Cop in Bike Bodyslam Video Claims Self-Defense

Former cop Patrick Pogan—who was caught on video slamming a cyclist off his bike during a 2008 Critical Mass ride—took the stand today to defend himself against charges of misdemeanor assault and falsifying a police report. At times, the testimony defied reality—at least, reality as it appears on the videotape, which depicts Pogan shoving cyclist Christopher Long to the pavement in a seemingly unprovoked attack. But Pogan insists he was just doing what he had to do to defend himself from Long

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April 23, 2010, 2:18pm

Psycho cycler’s revenge

Attacks limo & driver who clipped him

A raging cyclist fed up with aggressive Manhattan drivers took matters into his own hands yesterday, jumping on the hood of a limo that clipped him and smashing in the windshield with his fists.

Bike messenger-gone-wild Perzeus Forte, 20, also ripped out the front passenger window, tore the shirt of driver Darr Mohammed, 49, and clocked him in the face during the savage road rage attack around 1 p.m., sources said.

“He hit me and kept going,” Forte later fumed to The Post. “I’m sick of this.”

April 09, 2010, 4:29pm

Pro Cyclist Struck, Killed by ‘Street Racing Teens’

Sheriff’s officials say the bicyclist was thrown into a nearby field and died at the scene.

story at ktla

a shame. a damn shame. visit his team’s site Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team

April 09, 2010, 2:07pm