Viral video: Florida deputy drives into teen bike rider, tackles him, handcuffs him. But cops give reason for takedown.

A viral cellphone video shows a Florida sheriff’s deputy driving into a teenage bike rider, then tackling him and then handcuffing him.

But the Broward County Sheriff’s Office gave WTVJ-TV a reason for Monday’s incident in Deerfield Beach.

The teen who was taken down was part of a group of bike riders pulling dangerous stunts along Hillsboro Boulevard and impeding traffic, the sheriff’s office told WTVJ.

The clip shows about 10 young males riding bikes in an intersection when the driver of a blue SUV makes a sharp left turn, running into — and apparently over — a bike rider’s rear wheel, appearing to crush it. A number of hoots and hollers follow, and the bike rider tries to get away. But the masked deputy emerges from the

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