Man faces 75 years for filming police officer:

[Skjellyfetti]

Watch the video... not much info in the article.

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Charged with 5 felony counts for filming police on his family's property.

[Skjellyfetti]

Absolutely nothing? My feelings are hurted.

I guess everyone else is in agreement that filming a policeman... even on your property should constitute a felony?

[grizzaholic]

Absolutely nothing? My feelings are hurted.

I guess everyone else is in agreement that filming a policeman... even on your property should constitute a felony?

He was just getting ready to set up a DUI check point. Right AZ?

[Col Hogan]

Total B.S. charges...

A police officer can record a conversation without your permission, but you will face felony charges for recording the same conversation without the LEOs permission...

But let's face it....its Illinois, where the U.S. Constitution is optional...

[D1B]

Always need to be careful about giving the police too much power. They're the Nazi Brownshirts of our society - uneducated, over empowered, young and violent - many of em coming straight out of the military - our fucked up military.

[AZGrizFan]

Absolutely nothing? My feelings are hurted.

I guess everyone else is in agreement that filming a policeman... even on your property should constitute a felony?

He was just getting ready to set up a DUI check point. Right AZ?

Probably.

[Col Hogan]

Always need to be careful about giving the police too much power. They're the Nazi Brownshirts of our society - uneducated, over empowered, young and violent - many of em coming straight out of the military - our **** up military.

Statistically more police officers are ex-football players than former military members...

[Pwns]

I'm so glad the criminal justice system will drop the hammer on anyone photographing police regardless of who they are. It would be racist to use common sense and actually profile people.

[JohnStOnge]

It should never, ever be illegal to record a public official while that public official is on duty. I'm horrified that laws like this exist.

If there's ONE thing we should never impair it is the ability of the People to show what public officials are doing. And that should be the case even if there is some short term disadvantage such as messing up a particular criminal case. Public officials SHOULD feel that everything they do is being scrutinized and that anything they do could be made public.

[Skjellyfetti]

It should never, ever be illegal to record a public official while that public official is on duty. I'm horrified that laws like this exist.

If there's ONE thing we should never impair it is the ability of the People to show what public officials are doing. And that should be the case even if there is some short term disadvantage such as messing up a particular criminal case. Public officials SHOULD feel that everything they do is being scrutinized and that anything they do could be made public.

[CID1990]

I used to get filmed all the time. There's an abortion clinic in Charleston and this guy used to come out there with the dead baby pictures and he always had a video camera and would try to smart a$$ his way into getting us to do something dumb. I think he must have at least 20 hours of footage of me talking to him. The first couple times I encountered him he figured out that I wasn't going to put a beating on him no matter what he did, so he then took a documentary approach, trying to get me to agree or disagree with abortion one way or the other.

Another time I was in downtown Charleston on a Friday night and we had just arrived at the aftermath of a bar fight. We were arresting one of the aggressors who had beaten this other guy pretty badly, and his friend insisted on being in my face filming while I was trying to get the cuffs on this guy. He was literally right beside me on my gun side. I told him about 5 times to give me about 20 feet and he literally got closer to the point that it was obvious that he was trying to get me to do something stupid. After my backup arrived I locked his a$$ up for interfering. If he had just followed instructions he could have filmed what I was doing from 20 feet away and we would have both been happy. When he posted bail I gave the stupid a$$ his camera back. It never showed up on the internet, so I guess his friends must have seen it and told him it made him look like an a$$.

[D1B]

I used to get filmed all the time. There's an abortion clinic in Charleston and this guy used to come out there with the dead baby pictures and he always had a video camera and would try to smart a$$ his way into getting us to do something dumb. I think he must have at least 20 hours of footage of me talking to him. The first couple times I encountered him he figured out that I wasn't going to put a beating on him no matter what he did, so he then took a documentary approach, trying to get me to agree or disagree with abortion one way or the other.

Another time I was in downtown Charleston on a Friday night and we had just arrived at the aftermath of a bar fight. We were arresting one of the aggressors who had beaten this other guy pretty badly, and his friend insisted on being in my face filming while I was trying to get the cuffs on this guy. He was literally right beside me on my gun side. I told him about 5 times to give me about 20 feet and he literally got closer to the point that it was obvious that he was trying to get me to do something stupid. After my backup arrived I locked his a$$ up for interfering. If he had just followed instructions he could have filmed what I was doing from 20 feet away and we would have both been happy. When he posted bail I gave the stupid a$$ his camera back. It never showed up on the internet, so I guess his friends must have seen it and told him it made him look like an a$$.

Cops take alot of abuse.

[Appaholic]

Always need to be careful about giving the police too much power. They're the Nazi Brownshirts of our society - uneducated, over empowered, young and violent - many of em coming straight out of the military - our **** up military.

Statistically more police officers are ex-football players than former military members...

...just in the Midwest, Col...

[Skjellyfetti]

Damn. Another story from today...

Dude gets gun pulled on him for filming the police.

An eyewitness to a fatal police shooting in Miami Beach last week claims police officers attempted to confiscate the video he filmed of the incident, and even crushed his phone underfoot in an attempt to destroy the recording.
Narces Benoit says he just happened to be in the area driving with his girlfriend when police fatally shot an erratic driver early Memorial Day morning.

He said after the disturbance started, he pulled over his truck, and started recording with his cell phone camera capturing the shooting.

"When he noticed me recording, one of the officers jumped in the truck, put a pistol to my head," he said. "My phone was smashed - he stepped on it, handcuffed me."
Juan Sanchez a detective with Miami Beach Police Department said he could not comment on how officers that night handled eyewitnesses who may have filmed the incident, because the matter could become the subject of an internal investigation or a civil lawsuit.

But Sanchez added that after the shooting, the site was an active crime scene and the police were looking for additional suspects.

Benoit's girlfriend, Ericka Davis, was also in the truck at the time.

"They handled us like we were criminals," she said. "The officer came over to the driver's side, on my left, and just put the gun to my head."

"They took everyone's phones and smashed them," she said.

Benoit says the only reason he still has the footage is because it was saved on a tiny memory card, which he removed and hid from the officers, despite being told to hand over his video.

"I took the chip out and put it in my mouth," he said, and kept it there the whole time he was interviewed by police at a nearby mobile command post.

His video shows an officer on a bike approaching his truck and pointing a gun directly into the camera; giving an indecipherable command; and then backing away.

Another officer orders them to stop filming and get out of the truck, and then the video ends.
Benoit charged CNN a fee to license his video and air it in a news report. He has since given police a copy, he said, but is considering suing them over his treatment.

Miami Beach police say they are still investigating the fatal shooting of the driver, that Benoit captured on tape.

video in the link:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/06/07/flo ... ?hpt=hp_t2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Col Hogan]

Damn. Another story from today...

Dude gets gun pulled on him for filming the police.

An eyewitness to a fatal police shooting in Miami Beach last week claims police officers attempted to confiscate the video he filmed of the incident, and even crushed his phone underfoot in an attempt to destroy the recording.
Narces Benoit says he just happened to be in the area driving with his girlfriend when police fatally shot an erratic driver early Memorial Day morning.

He said after the disturbance started, he pulled over his truck, and started recording with his cell phone camera capturing the shooting.

"When he noticed me recording, one of the officers jumped in the truck, put a pistol to my head," he said. "My phone was smashed - he stepped on it, handcuffed me."
Juan Sanchez a detective with Miami Beach Police Department said he could not comment on how officers that night handled eyewitnesses who may have filmed the incident, because the matter could become the subject of an internal investigation or a civil lawsuit.

But Sanchez added that after the shooting, the site was an active crime scene and the police were looking for additional suspects.

Benoit's girlfriend, Ericka Davis, was also in the truck at the time.

"They handled us like we were criminals," she said. "The officer came over to the driver's side, on my left, and just put the gun to my head."

"They took everyone's phones and smashed them," she said.

Benoit says the only reason he still has the footage is because it was saved on a tiny memory card, which he removed and hid from the officers, despite being told to hand over his video.

"I took the chip out and put it in my mouth," he said, and kept it there the whole time he was interviewed by police at a nearby mobile command post.

His video shows an officer on a bike approaching his truck and pointing a gun directly into the camera; giving an indecipherable command; and then backing away.

Another officer orders them to stop filming and get out of the truck, and then the video ends.
Benoit charged CNN a fee to license his video and air it in a news report. He has since given police a copy, he said, but is considering suing them over his treatment.

Miami Beach police say they are still investigating the fatal shooting of the driver, that Benoit captured on tape.

video in the link:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/06/07/flo ... ?hpt=hp_t2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yea, I was reading that at lunch...I fear some of our police forces are becoming hyper-sensitive to what new technology is showing us...thing like this...

And I fear it will get worse before it gets better...as stories like this get more attention...

But, the attention is necessary to achieve the change that is necessary...

[AZGrizFan]

How in the hell did he have time to take the sim card out and hide it before handing over his camera???

[Skjellyfetti]

How in the hell did he have time to take the sim card out and hide it before handing over his camera???

Creativity.

[AZGrizFan]

How in the hell did he have time to take the sim card out and hide it before handing over his camera???

Creativity.

Holy shit that's funny.

[CID1990]

Creativity.

Holy **** that's funny.

Heh. I have seen a LOT of that.

[Skjellyfetti]

Ugh. Another case of someone being arrested and charged for filming police on her own property.

The Rochester Police Department is investigating the arrest of a woman who was videotaping police during a traffic stop in front of a home on Aldine Street.

Emily Good, 28, was arrested at about 10 p.m. May 12 and charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration. She is scheduled to appear in Rochester City Court for a proceeding on June 27, police said.

Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard issued a statement Tuesday, saying he has received a video of a woman’s arrest by city officers. “I have researched the incident and determined that the case is currently proceeding through the adjudication process,” Sheppard said in the statement. “… With the case still pending and my unfamiliarity with the specific details, any assumptions at this time would be premature.”

The department’s professional standards section has not received a formal complaint, Sheppard said.

The video, which has been distributed online through various social media sites, shows a police officer telling the person filming to go inside her home while she is videotaping. The unnamed officer told her several times that he did not feel safe.

The incident has drawn the attention of the National Press Photographers Association Inc., based in Durham, N.C.

In a letter to Sheppard and Rochester Mayor Tom Richards, NPPA General Counsel Mickey H. Osterreicher of Buffalo wrote: “While it may be understandable that your officers had a heightened sense of awareness, that is still no excuse for them to not recognize a citizen’s right to take photographs/video of an event occurring on a public street.”

He also said events such as this involving police and citizens “are happening across the country on almost a daily basis.”

Osterreicher has offered meet with Sheppard and/or police department staff to review police policy.

NPPA also wants the charge against Good dropped.

“I haven’t heard any response from him or the mayor, as of yet,” Osterreicher said Tuesday evening.

Sheppard said he has directed the professional standards section to begin an internal investigation of the incident. “I can assure you that our investigation will be impartial, thorough, and complete,” Sheppard said.

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Video here:
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[Grizalltheway]

Holy **** that's funny.

Heh. I have seen a LOT of that.

Usually from brothers, right, Opie?

[Appaholic]

Ugh. Another case of someone being arrested and charged for filming police on her own property.

The Rochester Police Department is investigating the arrest of a woman who was videotaping police during a traffic stop in front of a home on Aldine Street.

Emily Good, 28, was arrested at about 10 p.m. May 12 and charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration. She is scheduled to appear in Rochester City Court for a proceeding on June 27, police said.

Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard issued a statement Tuesday, saying he has received a video of a woman’s arrest by city officers. “I have researched the incident and determined that the case is currently proceeding through the adjudication process,” Sheppard said in the statement. “… With the case still pending and my unfamiliarity with the specific details, any assumptions at this time would be premature.”

The department’s professional standards section has not received a formal complaint, Sheppard said.

The video, which has been distributed online through various social media sites, shows a police officer telling the person filming to go inside her home while she is videotaping. The unnamed officer told her several times that he did not feel safe.

The incident has drawn the attention of the National Press Photographers Association Inc., based in Durham, N.C.

In a letter to Sheppard and Rochester Mayor Tom Richards, NPPA General Counsel Mickey H. Osterreicher of Buffalo wrote: “While it may be understandable that your officers had a heightened sense of awareness, that is still no excuse for them to not recognize a citizen’s right to take photographs/video of an event occurring on a public street.”

He also said events such as this involving police and citizens “are happening across the country on almost a daily basis.”

Osterreicher has offered meet with Sheppard and/or police department staff to review police policy.

NPPA also wants the charge against Good dropped.

“I haven’t heard any response from him or the mayor, as of yet,” Osterreicher said Tuesday evening.

Sheppard said he has directed the professional standards section to begin an internal investigation of the incident. “I can assure you that our investigation will be impartial, thorough, and complete,” Sheppard said.

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Video here:
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That's fokking bullshit. There's three fokking cops with weapons and the woman is holding a camera. I could even understand them searching her to insure their safety, but there is no way they should be able to forbid you from standing in your yard outside of Martial Law. Fokking pathetic...

[Cap'n Cat]

Always need to be careful about giving the police too much power. They're the Nazi Brownshirts of our society - uneducated, over empowered, young and violent - many of em coming straight out of the military - our fucked up military.

Mama Cat was telling me about three students from her school district who are heading to Afghaniraq or Iraqistan in August All three of them were in special ed classes. No, not for speech or anything like that. Rather, for learning disabilities.