ushed against the outside of the bus, then against the bus stop shelter. An EAGLE team member can be heard telling Taylor  You can not push an officer,  to which Taylor responds,  You're not an officer. 

Taylor and a few of the EAGLE team members cotninued to struggle before falling to the ground in front of the bus shelter, the video shows. NYPD officers then arrive on the scene, and appear to help Taylor up onto the bus shelter bench.

The video shows Taylor talking with the cops and handing over his ID.

A short time later, as he's sitting on the bench, Taylor collapses to the ground after apparently hitting his head on the bench. After about 20 seconds, an officer stands over Taylor and appears to check on him. The officer stays with Taylor, who lays on the ground. Others join, and they begin to help him up two minutes later as an ambulance arrived.

An NYPD spokesman said Taylor and one of the MTA workers filed complaints for harassment against each other but police have made no arrests.

Taylor told cops he got into an argument and was pushed while one of the agents told police that after asking Taylor how he paid his fare, Taylor pushed past him, fell out of the bus and refused medical attention.

Taylor was taken to Brookdale University Hospital and treated for pain and bruises to his head, face, neck, arm and shoulder. His left arm is in a sling.

Community activist Kevin McCall said that even though Taylor and the EAGLE team members are Black what happened is part of a continuing problem - a disrespectful attitude toward minorities.

 Yes they have a problem with fare evasion,  McCall said.  This is not the way to do it, with aggressive policing in our neighborhoods. 

An MTA spokesman declined to comment.

Taylor has not yet returned to work.

 I'm scared, I'm traumatized and I don't want to try to get on the bus,  he said.

Taylor's lawyer, Benjamin Pinczewski, said he plans to file a lawsuit against the city and said that if Taylor had done anything wrong he would have been arrested.

 They knew there was nothing there,  he said.  They knew they made a mistake. They knew they roughed him up and they're figuring.  Let's get him some help. Let's get him in the hospital. Let's hope he forgets about the whole thing. 

Fare evasion has been a growing issue on the city's bus routes in recent years. NYC Transit has long advised drivers not to confront fare beaters, lest they risk being attacked by the scofflaws.

As early as 2012, the MTA floated expanding the EAGLE teams to combat fare jumping on buses - which at the time was estimated to cost the agency $14 million a year.

That number grew dramatically after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns - during which the MTA temporarily suspended all bus fares in an effort to promote social distancing.

In 2022 - with a third of riders skipping the fare - the agency lost an estimated $315 million to fare evasion on the bus network.