Thread: Revealed: FIVE off-duty NYPD officers were among the bikers involved in SUV attack bu

Revealed: FIVE off-duty NYPD officers were among the bikers involved in SUV attack but not one of them intervened to help father as he was viciously beaten in revenge for running one of them over

• Injured biker Edwin Mieses Jr now faces permanent paralysis
• Two detectives and three other officers, all off-duty, witnessed the attack
• A number of off-duty corrections officers may also have been present
• The attacker is expected to turn himself in soon
  

By Daily Mail Reporter and Ryan Gorman
PUBLISHED: 18:59 EST, 4 October 2013 | UPDATED: 10:24 EST, 5 October 2013
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At least five off-duty New York Police Department officers have admitted being present at the savage revenge beating last weekend on the Henry Hudson Parkway, according to reports.

Among the off duty cops were at least two detectives and three other officers, all who witnessed the attack and did little to stop it. One of the detectives, an undercover narcotics officer, watched as the violence broke out and chose not to break it up for fear of ruining his cover.

The five officers were not the only ones present, WABC is reporting that the NYPD is investigating whether several off-duty corrections officers were also there. Police who saw the violent attack did not begin coming forward until Wednesday - four days later.





Before and after: Edwin Mieses Jr suffered a broken spine, fractured ribs, a punctured lung and a torn aortic valve and now may never walk again

It is believed that the 38-year-old biker who was seen on the video smashing his helmet into the Range Rover's window is expected to turn himself in to police for his role in the melee, according to WABC. It is not clear what further role, if any, he played in the fracas.

Investigators have already questioned some of the six individuals seen in the YouTube video of the assault, according to WABC. They plan to talk to as many as possible, the station noted.
'This is a complex investigation with a lot of people involved,' a source told WABC.

One of the bikers who spoke to investigators said that Mr Lien 'drove erratically and bumped the bike on the side,' adding 'when he bumped that bike on the side, that bike became aggressive because his life was in danger,' according to WABC.

The New York Post originally reported that the first undercover officer to admit being at the ruthless pounding was not the only cop at the scene, as several members of the motorcycle group- called the Front Line Soldiers- are police officers themselves.

Internal Affairs of the NYPD are now investigating whether or not any of these officers were the ones who were pictured hitting the Range Rover, though they do not seem to be worried that the undercover took part

When reached by MailOnline for comment, an NYPD spokesperson said only that the involvement of off-duty officers 'is under investigation.'

'It is does not appear that he got involved at the scene,' a police source told The Post.

That said, the undercover officer has hired a lawyer.



On camera: This shows the moment the Range Rover driver panicked and hit some of the bikers as he tried to get away to protect his wife and child. It is believed he hit Jeremiah Mieses here



Smashed: When they come to a standstill in heavy traffic, it takes moments before a biker jumps off and attacks the vehicle, smashing the driver's window with his helmet

He was not the only one to do so, as longtime partner of Edwin Mieses Jr, the man who was run over by the car, has hired famed defender Gloria Allred.

'He is the best father I know,' Dayana Mejia said at a Friday press conference.

'To learn that he almost died and that he may not walk again- that is all still sinking in.

'It tears me up that anyone could think that Edwin in anyway deserves what happened to him.'

Mieses was one of dozens of bikers who rode alongside a black Range Rover on Manhattan's West Side Highway last weekend until a biker slowed down and the vehicles bumped, police said.
Video captured at the scene shows the SUV surrounded by helmeted riders.



Damage: The broken window on the passenger side of the vehicle shows that the male driver was not the only target of the bikers' wrath



Scary: The Liens said they feared for their lives



Towed away: The car was brought to the NYPD's 33 precinct on Friday

In the video, one rider approaches the vehicle and peers into the driver's side window.

Police said others tried to damage the SUV before the driver, Alexian Lien, took off and ploughed over Mieses.

The bikers then chased after Lien and smashed his car window with their helmets, then pulled him from the SUV and beat him to the point where he required stitches.

Lien's wife, Rosalyn Ng, has said that her family's sympathies go out to Mieses, but that they had to flee a dangerous situation.



'He is the best father I know,' Dayana Mejia, Mieses' longtime partner, said at a Friday press conference



Support: Ms Mejia, seen with attorney Gloria Allred and Mieses' father Edwin Mieses Sr, said that they are still coping with how to deal with Edwin's injuries

She said her husband was trying to protect her and their 2-year-old child, who was also in the car at the time.

Mieses, who is from Lawrence, Massachusetts, suffered a broken spine, fractured ribs, a punctured lung and a torn aortic valve, said his attorney, Allred.

His injuries may have left him paralyzed.

Pain: Ms Mejia said that it is wrong to cast any of the blame of the incident on her partner

'He told everyone to move on and go back to riding, and turned his back to the SUV to start walking back to his own bike,' Allred said.

'It was then, with his back to the SUV, and as he was in front of it, that he was run over and crushed.'

Mejia said a difficult situation has been made worse by what she described as a 'perception' that some people have about the riders who participated in the rally on Sunday.

'They are not gang members. They are not thugs,' Mejia said.
'They are FedEx drivers, plumbers, military reservists, musicians.

They are fathers and brothers and sons, and sisters and mothers.'
She also said Mieses didn't know any of the people he was riding with on Sunday aside from one friend who traveled to New York with him.

Mieses was recently arrested in Andover, Mass., for driving with a revoked license. He also never applied for a motorcycle license.

Records show that in June he was named a habitual offender and his right to drive in the state was revoked until 2017. It wasn't clear if he had been licensed in any other state.

Shocking moment car ploughs through crowd of bikers.





Fears: Lien needed stitches after he was attacked by bikers in New York on Sunday as he tried to protect his wife and child. He hit some bikers in a bid to escape them but they caught up and beat him

Mieses and the others seen on the video were participating in a periodic rally in which more than 1,000 bikers head for Times Square, police said.

The Manhattan district attorney's office has charged one rider, 28-year-old Christopher Cruz, of Passaic, N.J., with unlawful imprisonment and reckless driving while authorities continue to search for other cyclists.

Investigators and prosecutors are tracking down and talking to dozens of helmet-clad motorcyclists seen in the video, which was posted online.

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