Posted on 05/21/2020 5:10:26 PM PDT by Kaslin
How is that being a "fascist"?
What they do in their own time is their business but on the job they are expected to behave in a professional manner.
Or do you think that taking photos of dead bodies on company time to sell is behaving in a professional manner?
We live in a total surveillance society.
There are cameras everywhere we go recording everything we do.
And you go insane and want to destroy someone who took a photo you disapprove of.
You aren’t king of the world, even though you think you are and are so full of hate you can hardly contain yourself.
You think that privacy is only for abortions. As for the rest of it, all authority should be allowed to do anything they wish to the rest of us with no consequences. The professional conduct is for the little people who do not wear the magic blue uniform.
As for full of hate, yes, I do hate it when public servants do not do their job while they are on the clock. This apparently is perfectly ok with you.
Quit embarrassing yourself.
Do you still beat your wife?
No. What happens in public should not be concealed.
Still peeping at your neighbors kids in the pool?
Blacks are upset some cop disrespected their hero, Kobe Bryant and they're 'outraged' so the entire racist system must be dismantled.
'Should it be a crime to take pictures of accident scenes?'
No photos(video) of crime scenes?
I wonder what Mr. Gipson would say about the Rodney King or Ahmaud Arbery videos.
“No such law needed.”
Totally agree. First responders are there to perform a duty and already answer to their superior officers. Anything diverting their attention from their main focus could jeopardize lives. There are news photogs and civilians who take pics as well but that’s a different issue. As long as they don’t cross police/fire lines or contaminate a crime scene they should be left alone.
BTW, anyone recall the movie Nightcrawlers which focused on a freelance photo journalist (Jake Gyllenhall) who set up dangerous situations then camped nearby to photograph the carnage/shootouts and sell pics?
The camel; now having his nose under the tent wall; will soon be inside, pushing ALL 'photographers' into jail for capturing an image that just a few microseconds BEFORE the impact would have been perfectly legal!
(The courts have already ruled there is no expectation of privacy in the public arena.)
This bill doesn’t apply to everyone, though. It’s specifically targeting first responders, including law enforcement officers, firemen and paramedics. That’s an awfully specific law, isn’t it?
Well, the government makes plenty of laws that make it illegal for an ordinary citizen to do what members of the privileged class (i.e., anyone who works for the government) can do. I really don't see a problem with the reverse.
I agree this would be much better handled administratively through agency policy.
Simply make it a disciplinary offence and make the punishment up to 30 days on the beach or termination for a violation.
Cops have been doing this for years.
At least 50 years ago I remember seeing magazines for the police that had crime scene accident photos in them.
Probably the only difference between today and back then is digital photos and social media.
No there should not be a law (but perhaps department regulations might need to be tighten up a bit)
I agree.
However, any one taking such pictures with an intent of exploitation should automatically be open to a law suit from the families involved.
And I mean on a personal level, through some entity, wherein the public would pay the bill.
There's the First Amendment...then there is basic human compassion and responsibility.
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