Vegas cop beats videographer

[burmafrd]

I would hope that the Supreme Court will put a halt to those states trying to clain you cannot tape public officials on the job. With or without consent; they are public officials and they work for us; not the other way around.

 

[Hoofbite]

yes, that was a great cop, but Jeremy is also performing a valuable public service and has my gratitude.

Which is what, cop monitor?

He goes out and puts himself in situations cops have responded poorly to in hopes of catching one?

Dudes a public nuisance for wasting time in hopes of creating a "gothca" on film.

 

[tupperware]

Which is what, cop monitor?

He goes out and puts himself in situations cops have responded poorly to in hopes of catching one?

Dudes a public nuisance for wasting time in hopes of creating a "gothca" on film.

I have to agree slightly. I mean sure, the guy went overboard, but some people intentionally PUT themselves out there hoping something like this happens. The truth of the matter is, you would probably never of seen this video anywhere had the cop responded in a more professional manner.

However, the world is changing. That innocent guy holding the camera could be a guy holding a small bomb, you just don't know. I'm not one to try and sympathize with cops but they don't exactly have the easiest job in the world.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

Which is what, cop monitor?

He goes out and puts himself in situations cops have responded poorly to in hopes of catching one?

Dudes a public nuisance for wasting time in hopes of creating a "gothca" on film.

if a cop can't keep his emotions in check, he needs to be removed.

that people go out of their way to out the bad apples is a great public service for you and I.

ps - he is also preserving our right to be free to walk around without being forced to show our "papers"

 

[jimmy40]

I had excessive force used on me in Houston one night by several of Houston's finest..... and I pretty much asked for it. lol

 

[Rynie]

Cops video tape every time they pull someone over. How is it not legal to video tape them?

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

if your name is Crooks you almost have to expect it at some point

Not really, this is why I am in favor of limiting who can and cannot be a police officer and to those with advanced training and degrees from accredited schools--4 year degrees.

Too many just don't have the thinking tools to deal with the front end of law. Even in cases where it's clear there is no probable cause determined, as in this video, we still have cops making bogus arrests and ruining a guy's future for playing with his new smartphone or whatever. He wasn't doing anything wrong other than watching the police.

Police who don't like being watched, are likely not someone you want policing anyone, anywhere. . . .

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Cops video tape every time they pull someone over. How is it not legal to video tape them?

Um, not by a long shot. There is what they are supposed to do and what they really do. I'm sure even the OP can recognized this is reported in our town, where they fail to video tape a guy being killed or an accident.

The angles in a lot of cases are purposely moved away from what the officer is doing. It all depends on if people around the cops have anyone with an ethical sense or sense of justice coupled with the sack it takes to stand up to these buffoons.

All to often, one guy ruins it for the group...and in some cases, you get a mob mentality. Whereas in others, people do the stand up thing.

In this case, there is some seriously shoddy police work.

Doesn't take a lawyer or physicist to tell you that.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Are you sure about that?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/TheLaw/videotaping-cops-arrest/story?id=11179076

Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police

That Anthony Graber broke the law in early March is indisputable. He raced his Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95 in Maryland at 80 mph, popping a wheelie, roaring past cars and swerving across traffic lanes.

But it wasn't his daredevil stunt that has the 25-year-old staff sergeant for the Maryland Air National Guard facing the possibility of 16 years in prison. For that, he was issued a speeding ticket.

It was the video that Graber posted on YouTube one week later -- taken with his helmet camera -- of a plainclothes state trooper cutting him off and drawing a gun during the traffic stop near Baltimore.

In early April, state police officers raided Graber's parents' home in Abingdon, Md. They confiscated his camera, computers and external hard drives. Graber was indicted for allegedly violating state wiretap laws by recording the trooper without his consent.

All the pocket protector-like cams the police have downtown is absurd. They're over the city, the traffic lights, in the cop cars, in the pockets, in the elevator, at your Dr.'s office...

But don't video tape the police!

You probably won't like what you see.