
That was savage af 😂😂😂
It was cringy. I rolled my eyes when I heard it.
Even if he got the warning!… he would still have to get home?! What would that have done? Was he supposed to walk his bike home instead? Ridiculous
My manager was held at gunpoint last week and no charges have been filed despite knowing the man AND where he lives. They told us they are "busy"?? Like, doing what exactly? This is infuriating!
I do private security. We had two break-in attempts on my shift last year, (both unsuccessful, thankfully) and both times the cops said they couldn't do anything because the property the people were attempting to steal was owned by a resident and not me. It's like why even answer the phone if you're not going to follow up on the video footage or take down a report? Just collecting paychecks.
Harassing people for bike lights
clearly, as the pig said, "this is best there is" - they are busy proving their heroism by busting up those criminal bike riders that dont have the light! our planet is that much safer now i know that evil doer wont be riding that bike anymore!
@@justdropHey brother! I do private security too & from I've seen we help communities way more than cops do. I'm proud of my job idk how cops can be proud of theirs
Do you know how many untested rape kits there are across America? Cops don't actually do anything. There were multiple supreme court cases that have asserted the police have no obligation to help anyone or stop crimes. Cops are allowed to watch you be stabbed to death and do nothing, in fact there was a major court case where exactly that happened.
"Does he have asthma?" 😂 BURN!
In high school there was this cop who had it out for our friend group and one night they were after one particular kid as they came to break up a bon fire party. He started running at my friend and twisted his ankle on the way so out of embarrassment he charged him with assaulting a police officer. Same officer that was dating a girl that was a party regular so he would constantly roll through to check on her/ harrass everybody.
If I was a cop and saw someone without a light on their bike I’d get them one. If I fell down all on my own I’d probably laugh my ass off 😂😂😂
Him threatening to sic a dog on the guy leads me to believe everything here was done out of spite, and they just wanted to screw this guy over for not complying over such a petty issue. That's a pretty big red flag that nothing here was good faith want to prevent traffic issues it was just vindictive. If they really cared that much and had nothing better to do they could have just followed the dude home and cited him there. Guy wasn't even in the roadway he was no more a traffic issue than someone walking on the sidewalk.
"Him threatening to sic a dog on the guy"
This right here is enough of a reason to not stop for the police.. they threatened your life because you didnt have a bike light.. He is fleeing for his own safety
@@MarkOfTzeentch
Fuh Ken Eh
This kind of thing and after what happened in Ohio is a good reason to start taking a look at the police even having dogs, they clearly can't handle the responsibility.
@@spikem5950 Yea the abuse both against people and the dogs themselves by cops is horrendous. Best case scenario they have somewhere in the ballpark of a coinflips chance of finding drugs, worst case multiple are dying in the back of a cruiser or being sent after people already in handcuffs for the cops amusement or to teach them a lesson.
@@MarkOfTzeentchthis is exactly the kind of thinking that’ll screw you over even further. What reasonable person thinks “This cop is threatening me with a dog if I don’t stop… therefore, I’ll keep going!” On a bicycle no less. You’ll lose that battle 10 times out of 10.
Whether or not that use of force would’ve been justified, you don’t get to choose to disregard a lawful traffic stop simply because you disagree with whatever punishment you’ll get.
a blind guy I know was out drinking at a Wisconsin bar with a friend. As they exited the bar his friend had an epileptic seizure and the blind guy tried to help. The cops showed up and beat the crap out of both guys and took them to jail. When the judge heard the case he dismissed the charges but qualified immunity kept the guys from suing the cops. So the cops were in the wrong, both guys got pretty badly beaten up and had no recourse; the blind guy had a $1200 medical bill show up a few weeks later. great time in Wisconsin!
That's some Los Santos PD shit
Pretty sure that the can sue the city, no?
@@carlgustafemilmannerheim5661you vs. The literal city. Easy money eh?
@@carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 The PD will investigate themselves, determine every action the LEOs took was within policy and standards, so there is no basis for a suit.
@@seraphcreed840 well since I've seen tens if not hundreds of people receiving ridiculous amounts in settlements for the slightest misbehavior by cops such as stopping people from filming in townhalls, I would imagine the people from this story would have had a pretty strong case. But I am neither American nor an attorney, hence why I asked.
Good cops, this is how it starts! No light on the bicycle is the gateway in to really heavy criminal stuff.
I guess that cop thought he was back in highschool playing football and his form tells me he was a benchwarmer lol
"I'm just following orders", "I'm just doing my job". We all know where these are from. "Never again" my ass, they took it as a hiring point.
Stop making me hit you. Stop making me hurt myself.
This literally reminds me of an abusive husband and abused wife. That’s the perfect description of the relationship between government and the governed.
That’s exactly what it is. We’re the beaten spouses of the state.
Its more common to be an abusive wife. Think about it the majority of people instantly believe the officers just like people instantly believe women when they say they didn't do anything. And there isn't as much recourse for men in an abusive relationship just like our recourse is limited and if we do stand up people still blame us just like they blame husbands.
The guy didn't stop when given lawful orders and the officers felt that apprehension was necessary. Some use of force has to be applied to apprehend a suspect, would you rather he tazed someone technically operating a vehicle? Because that's against most taser policies.
@@lstchance87 that's statistically very incorrect. 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse compared to only 1 in 9 men. That means men are literally more than twice as likely to be domestic abusers (this is of course ignoring fringe LGBTQIA+ cases as the statistics are tenuous at best unfortunately)
@@StabbyMcStabwood They have tasered a young man on an atv it flipped the and the kid died and nothing happen to the cop He wasn't sorry he said he should have known the laws guess he didn't need it his murder was one step ahead of his education.
“your obstructing me on my way home”smart man
Legally, the officers were 100% in the right and the biker was 100% in the wrong. However, one has to ask if enforcing headlights on bicycles is worth public resources.
You can tell just from his tone, that cop was disappointed this guy had no priors at all. These guys probably went all hog wild because their savor complex made them think they’d catch a serial killer just cause he’s missing a bike light. Such an utter waste of police time and resources
Looks like "Butt hurt cop syndrome"
Once a citizen objects, it's on like Donkey kong
Exactly two cop SUVs needed to apprehend a lightless bicycle? Guy in the video was right to question that they had nothing better to do.
My guess is they assumed he had a suspended license since he's an adult riding a bike and hoped he had a record so they could screw with him but obviously they don't realize a lot of young people don't even bother with a license nowadays until into their 20s if they have a job nearby and save insurance/gas money
A lot of cops assume a adult man riding a bike is a junkie.
@@paulphilpott7282 yep. They love screwing with people when they're bored and if they perceive someone isn't wealthy they know they can get away with it without pushback. Poor people, single moms, people who've been in the system, and so on are great fun for them to target... intimidation is their porn.
Both parties were immediately hostile. You can pretty much tell exactly where this interaction was headed from the moment of first contact
if he gets charged with assault he should at least get to actually assault him..
Here's how this usually goes down in Denmark (where we bike a lot):
- Police stops you, because you don't have any lights
- You stop and acknowledge and said you're just on your way home
- The police will just give you a warning and asks you to drag your bike home
This video could have ended that way too, had the dude stoped.
@@Zironeful
I wonder how many police kill citizens in Denmark.
@@14thCenturyHareZERO. That's the whole point.
@@14thCenturyHare Well, how many citizen kill police in Denmark. Americans are more likely to have weapons, meaning that every dude is more likely to succesfully kill the cop. If you were to be a cop in the US you would need to be ready for any stop to suddenly involve a weapon, possibly by a stupid drunk person who think he is being smart.
@@14thCenturyHare Your right, they should if shot em or tazed him. All I know is the road I drive has had a bike w/o lights in my lane. If I didn't have high beams on, this story would be different. Its ppl like the rider who think they can do whatever they want, he was asked to stop so they can talk safely..
They really made the community safe...
I wish I could get picked for a jury on a case like this. I'd obstruct the court at every step
@@tgatt5759I wouldn't obstruct, I'd find not guilty on the felony
Normally I would agree but bicycles are such dicks with how they think they can take any risk they want and cars should jump out of there way. More bicyclists need to be harassed.
@@tgatt5759 jury system is dumb af. imagine this redditor idiot being able to actually have any power to impact the law
The type of cop to drive away from real crime. Threatening sending the dog in because of a light..
"you're obstructing me on my way home" dude isn't lying.
I worked with officers that charged people for their own clumsy actions that caused them an injury. I have been injured by 3 different suspects and criminals and I never charged them for my fault. Either incidents were caused by the said suspects and criminals I arrested but if I would have been reckless I wouldn't charge anyone for that.
The officer tried to hurt him, but karma said
"you activated my trap card, reverse, Uno, exodia obliterate!"
(Life points go down to zero)
The baby police officer: " ahhH my shoulder"
Lmao
I love how we put aside citizen safety in an attempt to enforce a law for citizen safety.
what are you talking about that citizen himself chose that route
I mean they could have just shot him off the bike, would have been plenty easier. They chose the method that was least dangerous to the criminal to enforce the law.
@@gunshotNrun bootlicker
@@reedofwater Criminal? For no light on a bike? You are mental. I hope you never go 1 mph over the speed limit or forget to wear your seatbelt, you monster
@@reedofwater dude's a criminal for riding a bike home after work on a road with no traffic
this is so petty we ride our bikes as kids without lights all the time on weekends at night in front of our house.
“Nope, this is as best as it gets” really sums up how useful cops actually are
They're afraid of the real criminals. Abolish qualified immunity for all law enforcement
Get rid of all of them.....and our Gov too.
Nonsense.
When you are commanded by sober thoughts perhaps you should think this through.
Having light is for our protection and this dumbass fatass fragile cop throws him off his bike "for protection".
@@ibnewton8951Those boots are delicious aren't they..
Bruh just go back to the days of Noah. No government whatsoever.
Good to know there are brave officers out there, risking life and limb to protect us from people with lights out on their bike.
I was thinking the same thing, the amount of overly powered headlights on vehicles but they go for the felony charge no light on a poor mans bicycle.
I mean, he got arrested for running from the police. If the cops want to pull you over for an out of date inspection sticker, and you run from the police, you weren't 'jailed because you had an out of date sticker'.
@@Vsor But who cares if someone if bicycling without a light on a fairly lit road? Should they pull over everyone going 36 in a 35 just because they can? Now there's an injured officer who can't stop real criminals.
@@markmccleary7276 They are trying to enforce some minor law. It usually happens after someone gets hit. For instance cops will give a lot of tickets for failing to stop at crosswalks if some gets hit.
These stupid laws are just as much of a problem as the cops who enforce them.
It's kinda scary when you need to have 37 law textbooks completely memorized just to go to the store without getting harassed. Then again, I suppose it just depends on if the officer doesn't like the way you walk.
Or just stop and have the officer explain the law and then you can fix it if it's wrong?
Or when the cop drives next to you telling you the laws and asks again for to to stop before they make you? That's a good time to comply.
This is power tripping at it's most without consequence, i never had lights on my electric bike, and i had to bike 27 miles too and then from work at 4am, and always said "if they complained about my helmet or lack of light, I'll ask them to buy me one" considering i was barely able to live, and i was 16 too so idk how much it would've changed the encounter
He's fallin and his ego CAN'T GET UP!
Really kept him safe! He could’ve crashed without his light! Thank goodness he was tackled and given a felony instead of risking that!
Right?!
Truly kept others safe from him. They should have added reckless endangerment, so it's too bad they'll probably drop the felony down to a misdemeanor.
The city is now safe! Thanks officers 🤦♂️
@@therealctoo4183 lick boots much?
@@-DawnZero Aid and abet criminals much?
There are plenty of cases where the cops are in the wrong. A quick search on RUclips will find many of them. So what are you doing here? The guy was given multiple warnings, and then he tried to speed up when the cop legally tried to stop him. The injuries that resulted are 100% his fault.
Imagine going so far as to TACKLING someone off their moving bike because they don’t have a light, and then thinking they’re out ensuring safety
A man cannot even ride home on his bloody bike anymore without getting tackled by cops (injured, and put in a situation where they were ready to murder him for a bike light), slapped with a felony, and given an "F" from AtA? God Bless America. I don't really understand how he gets an "F"... I mean I'm willing to bet money that the felony charge does not stick, it's either going to get dropped if he has the money to fight it, or pleaded down if he's too poor to fight it (both makes me sick), either way it's a total waste of tax payers money and the courts time.
> The cops should get an F for wasting tax payer money, court time, injuring themselves, and, MORE IMPORTANTLY, injuring the citizens THEY WORK FOR, over a bloody "warning" that the cop's ego couldn't just let go, or give verbally while driving beside the guy? He said a lot of other stuff from his car, why couldn't he just say "please get a white light when you drive around in dark" and drive off? AND THEY GET A C+? AtA is way too much a cop lover to be doing this show, F, pure F for the cop and F for AtA. AtA needs to do better.
As for the victim it really is too hard to rate him, he was literally just riding home on a bloody bike not wanting to interact with cops, knowing he hasn't done anything to warrant the harassment he was receiving from the cops. His rating: -
He gives his rating on what the law is, not what the law should be. Everything the cop did was legal.
But just because because it is legal doesn't make it right. Ita not right to cheap on someone just because it is legal.
And while they were both in the wrong, the cop was clearly more in the wrong and he has much more power and his actions have far more severe consequnces than the rando on his bike, which only makes what the cop did even worse.
@@liarwithagun you honestly don't know what you are talking about. Everyone knows AtA try's to "follow the law" even if he doesn't agree with it, but he has some real clear biases, and clearly leans towards the cop bias more often than not. The law basically says "a cop can, individually, do no wrong as long as the pig doesn't 'know' what he is doing is illegal" (aka as long as they play stupid anything they do is legal), everyone knows this, every AtA episode is now done, A+ to every cop. Bam. But then he's giving F's to some cops who did nothing "illegal" however resulted in a 10M dollar lawsuit to the tax payers in a follow up 1983), he is laterally all over the place that no one can predict an AtA score. There are times he rates the cops A+ in cases where the victim's lost in the lower level court, and then 3 years later after the appeal process is over the appellate courts says the cops was in the wrong and all charges got dismissed, and then a 200k+ 1983 law suit gets filed, and in this case, if AtA was creating the episode from scratch, would give the cop an F, however, he already gave him an A+; he simply relies too much of the work being done for him by the court system, and when it's not done for him his bias shows way to much.
For example the episode where the cop tried to pull a guy out of the truck and the truck drove off with a cop hanging on to the steering wheel. The cop then violently yanked the steering wheel to the side of the road and caused the vehicle to run into the ditch, and AtA gave the cops an A+ because they are "allowed to demand a person exit the vehicle" eventhough it was clear they were doing it based on their ego, and court found the guy guilty, and episode released. Then appeals court happened and all charges were dropped because the cops already finished the stop, handed the guy the ticket (ending the stop) before they decided to "ask" to search the truck, he declined, and then they tried to drag him out, and judge ruled that everything that happened after that is the fault of the cops, not the driver, resulting in a huge lawsuit. Also that even if the stop wasn't over, the cops were not in a state to fear for their safety to demand the driver to exit the vehicle, etc. The law has so much wiggly room when it comes to pigs that someone who is biased for cops really shouldn't be auditing them.
This is what I was saying if you read the 1st message carefully. There are a lot better people out there now-a-days, ones who can actually predict the final outcome of these cases even before they happen. People who know the law much better that they can say that even-though AtA would give the cop an A+, that even if it fails in the lower courts, that the appellate court is going to smash this down immediately, and that it's going to result in a 1983 lawsuit that the victim's is very likely going to win because of the pigs actions, thus, the pig doesn't deserve an A+, he gets a C-, etc. People who follow/predict/publish the higher level courts (appellate/supreme, aka pro-rights) rulings closer than the lowest level (more-often pro-police) rulings, AtA usually falls into the lower court rulings, simply because often time thats the only thing availably when he makes the video, and it's too hard for him, with his bias, to accurately predict what happens after. But yes, for a lot of these episodes, AtA would likely be good at predicting what happens in the lower (city/town) courts, simply because often-times these course have the same bias as him (however he usually just looks it up, 99% of his episodes the low-level court case is already done). He is horrible at predicting how the case actually ends up at the very end though unless it's already done for him.
@@liarwithagunif it's not just it's not law
This is about as bad as punching someone in the face and then charging them with assault because you broke your hand on their face.
thats literally exactly what it is lol
it has happened before.
It's as bad as trying to do a traffic stop and then having to tackle injuring yourself. Punch in the face would be excessive force.
Well he forced cops to take physical action to stop him. If he would have just stopped and talked to the officers instead of acting like a ass, this all would have been avoided. You can argue the stupidity of the law all you like, but it is a law and cops are "law enforcment"
@@austin2528 I mean they literally stoked the fires of the entire situation too.
When I was 16 , I got an ***actual traffic ticket*** in Winona (a town nearby LaCrosse) for riding my bike through a stop sign. No cars at the intersection, just a cop car parked & waiting. The ticket didnt mention I was on a bicycle. I went to court to challenge it and lost. First interaction with police set the stage to never trust them.
@@matirion yep, that's what the judge said.
Because a bicycle is considered a type of vehicle. That was your own d*** fault.
@@matirion what? Tickets around here list make, model and color of the vehicle. The ticket absolutely should indicate that it was a bicycle. They're still going to be responsible for the ticket but it might help with points on their license and insurance rates if it shows they was on a bike.
he said exactly what i was thinking, they have nothing better to do but mess with someone riding their bike over a f,riggin headlight. The world is bat shit crazy. No rapists, child molesters, murderers, etc.
"this is as good as it gets, fuck with someone on a bike?"
"Yep"
"Time to get a new job"
😂😂😂
So this is going to make him dislike the police for the rest of his life
while the policeman gets on with his life
Dislike? They're taking this man's freedom away for hurting their own shoulder, he's going to hate them for eternity and he's right to.
Ok , then " freedom .
Imagine if he had pulled over, as requested, and the cops gave him a simple warning?
@@jackwatsonepic626 Yes, they're going to slap a felony on him which removes many your rights. That's taking away his freedom.
Well about 500,000 watching this will dislike these cops for the rest of their lives was it worth it. Maybe cops should think about the consequences of their choices before over reacting
I love how that cop is obviously just too embarrassed to admit he hurt himself and gets extra money if he books the guy for the injury
Where on earth do you get the idea that the officer gets "extra money" for felony arrests? That's not a thing
Cops don’t get more money for arrests 🤡
Lol,they don't make more money based on charging people with higher classed crimes. 🤣 People are so silly and clueless.
@@KB-gd6fccitations are like taxes; they get syphoned into government treasury, and likely go back into the officers’ pocket or otherwise departments’, I’d understand if you’ve never paid taxes before, but this is all common sense when you get to know the system.
@JDCIncAccount not only do I pay taxes... I work in public saftey so my salary comes from said taxes . The municipality definitely sees revenue from tickets. But to assert that a patrolman is out writing tickets, or worse, making felony arrests...because it benefits his pockets personally is absolutely baseless. It's the kind of ridiculousness only echoed by people who got caught doing something illegal and are upset that they were issued a citation.
I once walked by some police on horseback at a street festival and another cop who wasn't on horseback jumped on my back from behind. I pushed him off because I didn't realize he was a cop, they pushed me against a wall cuffed me. I asked why they stopped me for they said "assault on a police horse". Mind you I was about 10 feet from the horse they were trying to clear the street for the end of the festival, I guess and I didn't move in the direction they wanted to is what I really think.
In the end I was released. No charges. Still it's ridiculous how they do crap like this just because you don't move the way they want immediately.
Ya'll act like someone riding a bike with no light or reflectors is no big deal until you're driving down the road and one of them fuckers is RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
Arresting people for no lights. Calling reinforcements makes it worse
Nope. Arresting a fool for not stopping when ordered.
He could have gotten a warning but no.
Stop simping for the cops.
It wasn't for no lights doo fus
@@douglascampbell9809 Would you like some boot soup? 👢 🍲?
@@wlm1697 Are you saying the cops should only enforce the laws they personally agree with?
If the cop really cared about this dude and the situation he would of rolled his window down "Hey man, you need to have a light on your bike at night, do you need me to help you get home safe?"
EXACTLY! Well said. That’s the kind of public service we want. Not violent, tooled-up thugs who threaten to set dogs on people
That could have happened had the kid stopped. We won’t know since the kid decided he makes the rules.
Not necessarily. That’s kind, but that doesn’t enforce the law. No guarantee he’ll put a light on next time. This could’ve been just a simple fix-it ticket if he didn’t run
@@JxsonKing Beating him up an charge him with a felony because someone else try to tacked him does not ensure he will put a light next time either, but if you think that putting yourself and others at risk for something as menial as a light on a bike, have at it. Just don't wonder why citizens don't trust cops and try to run from them.
People that break one law are most often breaking many laws.
People that run from police are using doing so because they are bad people who do not want to get caught.
Refusing to stop when you have nothing to worry about is just dumb.
This should go viral, this has pissed me off to no end. Way to go guys.
This is one of the most infuriating encounters I've watched.
Like the cop said. It's just a light. Yet he turns it into an international incident.
This deserves the pin 📌
Fuck that once again the pigs 🐖 using way more foce than necessary.
This individual's failure to use a light on his bicycle is putting everyone on the road at risk. In Turkey, we're even required to wear phosphorescent jackets to ensure drivers can see us.
@Rikimkigsck why couldn't the officer just escort him?
@@tgatt5759that's not his job? Closest you can get with that is:
If you're in a dangerous living situation and you want to move out you can have a cop stand by on scene while you pack and move out.
"His bike has no flashlight!"" -- "shoot his ass"
Basically. They did threaten him with a dog right off the bat
They gave him every chance to comply. Just because you don't like a law doesn't mean you get to ignore it. If he had just pulled, there would be no issue, but he chose to flea from the cops. Don't run from the cops.
@@Tb0n3lick that boot, putz
Petty tyrants, this bike law is unconstitutional, same as the seat belt laws. The government has no obligation to protect individuals from themselves or an assailant. The Supreme Court has ruled on this numerous times.
Mans saw an opportunity for early retirement and said fuck it
I've been told my entire life that America is the nation of freedom but I can only think of a couple of places where riding a bike without a light can lead to felony type charges and they're not places known for being free
The cop threatening deadly force (dog attack) before even telling him to pull over for an offense is a good enough reason not to stop for those violent thugs
That’s not what happened lol. He was warned and later threatened with the dog. This whole encounter was stupid, but had to call out your mistake.
That’s the kind of mentality that got the rider into all this BS. You don’t get to just ride away cause you feel like it, or you’ll end up with a felony like this guy!
Your only hope is to obey under duress and hope to survive the encounter without your life being forever negatively altered.
They have unlimited power outside the courtroom, and depending on if the judge is blue gang, you might have no choice but to swallow the injustice and try to heal and avoid them in the future.
Lots of innocent people being harmed.
Make noise and hope someone records the crime.
@@robv5834 Under no circunstances is ok to threat a non-violent suspect with deadly force. You are righ about the timing but I had to call out your mistake. Ah, and before you start saying that he was violent, he wasn't. He was fleeing and using fighting words, he never physically threatened the officers. They in turn threatened him during the whole chase, and assaulted him. This whole encounter was stupid not because the cyclist refusal to stop, he was very much in his right to be terrified giving the cops threathing behavior. This encounter was stupid because it wasn't even necesary to chase him like that, they could just as easily followed him home and handed him the citation there, or even arrest him if they were so gong-ho about a bike light. A waste of time and resources. And one more instance that supports people's distrusts of cops
@@raionfavorites I’m not aware of a policy that states k9s can only be used when violence is occurring. I think you may be incorrect with that.
The mindset that cops can do almost anything they want if they’re not immediately obeyed is so dangerous.
He told the guy to stop several times. Cited the law that required him to. He informed him what the consequences would be if he didn't. That is not "immediately do whatever they want". The kid on the bike acted like a brat whose parents never told him no.
@@Quinn37 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm boots
@@Quinn37 This is america you have a right to be a brat
@@stevepenn2582 you certainly do. That right comes with the obligation to experience the consequences of your own choices.
Normal people obey police if they know they have broken the law.
When a cop orders a traffic stop, you stop. Simple as that. But this guy chose to keep on riding, making him also suspicious.
Thanks officers for risking your shoulders for lights on bikes. Your parents must be so proud. Lmao what a joke
Whew, thank goodness for the men in blue keeping us all safe from this bicycle.
How would you feel if you were driving to work early in the morning and accidentally hit a bicyclist who didn’t have a light with your car and injured or killed them?
All this ignorant little twat had to do was stop and the police would have told him why what he was doing was so dangerous.
I know i feel extremely protected and served right now
@@nathanmcandrew4778 How would you like to live with running over and killing this doofus because he's to stupid to get a light or stop when demanded by a cop?
The police today are not the same as the police before 9/11. Today's policing employs an 'us against them' mentality. Come to Ohio. Our police pulled over a truck because it was missing a mud flap. As the trucker was coming out of the truck with his hands held high (per orders from the police), one of the officers released the k9 to nibble on the trucker. Slowly but surely the public is beginning to react to these depts. Citizens need to retrain the police as to what we will and will not tolerate. They need to return to working FOR the public.
He shouldn't have Charged him for the Fall, but the Suspect WAS in the wrong.
I did a police ride-along years and years ago. It was on the day shift with a 20-year veteran. We got a call for a domestic dispute, code 2 via the dispatcher (which means go fast with lights and siren). He sped up a little bit, but was still stopping at each stop sign and light. After about 30 seconds, I asked him "wasn't this code 2?". He turned to me and told me how he got about 5 domestic dispute calls a shift, and in 4 out of 5 of them once he got there it had fizzled out and they would just do up reports, maybe arrest someone after the fact for assault. Rarely was anything actually still going on. But every time he turns on his lights and siren and races through town, he's putting not only himself but others in danger. At the time as a young 20-something I thought he was just burnt out. But now that I'm older, I realize the wisdom that he had gained over 20 years of policing in balancing the pros and cons of any given situation.
I'm just reminded of all this while watching the fallout from a bike without a light. One cop hurt, them racing around, this guy tackled. I get the evading aspect of it and not just letting people run from the cops, but was it all really worth it in the end? Does the damage done to society by this one guy outweigh the damage done by pursuing it? And they were even talking about letting the K9 go after him.
Exactly! They needed multiple cop cars for one guy on a bicycle. These cops are so dramatic! Escalating the whole situation over a bike light. It's so ridiculous.
Domestic dispute calls are some of the worst calls an officer can get...
The answer is no, it was not worth creating victims in an attempt to "enforce" a victimless crime.
Yeah like just follow the guy home and give him a ticket for failure to stop
Hopefully he'll be able to use the threat of K-9 as a defense as to why he didn't stop, because he was afraid
The man on the bicycle violated no law. The legal definition of a bicycle does not require it to have an onboard battery. As such, any lamp installed on the bicycle or worn by the rider would be incapable of emitting light at the intensity the law requires. If a law requires you to perform an action that is technically impossible, no violation of that law can be considered a felony or misdemeanor. The officer arrested and tackled him, and injured himself, all because of his own misunderstanding of the law and his ego.
Could you imagine if that officer tackled him and broke his neck? Dude would be in prison for murder because the cop decided to spear tackle a brick wall 😂
To all cops: You want your respect back? THEN EARN OUR TRUST BACK! End qualified immunity! Make each officer personally liable! Take settlements out of the police union pension fund. As long as you fear integrity and accountability, you are NOT the good guys!
Not sure if this matters BUT... The guy was riding his bike on the sidewalk NOT the street/ highway/shoulder etc... technically.
Wouldn't that negate the ordinance?... for no headlight?
Sure,there could be a different code against riding on sidewalks but that was not cited.