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Video: Cop Kicks Cop In The Head
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 23, 2014
Modified Oct 23, 2014
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A plainclothes NYPD officer kicked a uniformed officer in the head during a rough arrest in a Coney Island subway station earlier this year. The misguided kick is so forceful you can actually hear it above the cacophony erupting from the arrest:
After realizing he kicked a fellow officer, the unidentified cop kindly rubs his colleague's head, then punches the suspect in the face. Because if you kick and punch enough people at random you'll probably hit your intended target eventually. That's just statistics.
DNAinfo reports that officer McKickacoppy was stripped of his gun and badge after the video surfaced. After his arrest, the suspect "pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and his case has been sealed." And if you're still trying to come up with a Halloween costume, Rockette Cop is all yours.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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