Last time the cops “lost a camera” in an arrest like this one, another person stepped forward with another video taken of the same incident that showed the cops lied... court ended up tossing the charges, but of course nothing happened to the cops.
I bet you if the video showed what the cops said happened the camera would still be around...
Alex, I’ll take absolute corruption and evidence tampering./s;)
Does anyone think otherwise?
Kurtz was already out on bail in connection with an arrest in November. Police charged Kurtz on Nov. 9 with disorderly conduct after they said he simulated sexual acts on an Orlando police car on Church Street.
All Righty Then.
it’s becoming so damn predictable.
IF the police weren’t breaking the law, they wouldn’t have a problem with being video taped. The fact that police in general have a problem with being taped in public tells me that there is a problem.
Orlando may be the only sizable city in the country with the County Sheriff and the ORL Police Chief married to each other. The Demmings. Actually, she just resigned after a mere 2 years—to take time to determine how she will “continue to serve the community.”
Police say they ordered him to back off, but Kurtz ignored that command, shoving the officer in the chest instead.
AFAIK, videotaping is a non-contact sport. Shoving the cop is what might get the dude 6 years behind bars, not the videotaping.
If I were a juror on a case like this, and the camera came up missing, that’s an automatic acquittal.
GIVE THIS SNIVELING PUNK 20 YEARS-——>>>>
CopWatch founder accused of making sexual movements on patrol car
John Kurtz, 27, was charged with disorderly conduct charge after he made sexual movements on the patrol car.
November 19, 2010|By Bianca Prieto, Orlando Sentinel
The founder of Orlando’s CopWatch was arrested recently after he simulated sexual acts on an Orlando police car on Church Street.
Officers arrested John Kurtz, 27, on a disorderly conduct charge after he made hip thrusting movements on a parked patrol car and refused to leave when officers asked him to do so on Nov. 13.
A crowd of onlookers, including other members of CopWatch — a police monitoring group — watched Kurtz as he made sexual movements on the car. When officers approached Kurtz, a CopWatch member began filming the interaction.
Officers asked Kurtz and the crowd to leave, but the group began yelling obscenities and refused to leave the area, according to a police report.
“They were inappropriately aggressive and appeared to have the desire to start a police related incident on camera,” the report states.
Kurtz began shouting at the officer and refused again to leave. An officer then arrested Kurtz for disorderly conduct.
While an officer searched him, Kurtz yelled “Go ahead! Throw me down and break my neck! Is this where you beat me up?” the report states.
Kurtz then claimed to have marijuana and money from selling drugs in his pockets, told the male officer he found him attractive, and then made sexual advances toward the officer, according to the report.
Several CopWatch members videotaped the incident.
After the other threads cropping up today... This just seems par for course.
We're gonna have to do something about this.
Back where I come from there isn’t a lot of difference between the LEOs and the bad guys.
True story. The sheriff and some deputies were out in the county investigating reports of stolen cattle. Lo and behold, the sheriff’s sons show up driving a pickup towing an empty horse trailer. Sheriff says, “You boys get outta here! We’re trying to catch some cattle rustlers!”