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I just saw this video on a friend's facebook profile. I'm surprised the police let him walk in the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTzzdPVLn2o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTzzdPVLn2o
I just saw this video on a friend's facebook profile. I'm surprised the police let him walk in the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTzzdPVLn2o
Uh,....Ok....so you see a LEO during a traffic stop and decide to go bug him with a camera? This guy was/is looking for trouble. This type of activity makes OCers look like troublemakers. Not cool.
Uh,....Ok....so you see a LEO during a traffic stop and decide to go bug him with a camera? This guy was/is looking for trouble. This type of activity makes OCers look like troublemakers. Not cool.
Uh,....Ok....so you see a LEO during a traffic stop and decide to go bug him with a camera? This guy was/is looking for trouble. This type of activity makes OCers look like troublemakers. Not cool.
Not a very nice thing to say to Scooter...With that twist of logic, you should write for a liberal news site.
It's high time we start watching them.
Camera or not,he walked up on a situation with his GF to make sure everything was kosher.I would,and so would you,if it was your wife or loved one.Notice how the cop kept saying it was his?The public streets are OURs!It was the same "it's mine" thinking that leads them to say "I need your ID to know who you are"!He was fighting for his freedom and ours.It's that simple!yes one could come to the conclusion that the guy was baiting the cop a bit. even if he wasn't carrying a gun, he instigated the interaction by walking right up to the stop with the camera. once the cops sees the gun, he decides he doesn't like whats happening and decides to go above and beyond his authority to get a little respect back(but the suspect knew enough to keep them at bay).
In terms of political correctness, you may have a point. But we aren't exactly a group of people that adheres to political correctness.
In terms of keeping our hired servants in check, no, this is an appropriate decision to make.
I just saw this video on a friend's facebook profile. I'm surprised the police let him walk in the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTzzdPVLn2o
Exactly!LEO's can demand all they want,and the majority of the uneducated(firearm law,ID law,etc. etc.)folks don't know their rights,and therefore SUBMIT to their demands!It's hard to talk to LEO's who don't know the law and demand your submission,and that guy did great.I think his knowledge of the law and the camera is the exact reason he wasn't illegaly arrested on some bogus charge,which LEO's do take advantage of regularly.Thats the CROC in this situation!Dougwg,
Just curious, what leads you to think he doesn't sound very bright? He said what he needed to and kept his mouth shut otherwise, which is pretty much how my last stop went. I get that saying the same thing over and over doesn't sound the best, but when you are arguing with a cop that is trying to get you to waive your rights, that is kind of how it works out. At no point did the first cop offer any explanation, just the "my scene, my safety" argument over and over, ignoring any of his questions. I should go back and count how many times his question of "am I required to show ID" was asked and unanswered. The few times I have been stopped I feel that I have appeared inarticulate to bystanders but I just refuse to explain myself to the police. I imagine a casual onlooker to expects me to tell the cop who I am, where I am going, where I came from, do I have a CPL, why I am carrying, etc., but I don't do that anymore.
-Rob
If that is the case, end of story...then why did he stay on foot and continue walking around? Why didn't he initially respoond with that is my girlfriend and i have every right to be right here(or in teh car with her)? I would have handled the situation differently, but to each his own.