NYPD detective in Uber incident stripped of gun, badge

A New York police detective caught on video screaming at an Uber driver over an alleged traffic violation was stripped of his gun and badge and transferred Wednesday, The New York Post reports.

The detective, identified Wednesday by The New York Times as Patrick Cherry, was transferred from the department’s Joint Terrorism Task Force to a modified desk assignment following an internal investigation.

“No good cop should watch that without a wince,” NYPD Commissioner William Bratton said in a statement. “Because all good cops know that officer just made their jobs a little bit harder.”

Cherry, 38, can be seen in a video of the incident on Monday berating and mocking an Uber driver. The driver’s passenger, Sanjay Seth, filed a complaint on Tuesday.

The New York Times reported that city officials said Cherry had been named in 12 previous complaints, some following the same pattern of behavior.

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