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Miami-Dade Cops Arrest Man for Video Recording them Making Arrest
Photography is not a Crime ^ | 4/10/14 | Carlos Miller

Posted on 04/29/2014 4:30:19 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

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To: samtheman
The cameras are only going to get smaller and easier to conceal.

And more of them will upload to the Internet in real time.
21 posted on 04/29/2014 6:27:31 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
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To: Crazieman

It does seem that’s where things are heading, huh? Surprised we’ve not seen it yet...


22 posted on 04/29/2014 6:35:42 AM PDT by TheBlackSwan
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
There was a U.S. Supreme Court case in recent years out of Nevada.....I think it was the Hilber decision.....where the Supreme Court ruled that a citizen does NOT have to show their I.D. to police if they, the police, demand it, absent a crime being committed.

But the court did say that the citizen is required to tell the police his or her name if asked. Anyone familiar with this case?

Close. It was Hiibel. The court said that the suspect has to give his name if the police explain what he is suspected of doing.

Of course they can SAY they suspect you of kidnapping the Lindbergh baby or anything else they choose.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiibel_v._Sixth_Judicial_District_Court_of_Nevada

23 posted on 04/29/2014 6:45:43 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: wideawake
Again, loitering is a very broad standard - making a personal recording is no more vital an activity than waiting for a friend or enjoying a cigarette.

Also SCOTUS has determined that overly broad loitering laws are unconstitutional. It would be hard for the cops to use that as a excuse to arrest a guy who was in an area for just a few minutes and had a legal reason to be there, namely to make a recording of the cops.

24 posted on 04/29/2014 6:51:51 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: sport
You have to show id. when they demand it

No! See my post 23.

25 posted on 04/29/2014 6:52:34 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: ilovesarah2012
I wonder how many laws we break every day and don’t even realize it.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. -Ayn Rand

26 posted on 04/29/2014 6:54:31 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Thank you for the information. For some reason I thought that one did. Again, thanks.


27 posted on 04/29/2014 6:55:37 AM PDT by sport
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To: Straight Vermonter

Actually, the guy with a camera owned the business where this was taking place...AND, if the video I saw on a local
Miami station was accurate, it appears the cops WENT INSIDE HIS BUSINESS to take a camera....someone was filming them from INSIDE, too.

I don’t like this one bit.


28 posted on 04/29/2014 7:09:03 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

They get bolder and bolder.


29 posted on 04/29/2014 7:09:48 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Straight Vermonter
Whether he had a legal reason to be there is immaterial - waiting for a friend and smoking a cigarette (in most US streets) are legal activities too.

The question is how the loitering statute is written.

30 posted on 04/29/2014 10:00:43 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Dr. Sivana

Public employees should be under public scrutiny.


31 posted on 04/29/2014 5:33:50 PM PDT by samtheman
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