ane the cops are scratching their heads wondering why the people of America are fighting back now. it's time the civil servants go back to being civil servants enough with the power trips,cover ups, violent beatings,illegal search and seizure, illegal and unconstitutional demands, and my god stop treating the people of this great nation like were a piece of gum stuck under your shoe
Me too - 9 years ago
The was complying with police. He was willing to show them footage & make a copy for them.
The officers on site were unreasonable and unwilling to see any other way but their way. Too many people who were bullies or were bullied become officers for the power trip. That's not to say most officers aren't better then the poor examples on this site on this day. It's a tuff job & even good officers make bad decisions, but to have doubled down and not stopped to think if they were wrong shows their arrogance. The Prosecutor immediately dropping the charges shows that once the situation was brought to the attention of more senior & more COMPETENT offices they knew a serious mistake had been made. Hopefully the officers on site will be sanctioned and given the training they ate so in need of.
Christine - 9 years ago
Should be have complied? Possibly. Was he legally obligated to comply? Absolutely not!! Sorry, but I voted no.
Me - 9 years ago
Who are these wimpy, un-American, unpatriotic cowards who actually voted that he should have complied with a dirtbag pig's illegal order to turn over his camera? Why don't you all just move to China with that attitude?
JimD - 9 years ago
He was absolutely right in not complying. It's a basic journalistic tenet that we don't just hand our our work. In fact, it's quite likely that the officer will end up on the wrong end of a lawsuit. The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 protects journalist work product, including recordings, photos and notes. Absent a subpoena-not just a warrant, an actual subpoena, he can't even ask to see them, much less seize them.
ane the cops are scratching their heads wondering why the people of America are fighting back now. it's time the civil servants go back to being civil servants enough with the power trips,cover ups, violent beatings,illegal search and seizure, illegal and unconstitutional demands, and my god stop treating the people of this great nation like were a piece of gum stuck under your shoe
The was complying with police. He was willing to show them footage & make a copy for them.
The officers on site were unreasonable and unwilling to see any other way but their way. Too many people who were bullies or were bullied become officers for the power trip. That's not to say most officers aren't better then the poor examples on this site on this day. It's a tuff job & even good officers make bad decisions, but to have doubled down and not stopped to think if they were wrong shows their arrogance. The Prosecutor immediately dropping the charges shows that once the situation was brought to the attention of more senior & more COMPETENT offices they knew a serious mistake had been made. Hopefully the officers on site will be sanctioned and given the training they ate so in need of.
Should be have complied? Possibly. Was he legally obligated to comply? Absolutely not!! Sorry, but I voted no.
Who are these wimpy, un-American, unpatriotic cowards who actually voted that he should have complied with a dirtbag pig's illegal order to turn over his camera? Why don't you all just move to China with that attitude?
He was absolutely right in not complying. It's a basic journalistic tenet that we don't just hand our our work. In fact, it's quite likely that the officer will end up on the wrong end of a lawsuit. The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 protects journalist work product, including recordings, photos and notes. Absent a subpoena-not just a warrant, an actual subpoena, he can't even ask to see them, much less seize them.