Crazed Greenwich Village gunman also an off-duty NYPD officer

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://gawker.com/crazed-greenwich-village-gunman-also-off-duty-nypd-offi-1781972403

[Jacque67 7,328]

As the old saying goes, the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a bicycle is an enraged good guy with a gun and nothing identifying him as an officer of the law.

[Jacque67 7,328]

An argument between a driver and bike messengers in Manhattan yesterday almost became deadly when the driver pulled out a gun. Reports of a gunman spread, and a local elementary school was even put on lockdown, but thankfully police and firefighters arrived before anyone was shot.

Then an unarmed bicyclist was arrested, and not the angry man with the gun, because the angry man with a gun was also an off-duty cop.

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG6q6WnovIk&autoplay=1

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[Sousuke 1,214]

I would imagine this will come back on the police department, the officer will be put on leave.

I agree with one of the posters that a dash cam or body camera is a good thing to have in case you have a run in with the police or anyone else.

Edited June 15, 2016 by Sousuke

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

oddly enough the Video starts in the middle of the event

[Jacque67 7,328]

oddly enough the Video starts in the middle of the event

Bummer, I know. Someone should have whipped out their cellphone and started filming before this debacle even began. C'mon! Where was Scorsese????

[Jacque67 7,328]

[Jacque67 7,328]

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

I would have loved to see what led up to this whole incident, but I think it will come out eventually. But in any case that guy was an IDIOT for pulling out his firearm because it looks like there was no need to do that.