Arrested for Videotaping

[patric]

Try to figure this one out:

http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-clinton-drone-teen-arrest-0724-20150723-story.html

[dbacksfan 2.0]

License plate recognition camera helps locate murder suspect.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/08/26/tv-camera-crew-caught-in-active-shooter-situation-in-southwest-virginia/

[Vashta Nerada]

A police officer repeatedly billy-clubs a teenager in the face; charged with jaywalking.  Yes, jaywalking.

The police spokesman spins it like this:
“If people would just comply with lawful orders from law enforcement and not grab our weapons, force would never have to happen,” Silva told KPIX-TV.

...knowing the officer's bodycam was "disabled"
but not knowing a bystander had also recorded the assault.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-stockton-officers-teen-jaywalking-20150918-story.html

[DolfanBob]

Little bit of a stretch there on the repeatedly billy clubbed. As usual for today's youth. He does not have to listen to or follow instructions given by our police officers. Try and act like a rational citizen and tell your side of the story and maybe this type of video won't surface. And per today's society. The NAACP is called in because of skin color. White Officer's. Black "child" as the woman in the video repeatedly and could not stop saying. Even referring to him as a "baby" Get a clue people. Show respect and use your Law given Rights and stop resisting when questioned about what your doing.

As a side note. He looked pretty good in his non deserved news interview for someone who was repeatedly billy clubbed in the face. Now give that "baby" his well deserved tax paid settlement. 

[patric]

Court says cop who beat up and took New York Times photographer's camera guilty of lying about arrest

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/nyregion/new-york-police-officer-is-convicted-of-lying-about-photographers-arrest.html

[Vashta Nerada]

Court says cop who beat up and took New York Times photographer's camera guilty of lying about arrest

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/nyregion/new-york-police-officer-is-convicted-of-lying-about-photographers-arrest.html

.....All thanks to a bystander's video the police didnt know about.

A video of the episode taken by one of the reporters who was with Mr. Stolarik shows Mr. Stolarik face down on the sidewalk, beneath a huddle of about six officers.
One cop placed her hand in front of his lens to prevent him from shooting. When he showed her his credentials – not that it should matter in public – another cop walked up and shoved the camera into his face.
When he demanded names and badge numbers, several cops pounced on him and began beating and kicking him.
http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2015/10/nypd-cop-convicted-of-falsifying-arrest-report-on-new-york-times-photographer

Always record in secret; here is what happens when you dont:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teen-flashed-brights-dead-family-lawsuit_5620005ce4b028dd7ea73d53

[Vashta Nerada]

From the "Cops cant do our jobs if they cant get away with lying and brutality" gallery:


FBI Director Blames Crime On Police Misconduct Videos
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-comey-police-videos_562b7ea9e4b0ec0a3894a8ec

'We feel like we're under siege and we don't feel much like getting out of our cars'
Hmmmm so much for the FBI stepping in and cleaning up the bad cop epidemic.
Meanwhile today,


800 People Shot Dead by police this year.

The Washington Post is doing the job that The FBI director should have been doing, but isnt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/





https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2015/10/florida-cops-murder-pet-dog-3-feet-from-terrified-homeowners/

[TeeDub]

NYPD officer beating an unarmed black man while another officer stands by and does nothing

(You don't even want to see what happens to the photographer.)

[patric]

FBI Director Blames Crime On Police Misconduct Videos
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-comey-police-videos_562b7ea9e4b0ec0a3894a8ec

All the cameras did was show the world what it didnt want to know, but we cant put that jeanie back in the bottle.

[Vashta Nerada]

NYPD officer beating an unarmed black man while another officer stands by and does nothing

(You don't even want to see what happens to the photographer.)

The FBI didnt want to be lumped in with this:

http://gawker.com/batshit-nypd-union-wants-new-yorkers-to-boycott-quentin-1738681947




What is so troubling about this line of reasoning is that it suggests officers have no idea about what has brought us to this point. The issue is not officers doing their jobs in an energetic, proactive way. The issue is the use of force when it's not needed, the violation of civil rights and the general dehumanization of people who live in high crime areas.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-comey-police-20151026-story.html


What makes Comey’s comments so rattling is that if there is an observable Ferguson effect, it may suggest that many law-enforcement agencies have come to rely on abusive or questionable practices, rather than developing other crime-control strategies that could be successful even under public scrutiny.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/the-fbi-directors-troubling-comments-on-the-ferguson-effect/412351/

[Vashta Nerada]

“With you recording me, I am going to protect myself, and impound the vehicle.”
The officers offered to let the driver and passenger go free if the video was deleted, but the passenger rejected the officer’s proposition, claiming extortion.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2015/10/chicago-ohare-airport-police-violate-constitutional-rights-two-men-using-lyft-taxi/

[Vashta Nerada]

It was just about a year ago that a city whistleblower came to journalist Jamie Kalven and attorney Craig Futterman out of concern that Laquan McDonald’s shooting a few weeks earlier “wasn’t being vigorously investigated,” as Kalven recalls. The source told them “that there was a video and that it was horrific,” he said.

Without that whistleblower—and without that video—it’s highly unlikely that Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke would be facing first-degree murder charges today.




http://chicagoreporter.com/how-chicago-tried-to-cover-up-a-police-execution/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2N6_jLAgA

[patric]

It was just about a year ago that a city whistleblower came to journalist Jamie Kalven and attorney Craig Futterman out of concern that Laquan McDonald’s shooting a few weeks earlier “wasn’t being vigorously investigated,” as Kalven recalls. The source told them “that there was a video and that it was horrific,” he said.

Without that whistleblower—and without that video—it’s highly unlikely that Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke would be facing first-degree murder charges today.


http://chicagoreporter.com/how-chicago-tried-to-cover-up-a-police-execution/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2N6_jLAgA

This is why "We wont release video that is part of an investigation" needs an expiration date.

[Vashta Nerada]

This is why "We wont release video that is part of an investigation" needs an expiration date.

...dash-cam footage was suppressed for more than a year by authorities citing an investigation. “There was no mystery, no dead-end leads to pursue, no ambiguity about who fired the shots,” Eric Zorn wrote in The Chicago Tribune. “Who was pursuing justice and the truth? What were they doing? Who were they talking to? With whom were they meeting? What were they trying to figure out for 400 days?”

What does it take to flag a problem cop? The answer is actually clear: It takes video evidence that the public can access.

A Chicago police official said there was no audio because the batteries in the dash-cams had been put in improperly and facing the wrong direction, which disables the audio part of the recorder. CPD says officers responsible for maintaining their dash-cams are being retrained to avoid this.
http://abc7chicago.com/news/new-dash-cam-video-shows-laquan-mcdonald-pursuit-before-shooting/1099885/

[patric]

No, it didnt just become illegal to record police with your iPhone. 
Previous court rulings protecting that right still stand, minus a specific first amendment protection.

Apparently, the current ruling doesnt allow the first amendment to apply if you are silently recording from outside police lines and not interfering, yet does provide protection if you shout out "Hey fu@ckyou guys im filming."

Bizarre.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/608397/illegal-film-cops-now