Given the mental and emotional trauma the rider suffered I'm not sure that $1.5 million really is enough. I mean he's been so traumatized by the event that he no longer lives in NYC. Those are the scars that will last a lot longer and run a lot deeper then any physical injury that he received from being body slammed to the ground by the cop.

Plus if you think about it he probably now has a fairly justified "fear" of cops slamming him and his bike to the ground again. And as such probably gets rather nervous when he's riding and sees a cop in front of him.

Besides having been fired, I hope that that former rookie cop has to do some jail and community service time. And that said community service should be in a trauma ward.