Posted on 01/26/2009 7:36:02 AM PST by BGHater
How stupid are people? If a cop demanded my camera I’d ask him if I were under arrest and what the charge was. If I’m not being taken into custody, he’s not getting my camera.
“How stupid are people”?
...stupid enough to vote BO for POTUS. Skies the limit on stupidity at this point.
I say no.
What is the police going to do if I refuse to turn over my camera ? Grapple with me ? Shoot me ?
I think they have a right to get your name and address, but to take your personal property is a no, no.
I do not see how they have that right...but welcome to Barry’s America.
I can understand that it may contain evidence but it isn’t directly connected to the crime and should have to be subpoenaed.
We are getting there. The box is getting more corrupt and what rights we have smaller and smaller. When are we going to take some of the power back. Never.
You said — “How stupid are people? If a cop demanded my camera Id ask him if I were under arrest and what the charge was. If Im not being taken into custody, hes not getting my camera.”
Yeah, and I really understand that and go along with it. At the same time, I can see someone getting arrested, charged with interfering with an investigation, refusing lawful orders, and charged with disorderly conduct and also possibly assaulting a police officer — and ending up in jail with a list of charges to defend against, along with bail to raise and a whole new set of problems one never thought they would have a few minutes prior to that event...
That’s what can happen...
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So, one should think through the steps they would go through (ahead of time) if things start deteriorating down to that level...
Couldn't resist answering this. Maybe the crime was the illegal shooting. And cover up? Well, Government seems to be one big cover up of everything they do. What's happening? And all this talk transparency! Bull Sh@@. Same thing.
Seeing in this case that they just filmed a police officer shooting an unarmed, bound man in the back...I might be a bit concerned for my own safety if I were the videographer.
This guy just shot an unarmed man...by accident maybe...he brings out the taser or maybe shoots you by accident too.
Rape of Liberty ping
Seems to me that the police would get a better response if they simply got a copy of what was filmed. That way the state has their evidence and the people have theirs.
“Officer, I don’t have a camera.”
In a greatly lesser type of incident, I was approached by security personnel at a church in Dallas (same church Billy Graham is a member of..., or, at least, the last I heard, anyway...) where I was taking pictures one Sunday morning. I was outside on the sidewalk talking pictures of one part of their historic building, going back quite a ways. I was told that I couldn’t do that. I would have to get permission to do so. Well, I knew that was ridiculous, since I was on a public sidewalk and street taking the pictures. But, since I was in Dallas and it was my dad’s church that we were attending, I just quit taking the pictures at that moment. I also resumed taking pictures on a different day and more quickly.... :-)
The article said — “Needless to say, I now have Randazzas cell phone number programed into my cell phone.”
It would seem that one needs to have a “lawyer on call” for so many things in life, these days...
Possibly but more likely you will end up arrested for interferring. Best hope here would seem to be a bunch of lawsuits with much publicity. In a tense situation, however comply with the cops, they had already shot one person they shouldn't have shot.
I am normally a police supporter but they aren't always right and will protect a fellow officer. Also, over time they get a really sour view of all humanity by the nature of their work.
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