Police have stripped a New York City officer of his badge and gun after a video posted on YouTube showed him body-checking a bicyclist who was part of a Times Square demonstration.
Witnesses say the video was recorded Friday at the Critical Mass ride, a monthly protest of urban reliance on vehicles.
The video, posted anonymously, shows the officer standing in the street as bikes whiz past. He moves toward a cyclist and violently knocks him to the ground in front of crowds of people.
Police have placed the officer on desk duty pending the outcome of a department investigation. His identity wasn't released.
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