Fucking Cops: Volume II

[Manowar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaJ41N9AHEY What happens when you film a police officer. It's pretty much what we know, check it out.

Manowar

[Chad32]

They really hate being filmed doing stuff they might get in trouble for. Or not, depending on how bought off the prosecutor is. But even then, most people in power are aware that the more people see something for what it is, the more they will start rising up against it.

[Manowar]

In video there are several examples where cops say it is illegal to record, i thought it was legal to record. Is it illegal?

Manowar

[Chad32]

It should be legal. If you don't want to be filmed, don't take a job as a public servant.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It should be legal. If you don't want to be filmed, don't take a job as a public servant.

Completely agree. I also think that it should be a crime to doctor footage of an officer doing his/her job. Most officers are more concerned about "'shopped" footage than being caught doing something they shouldn't be doing.

[Minimalist]

Yeah - I'm sure they lay awake at night shitting bricks thinking that someone doctors footage of them beating the shit out of someone for no reason.

Happens every day, I'll bet.


Meanwhile, here is an Appeals Court Case which establishes the right to film the cops and the reasons for allowing it.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/201702...ment.shtml

And yes, not trusting the lying fucks is the main reason.\

Filming the police contributes to the public’s ability to hold the police accountable, ensure that police officers are not abusing their power, and make informed decisions about police policy. Filming the police also frequently helps officers; for example, a citizen’s recording might corroborate a probable cause finding or might even exonerate an officer charged with wrongdoing.

Of course the cops don't care about the last sentence.  They've been making shit up and sending innocent people to jail and never lose a wink of sleep over it.  But that first sentence gives them a diarrhea hemorrhage.

[Chad32]

Isn't it supposed to be a common argument that you shouldn't be concerned about the government spying on you, if you aren't doing anything wrong? But they do have a problem, because they know they're doing something wrong.

[Minimalist]

There are rules for them and rules for us.

They exist largely in their own self-important heads but the fuckers know them all!

[Chad32]

It is sadly true that, given enough money, you can get away with just about anything. There's a reason it's called the root of all evil.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It is sadly true that, given enough money, you can get away with just about anything. There's a reason it's called the root of all evil.

"the lust for money is the root of all evil"