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Shocker! Cops taser Jet fan

By RICH CALDER in Indianapolis and DAVID K. LI in New York

Last Updated: 8:14 AM, January 25, 2010

Posted: 5:28 AM, January 25, 2010

The Jets’ loss wasn’t the only thing that shocked Gang Green fans yesterday.

Cops sacked a Jet diehard before the big game, throwing him against a squad car outside the stadium and then zapping him with a Taser — all while the young man’s dad watched in disbelief, witnesses said.

The arresting officer claimed Patrick Mallon, 26, had been belligerent and threw beer at other tailgate revelers.

But Mallon told The Post after his late-night hearing, “I did not throw beer at anybody. I was angry with the police for trying to go through the crowd like that.

“But I’m more angry with what they did to me.”

Mallon, wearing a throwback Wesley Walker Jet jersey, had been engaged in playful pregame taunting with passing Colt fans at a Jet-heavy tailgate party outside Lucas Oil Stadium when the cops entered the fray.

The officers told the verbally jousting fans and Jet diehards to move along — but Mallon, of Brick, NJ, apparently didn’t move fast enough, witnesses, including his dad, told The Post.

Cops grabbed the construction worker, threw him against their patrol car, punched him in the back of the head and then Tasered him, the witnesses said.

Cops claimed Mallon was “causing a disturbance, throwing beer on other people in the crowd,” according to a report by Sgt. Jeffrey McCleerey, of the Speedway, Ind., police.

“[Mallon] repeatedly ignored my orders and continued to yell and curse at me and other people in the lot,”McCleerey claimed.

He was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

After more than eight hours in jail, Mallon paid a $150 fine and was released. The case will be dismissed if he stays out of trouble for two years.

The suspect and his dad — Thomas Mallon, a criminal defense lawyer from Freehold, NJ —denied the police report.

“I’m dumbfounded,” Thomas Mallon said. “He did nothing wrong.”

The dad said Patrick, cuffed in the back of a cop car after the Tasering, urged his dad and brother to go to the game and pick him up later. The lawyer dad did as his client son wished.

“His last words to me were, ‘Go, Jets!’ ” the dad said after the 30-17 Gang Green loss.

Whether Patrick Mallon did anything to warrant the rough treatment depended on whatcolor the witness was wearing — Colt blue or Jet green.

Colt fan Peter Malloy, of Indianapolis, said the police were working hard to move traffic in the quickly filling parking lot.

“All the cops were doing was trying to park cars,” Malloy said. “The Jets fan didn’t realize that, and he got a little rowdy. And now he’s not watching the game.”

But Jet backer Barry Kreviston, 46, of Chicago, said the cops could have been flagged for unnecessary roughness.

“The kid said something to the cop through the window that he didn’t like, so they decided to make an example of him,” he said. “It was total bulls- -t.”

Thomas Mallon and his two adult sons were staying in a hotel across the street from the stadium, aaspotted a big tailgate party and decided to join it.

A short time later, cops showed up and told them to move along. Thomas Mallon, 54, admitted his son could have hustled a bit more.

“He should have gotten out of the way and moved faster, instead of sticking out like a sore thumb,” the dad conceded.

“He gestured something to the police — not the finger or anything like that — and the next thing you know, the officer came out and threw him up against the car.

“I just kept yelling, ‘Pat, Pat, just calm down and go with them.’ They Tasered him, I was right there. I could hear it.”
Yes, this is the New York Post, not the Indianapolis Star newspaper. Still....
 
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Shocker! Cops taser Jet fan

By RICH CALDER in Indianapolis and DAVID K. LI in New York

Last Updated: 8:14 AM, January 25, 2010

Posted: 5:28 AM, January 25, 2010

The Jets’ loss wasn’t the only thing that shocked Gang Green fans yesterday.

Cops sacked a Jet diehard before the big game, throwing him against a squad car outside the stadium and then zapping him with a Taser — all while the young man’s dad watched in disbelief, witnesses said.

The arresting officer claimed Patrick Mallon, 26, had been belligerent and threw beer at other tailgate revelers.

But Mallon told The Post after his late-night hearing, “I did not throw beer at anybody. I was angry with the police for trying to go through the crowd like that.

“But I’m more angry with what they did to me.”

Mallon, wearing a throwback Wesley Walker Jet jersey, had been engaged in playful pregame taunting with passing Colt fans at a Jet-heavy tailgate party outside Lucas Oil Stadium when the cops entered the fray.

The officers told the verbally jousting fans and Jet diehards to move along — but Mallon, of Brick, NJ, apparently didn’t move fast enough, witnesses, including his dad, told The Post.

Cops grabbed the construction worker, threw him against their patrol car, punched him in the back of the head and then Tasered him, the witnesses said.

Cops claimed Mallon was “causing a disturbance, throwing beer on other people in the crowd,” according to a report by Sgt. Jeffrey McCleerey, of the Speedway, Ind., police.

“[Mallon] repeatedly ignored my orders and continued to yell and curse at me and other people in the lot,”McCleerey claimed.

He was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

After more than eight hours in jail, Mallon paid a $150 fine and was released. The case will be dismissed if he stays out of trouble for two years.

The suspect and his dad — Thomas Mallon, a criminal defense lawyer from Freehold, NJ —denied the police report.

“I’m dumbfounded,” Thomas Mallon said. “He did nothing wrong.”

The dad said Patrick, cuffed in the back of a cop car after the Tasering, urged his dad and brother to go to the game and pick him up later. The lawyer dad did as his client son wished.

“His last words to me were, ‘Go, Jets!’ ” the dad said after the 30-17 Gang Green loss.

Whether Patrick Mallon did anything to warrant the rough treatment depended on whatcolor the witness was wearing — Colt blue or Jet green.

Colt fan Peter Malloy, of Indianapolis, said the police were working hard to move traffic in the quickly filling parking lot.

“All the cops were doing was trying to park cars,” Malloy said. “The Jets fan didn’t realize that, and he got a little rowdy. And now he’s not watching the game.”

But Jet backer Barry Kreviston, 46, of Chicago, said the cops could have been flagged for unnecessary roughness.

“The kid said something to the cop through the window that he didn’t like, so they decided to make an example of him,” he said. “It was total bulls- -t.”

Thomas Mallon and his two adult sons were staying in a hotel across the street from the stadium, aaspotted a big tailgate party and decided to join it.

A short time later, cops showed up and told them to move along. Thomas Mallon, 54, admitted his son could have hustled a bit more.

“He should have gotten out of the way and moved faster, instead of sticking out like a sore thumb,” the dad conceded.

“He gestured something to the police — not the finger or anything like that — and the next thing you know, the officer came out and threw him up against the car.

“I just kept yelling, ‘Pat, Pat, just calm down and go with them.’ They Tasered him, I was right there. I could hear it.”
Yes, this is the New York Post, not the Indianapolis Star newspaper. Still....
New York Post...errr, National Enquirer...fine papers....
 
I like to think of it as preventitive medicine.

We need a taser emo.

 
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70,000 fans tailgating. 69,000 of them drinking. Probably less than a half dozen got arrested. Do you know how inappropriate you have to be to get arrested at an NFL game? I mean really? It's like getting arrested at a concert or music festival. Even amongst thousands of drunks you have to really stand out and distinguish yourself.

Of course, daddy lawyer was standing right there and it was the fault of the POLICE.

 
70,000 fans tailgating. 69,000 of them drinking. Probably less than a half dozen got arrested. Do you know how inappropriate you have to be to get arrested at an NFL game? I mean really? It's like getting arrested at a concert or music festival. Even amongst thousands of drunks you have to really stand out and distinguish yourself.

Of course, daddy lawyer was standing right there and it was the fault of the POLICE.
No excuses - I don't know this guy or what happened - But, they reported almost one hundred arrests in the Charger game the prior week....

I think you can write an article on this almost any week of the season about almost any team....

I also think the youtube thing from the prior week is what made this a "story" to some.

 
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Shocker! Cops taser Jet fan

By RICH CALDER in Indianapolis and DAVID K. LI in New York

Last Updated: 8:14 AM, January 25, 2010

Posted: 5:28 AM, January 25, 2010

The Jets’ loss wasn’t the only thing that shocked Gang Green fans yesterday.

Cops sacked a Jet diehard before the big game, throwing him against a squad car outside the stadium and then zapping him with a Taser — all while the young man’s dad watched in disbelief, witnesses said.

The arresting officer claimed Patrick Mallon, 26, had been belligerent and threw beer at other tailgate revelers.

But Mallon told The Post after his late-night hearing, “I did not throw beer at anybody. I was angry with the police for trying to go through the crowd like that.

“But I’m more angry with what they did to me.”

Mallon, wearing a throwback Wesley Walker Jet jersey, had been engaged in playful pregame taunting with passing Colt fans at a Jet-heavy tailgate party outside Lucas Oil Stadium when the cops entered the fray.

The officers told the verbally jousting fans and Jet diehards to move along — but Mallon, of Brick, NJ, apparently didn’t move fast enough, witnesses, including his dad, told The Post.

Cops grabbed the construction worker, threw him against their patrol car, punched him in the back of the head and then Tasered him, the witnesses said.

Cops claimed Mallon was “causing a disturbance, throwing beer on other people in the crowd,” according to a report by Sgt. Jeffrey McCleerey, of the Speedway, Ind., police.

“[Mallon] repeatedly ignored my orders and continued to yell and curse at me and other people in the lot,”McCleerey claimed.

He was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

After more than eight hours in jail, Mallon paid a $150 fine and was released. The case will be dismissed if he stays out of trouble for two years.

The suspect and his dad — Thomas Mallon, a criminal defense lawyer from Freehold, NJ —denied the police report.

“I’m dumbfounded,” Thomas Mallon said. “He did nothing wrong.”

The dad said Patrick, cuffed in the back of a cop car after the Tasering, urged his dad and brother to go to the game and pick him up later. The lawyer dad did as his client son wished.

“His last words to me were, ‘Go, Jets!’ ” the dad said after the 30-17 Gang Green loss.

Whether Patrick Mallon did anything to warrant the rough treatment depended on whatcolor the witness was wearing — Colt blue or Jet green.

Colt fan Peter Malloy, of Indianapolis, said the police were working hard to move traffic in the quickly filling parking lot.

“All the cops were doing was trying to park cars,” Malloy said. “The Jets fan didn’t realize that, and he got a little rowdy. And now he’s not watching the game.”

But Jet backer Barry Kreviston, 46, of Chicago, said the cops could have been flagged for unnecessary roughness.

“The kid said something to the cop through the window that he didn’t like, so they decided to make an example of him,” he said. “It was total bulls- -t.”

Thomas Mallon and his two adult sons were staying in a hotel across the street from the stadium, aaspotted a big tailgate party and decided to join it.

A short time later, cops showed up and told them to move along. Thomas Mallon, 54, admitted his son could have hustled a bit more.

“He should have gotten out of the way and moved faster, instead of sticking out like a sore thumb,” the dad conceded.

“He gestured something to the police — not the finger or anything like that — and the next thing you know, the officer came out and threw him up against the car.

“I just kept yelling, ‘Pat, Pat, just calm down and go with them.’ They Tasered him, I was right there. I could hear it.”
Yes, this is the New York Post, not the Indianapolis Star newspaper. Still....
I call ;) no way a sworn officer of the LAW would ever behave in such a manner. This guy obviously deserved what he got and is probably just trying to get a lawsuit going.
 
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70,000 fans tailgating. 69,000 of them drinking. Probably less than a half dozen got arrested. Do you know how inappropriate you have to be to get arrested at an NFL game? I mean really? It's like getting arrested at a concert or music festival. Even amongst thousands of drunks you have to really stand out and distinguish yourself.Of course, daddy lawyer was standing right there and it was the fault of the POLICE.
:shrug:
 
I call :goodposting: no way a sworn officer of the LAW would ever behave in such a manner. This guy obviously deserved what he got and is probably just trying to get a lawsuit going.

I am assuming there is some sarcasm in this or you live in a cave.

 
70,000 fans tailgating. 69,000 of them drinking. Probably less than a half dozen got arrested. Do you know how inappropriate you have to be to get arrested at an NFL game? I mean really? It's like getting arrested at a concert or music festival. Even amongst thousands of drunks you have to really stand out and distinguish yourself.Of course, daddy lawyer was standing right there and it was the fault of the POLICE.
:thumbup:
 
I was at the game and arrived on the scene just at the time they put the guy in handcuffs. Everyone in the area said he didn't do anything wrong.

At this point I'm a little put off that this has happened two weeks in a row and for full disclosure I'm watchful of cops abusing their power due to a past incident involving a close family member and a couple of crooked cops. Yes its true and don't ask.

So I just keep asking what happened and the story remained the same. A few minutes pass and I eyewitness two cops pull this guy out of the car, tase him (yes he WAS tased) and throw him back in. Whoa! Am I seriously seeing this go down? There were plenty of jet fans that immediately came to his defense and they were met by ONE 6'4" cop that started to get loud and he alone turned the so called dangerous crowd around by stating, "u got something to say to me then say it". A few chimed in with "u can't do that" and more of the "that badge don't give u the right" but the crowd quickly backed away to enjoy themselves once again.

The jet fans were all tailgating in a big lot next to the stadium and they were actually blocking traffic a bit which is what I believe caused it to begin with.

A few minutes later one of the arresting cops came over. At this point i'm just a few feet away and he calmly tells the crowd that "we had to set an example. There's hundreds of you and only a couple of us." Someone then asks him if he's gonna be let go and the officer replied, "we haven't heard from the sarge yet. Whatever he says."

My take on the whole deal is this. Not one person saw a beer thrown that I spoke to. The crowd was not rowdy, they were just having fun. I think they were asked to stop blocking traffic repeatedly and it was ignored so they got impatient, the Guy mouthed off in ny fashion and wham.

I posted a video shortly thereafter of this same crowd on YouTube. All in all it was quickly forgotten by most as far as I could tell. The usual JETS chants ensued and everyone

entered the stadium in good spirits. Fans of the colts and the jets got along extremely well in our section.
 
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Midwest police departments don't really put up with a lot of shenanigans from out of towners. Especially New Yorkers. I am honestly surprised Indy's finest didn't taser that entire horde of houligans.

 
I was at the game and arrived on the scene just at the time they put the guy in handcuffs. Everyone in the area said he didn't do anything wrong.

At this point I'm a little put off that this has happened two weeks in a row and for full disclosure I'm watchful of cops abusing their power due to a past incident involving a close family member and a couple of crooked cops. Yes its true and don't ask.

So I just keep asking what happened and the story remained the same. A few minutes pass and I eyewitness two cops pull this guy out of the car, tase him (yes he WAS tased) and throw him back in. Whoa! Am I seriously seeing this go down? There were plenty of jet fans that immediately came to his defense and they were met by ONE 6'4" cop that started to get loud and he alone turned the so called dangerous crowd around by stating, "u got something to say to me then say it". A few chimed in with "u can't do that" and more of the "that badge don't give u the right" but the crowd quickly backed away to enjoy themselves once again.

The jet fans were all tailgating in a big lot next to the stadium and they were actually blocking traffic a bit which is what I believe caused it to begin with.

A few minutes later one of the arresting cops came over. At this point i'm just a few feet away and he calmly tells the crowd that "we had to set an example. There's hundreds of you and only a couple of us." Someone then asks him if he's gonna be let go and the officer replied, "we haven't heard from the sarge yet. Whatever he says."

My take on the whole deal is this. Not one person saw a beer thrown that I spoke to. The crowd was not rowdy, they were just having fun. I think they were asked to stop blocking traffic repeatedly and it was ignored so they got impatient, the Guy mouthed off in ny fashion and wham.

I posted a video shortly thereafter of this same crowd on YouTube. All in all it was quickly forgotten by most as far as I could tell. The usual JETS chants ensued and everyone

What I took away from this post was....."mouthing off"......"blocking traffic"....."typical ny fashion". Hmmm......I wonder whether he deserved what he got (rhetorical question).
 
Midwest police departments don't really put up with a lot of shenanigans from out of towners. Especially New Yorkers. I am honestly surprised Indy's finest didn't taser that entire horde of houligans.
is that translated to mean that Midwest police departments don't know what to do when the world arrives at their doorstep?
 
Midwest police departments don't really put up with a lot of shenanigans from out of towners. Especially New Yorkers. I am honestly surprised Indy's finest didn't taser that entire horde of houligans.
is that translated to mean that Midwest police departments don't know what to do when the world arrives at their doorstep?
Seems like they know exactly what to do :useless:
Exactly. Send the animals back to their zoo.
 
Midwest police departments don't really put up with a lot of shenanigans from out of towners. Especially New Yorkers. I am honestly surprised Indy's finest didn't taser that entire horde of houligans.
is that translated to mean that Midwest police departments don't know what to do when the world arrives at their doorstep?
Seems like they know exactly what to do :useless:
I've been to games/stadiums all over this country. I also like the Red Sox.The "drunkeness" factor (and behavior that goes with it) is considerably higher on average in Foxboro/Fenway than in any of the NY stadiums.
 
Alcohol and a big mouth and//or aggression are never a good combination at a sporting event.
:bye: as always I've no idea what really happened here. I mean, one could guess.....Anyway, every game I've been to in countless stadiums, doesn't matter what jersey anyone wears - it's the drunks who get themselves into trouble. Even in their own stadiums.By and large, am sure most Jets fans behaved. But the penchant for one idiot a week getting into the papers is disturbing.
 
What gets me is this...

The dad said Patrick, cuffed in the back of a cop car after the Tasering, urged his dad and brother to go to the game and pick him up later. The lawyer dad did as his client son wished.
Guilty or not, what father would not go to the station with his son? What friend, what lawyer would do that? Maybe the father knew his son was in the wrong and knew it would take a long time anyaway?
 
Ha! Just interviewed by a reporter for the NY Post. They apparently saw the video on youtube and contacted me. They've been looking for footage of the "tasing" and sadly I could not provide it. They did interview me on the basics of what happened and I happily gave them the information they asked for.

They asked if it appeared excessive, I answered Yes.

They asked if I felt the cops were in danger, I answered No.

Pretty much it.

 
Haven't most Jets fans been tasered 3 or 4 times in their lives? What's the cop supposed to do, no doubt the guy is immune to pepper spray by now.

 
Haven't most Jets fans been tasered 3 or 4 times in their lives? What's the cop supposed to do, no doubt the guy is immune to pepper spray by now.
Most of us use pepper spray on our eggs. BUT tasers are becoming passe as well. We're waiting for fire houses to make a come back.
 
I think people love to defend the police in matters like this until something similar happens to them and believe me, #### can happen to you too. I had something similar happen to me in Foxboro, MA. The pig (nothing against honest police but this guy was scum in every sense of the word) that nabbed me wrote up a false police report and everything. Turns out the week before that there was a death at a country rock concert and the MA state police were told to arrest so many people at the event I went to. Long story short, I was arrested and thrown into a cell for trying to cell an event ticket for face value. The cops said I resisted arrest and was intoxicated which was all 100% bull####. My father was also with me when this happened and saw the whole thing, he was flabbergasted. I have a respectable job and dress well, I don't stick out. Believe me, #### like this happens everyday and it can happen to YOU!! I think it's atrocious what happened to this guy and I don't for a second believe he deserved it, especially not to be tased. I hope he sues the bejesus out of them. It's a sad state of affairs that fans are being used as a source of income not only by the tickets and hotels they buy for sporting events but also to fund the local/state court and police systems in these cities. These cops can get away with anything and they often do. This is the police state we have created for ourselves here in america.

 
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I think people love to defend the police in matters like this until something similar happens to them and believe me, #### can happen to you too. I had something similar happen to me in Foxboro, MA. The pig (nothing against honest police but this guy was scum in every sense of the word) that nabbed me wrote up a false police report and everything. Turns out the week before that there was a death at a country rock concert and the MA state police were told to arrest so many people at the event I went to. Long story short, I was arrested and thrown into a cell for trying to cell an event ticket for face value. The cops said I resisted arrest and was intoxicated which was all 100% bull####. My father was also with me when this happened and saw the whole thing, he was flabbergasted. I have a respectable job and dress well, I don't stick out. Believe me, #### like this happens everyday and it can happen to YOU!! I think it's atrocious what happened to this guy and I don't for a second believe he deserved it, especially not to be tased. I hope he sues the bejesus out of them. It's a sad state of affairs that fans are being used as a source of income not only by the tickets and hotels they buy for sporting events but also to fund the local/state court and police systems in these cities. These cops can get away with anything and they often do. This is the police state we have created for ourselves here in america.
Are you sure it wasn't the grammar police nabbing you for your ignorance of homophones?
 
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Tasers are a good idea that have gone predictably wrong. I have no idea how cops are being trained, but tasers are being used to coerce people into doing things, not to protect the officers or public. A guy giving you a hard time is not an excuse to tase, nor is even simple resisting arrest (drunk refuses to get in the squad car). The problem is they are almost to easy, become a handy tool to deal with a pain in the ###.

 
Are you sure it wasn't the grammar police nabbing you for your ignorance of homophones?



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Heheh. Wha'd you misspell? Oldest law of the internet, grammar flames are guaranteed to contain spelling or grammar errors. I suppose that applies to this post too.
 
I think people love to defend the police in matters like this until something similar happens to them and believe me, #### can happen to you too. I had something similar happen to me in Foxboro, MA. The pig (nothing against honest police but this guy was scum in every sense of the word) that nabbed me wrote up a false police report and everything. Turns out the week before that there was a death at a country rock concert and the MA state police were told to arrest so many people at the event I went to. Long story short, I was arrested and thrown into a cell for trying to cell an event ticket for face value. The cops said I resisted arrest and was intoxicated which was all 100% bull####. My father was also with me when this happened and saw the whole thing, he was flabbergasted. I have a respectable job and dress well, I don't stick out. Believe me, #### like this happens everyday and it can happen to YOU!! I think it's atrocious what happened to this guy and I don't for a second believe he deserved it, especially not to be tased. I hope he sues the bejesus out of them. It's a sad state of affairs that fans are being used as a source of income not only by the tickets and hotels they buy for sporting events but also to fund the local/state court and police systems in these cities. These cops can get away with anything and they often do. This is the police state we have created for ourselves here in america.
Are you sure it wasn't the grammar police nabbing you for your ignorance of homophones?
since you're a steelers fan I'll cut you some slack for being a spelling cop #####.
 
Are you sure it wasn't the grammar police nabbing you for your ignorance of homophones?



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Heheh. Wha'd you misspell? Oldest law of the internet, grammar flames are guaranteed to contain spelling or grammar errors. I suppose that applies to this post too.
No mistakes on spelling. I added color to my bold for emphasis. ;)
 
I did break down and plunk down the 50 cents to get a copy of the Post which has a great cover :lol:

Usually won't give Murdoch the 50 cents but this was an exception I had to make.

-QG

 
Here you go folks:

Thing is...you can't see what set the cop off to go after that guy...was he getting in the way of the car...did he throw beer then?And that video does not support the claim that he was "punched" in the back of the head.

He was clearly resisting them putting cuffs on him and raising his head up despite the orders and they pushed his head down.

 

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