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Originally posted by Ellie Sagan
reply to post by badw0lf
Bull crap..... there are definitely still good cops.. That was completely ignorant to state. I am replying to what the both of you posters said. I have had bad and good experiences with cops and I know they aren't all bad. I also know other people who have had both good and bad experiences. The cops are not our enemies, corruption is.
Originally posted by Ellie Sagan
The title to this thread seems a bit misleading. The woman was not arrested for videotaping the police activity. She was arrested for refusing to go in her house as asked.
Originally posted by Ellie Sagan
reply to post by SIEGE
I actually agree with you and I do see the big picture. I just didn't see it as being more than the woman trying to make a point then cried about it when it got real. I do agree with you actually. I don't know, I guess I have mixed feelings and I really hope I am never on a cop's bad side.
For what it's worth, I act out of fear a lot of the time and I need to get more courageous.
How would you feel if someone followed you around your job with a camera? I sure as hell wouldn't like it.
Originally posted by jjkenobi
Police officers face conditions everyday where their lives are in danger. I for one have no problem with them telling this lady to not stand so close to them. She was obviously fishing with a camera to try and capture something. How would you feel if someone followed you around your job with a camera? I sure as hell wouldn't like it.
She was charged with obstructing government administration.
Their pay comes from our tax dollars.
Originally posted by EmeraldGreen
WOW
This will probably sound controversial, but i suspect they are trained to confront individuals who have personal vendettas against police officers... the clues ( as they will have been trained to notice ) are in her tone... if she was cool about it, there would have been a human reaction... but she was RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE about it & so received the inhumanity she projected.. that's how i felt watching half the clip before making that conclusion
anyway
peaceedit on 22/6/2011 by EmeraldGreen because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by EmeraldGreen
WOW
This will probably sound controversial, but i suspect they are trained to confront individuals who have personal vendettas against police officers... the clues ( as they will have been trained to notice ) are in her tone...
The police report of the arrest contains another apparent discrepancy from what appears on the video: Masic writes that the traffic stop targeted three individuals who "were all chalkem south gang members."
"This gang is known for drugs guns and violence," Masic notes, underscoring the danger of the situation.
The video, while dark, appears to only show one man led out of the car. Good's public defender says that as far as she has been able to determine, only one man was pulled over.