NY Police Arrest Citizen for Filming

[phatgemi]

Rochester NY police arrest citizen for filming a traffic stop from her front yard. No guns involved but sure will be interesting to follow how this turns out.

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[NYFelon]

In NY only one party consent is required to record. You are legally allowed to record anyone, anywhere, at anytime, so long as the production is not for profit. That's why they had to charge her with "obstruction of government a55hattery" or whatever the trumped up nonsense was.

 

[level.eleven]

Glenn Beck listeners and posters sound a lot like INGOers.

 

[Expat]

Glenn Beck listeners and posters sound a lot like INGOers.

I think a couple of the guys just keeled over.

 

[NYFelon]

Glenn Beck listeners and posters sound a lot like INGOers.

I don't get the reference.

 

[spearheadersarge]

Wow! I wish that was my neighbourhood. If he didn't feel safe then he could have moved his traffic stop down the road. I bet she wins a boatload from the settlement. Cops can be such douchebags sometimes! How can you arrest someone on their property for not following your orders when they are illegal to begin with? I would have asked if he had a warrant and if not, to get the hell off my property! JBT's!!!

 

[KG1]

In NY only one party consent is required to record. You are legally allowed to record anyone, anywhere, at anytime, so long as the production is not for profit. That's why they had to charge her with "obstruction of government a55hattery" or whatever the trumped up nonsense was.

Boy there seems to be alot of this going on lately. I think they even have a new division dedicated to that. It's called the Dept.of Government Asshattery

 

[level.eleven]

I don't get the reference.

That is GB's website and I read the comments.

 

[Benny]

He needs to be fired and jailed for kidnapping.

 

[RockofStrength]

Boy there seems to be alot of this going on lately. I think they even have a new division dedicated to that. It's called the Dept.of Government Asshattery

We call it the Dept. of Love, actually.

That charge is allegedly "obstructing government administration". Wow. That law is vague enough to cover just about anything the government wouldn't want you to do that could possibly interfere with anything it does at all.

 

[Expat]

The anger seems to be building amongst the public and the authority figures over taping. We have seen the videos of some TSA agents and them trying to stop it and also some police, who should know better.

 

[NYFelon]

Wow! I wish that was my neighbourhood. If he didn't feel safe then he could have moved his traffic stop down the road. I bet she wins a boatload from the settlement. Cops can be such douchebags sometimes! How can you arrest someone on their property for not following your orders when they are illegal to begin with? I would have asked if he had a warrant and if not, to get the hell off my property! JBT's!!!

I'll bet money she is prosecuted and receives a criminal sentence, even if only a fine, or suspended. This is NY, and the police are gods.

Boy there seems to be alot of this going on lately. I think they even have a new division dedicated to that. It's called the Dept.of Government Asshattery

Yeah, like the whole dam thing.

That is GB's website and I read the comments.

Oh. I didn't know that was Beck's website. I don't much care for talking heads, and I really dislike Beck. He just seems like such a used car salesman to me. YMMV.

 

[level.eleven]

He needs to be fired and jailed for kidnapping.

I saw this on a legal blog a few days ago and there is an out for the law enforcer. He said, paraphrased, "I am not comfortable because of something you said before you started filming."

It just may be the new "stop resisting". Or, she said some crazy shizzle. We don't know. None the less, if it was that terrible, it would seem like it would have been handled at that time, not minutes later and after a debate with the suspect.

 

[level.eleven]

Oh. I didn't know that was Beck's website. I don't much care for talking heads, and I really dislike Beck. He just seems like such a used car salesman to me. YMMV.

I understand you opinion, but one thing, I wouldn't have stopped at used car salesman.

 

[NYFelon]

that's a big 10-4

 

[KG1]

that's a big 10-4

Is that official cop lingo or just regular trucker type?

 

[UncleMike]

The anger seems to be building amongst the public and the authority figures over taping. We have seen the videos of some TSA agents and them trying to stop it and also some police, who should know better.

I don't understand the "Don't film me" attitude. When the Squad Car dash cams first came out some people, LEO's and non LEO's, balked at the idea of being filmed during a traffic stop.
Hell, I always considered it insurance that someone couldn't try to stick me with a false "abuse" claim.
Today I simply presume that we are "on camera" whenever we step outside and act accordingly.

 

[UncleMike]

Is that official cop lingo or just regular trucker type?

That be Trucker talk.
No self respecting LEO would put the word "big" in front of 10-4.

 

[RockofStrength]

I don't understand the "Don't film me" attitude. When the Squad Car dash cams first came out some people, LEO's and non LEO's, balked at the idea of being filmed during a traffic stop.
Hell, I always considered it insurance that someone couldn't try to stick me with a false "abuse" claim.
Today I simple presume that we are "on camera" whenever we step outside and act accordingly.

It keeps officers on their toes (good for that occasion when bad cops are around and is an extra incentive for even the law-abiding ones to double-check their plan of action) and serves to keep them safe at the same time. Win-win situation for everyone. Better yet, it doesn't violate any Constitutional rights!

 

[joslar15]

Glenn Beck listeners and posters sound a lot like INGOers.

I think a couple of the guys just keeled over.