​Four men from Queens, New York are suing the NYPD because they say an angry cop arrested them after another group of men laughed at the cop when he was unable to catch a fleeing marijuana suspect on foot.

The Gothamist. Police saw someone throw a bag in a garbage can, so they began frisking everyone to check for drugs, and one suspect allegedly told them he’d “smoked all the marijuana.” The arrests were made after cops approached a group gathered at Rufus King Park in Jamaica, Queens, on the afternoon of August 19, reports John Del Signore at. Police saw someone throw a bag in a garbage can, so they began frisking everyone to check for drugs, and one suspect allegedly told them he’d “smoked all the marijuana.”

Then the guy ran off, with one cop chasing him on foot.

When the cop returned after the guy outran him, he was out of breath, and some spectators at a nearby handball game laughed at the winded officer.

One of the cops allegedly then said, “If you think that’s funny, watch what I do to them,” and arrested the four men.





​The bag that had been thrown in the trash contained 31 glassine envelopes of marijuana, and the four men were charged with its possession.