This guy stayed really calm and did a great job...thought some of you would enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXwP02Dkp7A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXwP02Dkp7A&feature=related
I watched the first couple minutes, enough to be able say "hey the guy with the camera was wrong and possibly looking for trouble"Since you did not bother to watch the entire video, your concrete opinion of the citizen carries the same weight as your 'no opinion' regarding the LEO.
What business did he have to walk up to the police officer in the first place? He says it's to keep people accountable, but when did that become his job or responsibility?
He then leaves the scene and states he's going to walk the streets to keep people accountable. Sorry, but it is not his job nor his responsibility to keep other people accountable.
I agree with others, he was looking for trouble. He was looking for a LEO encounter that day.
I never said the man committed a crime. Just that it was stupid and a lecture was warranted. If you feel you need to record an officer in the execution of his duties, then do so from the sidelines. There is no need to get close like that and announce your presence. Again, I suspect the individual was just looking to cause a scene.I do not refute your assessment. In fact I agree. Yet, what is 'socially acceptable' and what is legal/illegal is the point.
He committed a social faux pas, nothing more and nothing less. The remainder of the video and the cops actions documented therein seem to be irrelevant to some.
Guy was a douche to go up on the cop and was clearly LOOKING for a an encounter.... he got what he wanted.
Now, if he had just been walking down the street and this happened, then I would have cried foul on the cops... but he instigated the contact from the get go...
That said, he handled himself wonderfully.... and I ALWAYS CRACK A SMILE when someone announces to the cops that they are leaving and they DO.... Those LEOs must have been PISSED that they couldn't do anything... but kudos to them for NOT doing anything. I think it was fine for them to approach him and ask for ID... not fine to bother him for so long.... not cool to lie to him, but I understand why they do... and great for him to stand up and walk away.
Who watches the watchman?