Read All About It: Cops Break Up Fight, Subdue Aggressor, Nobody Dies (Maybe 'Cause the Cops Were Swedish?)

by Abby Zimet, staff writer

New Yorkers used to being terrorized by the NYPD are all agog because four young Swedish cops on vacation managed to stop a subway beatdown without shedding any blood, breaking any necks, shooting any retreating backs or otherwise launching any entirely unwarranted executions. The four Swedes - Samuel Kvarzell, Markus Asberg, Eric Jansberger and Erik Naslund - were riding an uptown train on their way to see Les Misérables when a brawl broke out between two reportedly homeless men, with one beating on the other. When the conductor called for help, cell phone video captured the four visitors as they calmly moved in - separating the two men, holding down the aggressive guy and asking both if they were okay as they awaited the arrival of the NYPD. They later met with NYPD bigwigs evidently astonished to meet law enforcement officers who actually seem to take all that quaint protect and serve stuff to heart and just...do...their...job.