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Bass 
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Posted on: Jan. 09 2013, 10:14 am |
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Camera seized and man charged
He had been filming from about 30 feet away, he said. Henderson said deputies gave him no warning before Muellner took his camera.
His is the latest in a string of cases nationwide involving citizens who record police activities.
Since small, concealable cameras are cheap and easily available, I can't see why anyone would risk police seizing their camera and charging them with some bogus charges!
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High_Sierra_Fan
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Posted on: Jan. 09 2013, 11:59 am |
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What an odd hobby, videoing cops?
But odd or not from the description he was totally within his rights and that HIPAA nonsense reveals the deputy for an idiot with an attitude (and a citation pad which is a bad combination).
Oh but the big visible camera is a part of the "In your face" game bring played here. One the officer should have had the intelligence to decline to play.
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EastieTrekker
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Posted on: Jan. 09 2013, 1:07 pm |
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That's what he gets for acting like a "buttinski". Hahaha, is that an official term in that office?
"How was your shift?"
"Not bad, couple citations, one arrest, and several buttinski's required detaining"
In all seriousness, I hope the guy stands by his "I won't accept a plea deal, if offered". Nothing against law enforcement in particular, but 2012 just made me weary of abuses from people in power. It's time for this crap to stop, seriously...
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High_Sierra_Fan
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Posted on: Jan. 09 2013, 1:28 pm |
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Walking While Buttinski'ing?
Someone needs to clue the deputy in that's not what WWB stands for.....
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Posted on: Jan. 09 2013, 1:58 pm |
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Actually, the big dollar law suits against the city is what will get this power trip under control.
The courts have been pretty consistent that openly videotaping police actions is lawful. Doing it secretly might not be, in some jurisdictions.
State laws are already being passed to allow it, and many police departments are putting their own officer on video to protect them from false claims violence against citizens. Of course, that does require a change of attitude on the part of their officers!
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Posted on: Jan. 09 2013, 2:05 pm |
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Thuggish police behavior? Yeah, maybe big-dollar lawsuits is the way to stop this... but that also means that we the citizens are the ones paying! For police who are found guilty of abusing their power -- I'd rather see personal consequences -- meaning money out of their pockets -- not ours!
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Posted on: Jan. 09 2013, 2:15 pm |
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Sh!t rolls downhill. When the city pays, the police officers pay.
And remember, it is the people who elected city officials who allow this kind of crap to go on. Vote for city officials who will do something about it.
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Posted on: Jan. 09 2013, 6:57 pm |
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Naw, we don't want to go there, and there is no need.
A little accountability, and just a smidgeon of common sense, will correct the problem, to the extent there really is a problem. I think the practice of putting video in the patrol cars and on helmets is spreading much faster than thuggish behavior by a few bad apples.
It is always better when the officers live in the communities they serve, too. Another kind of accountability that works well.
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Posted on: Jan. 10 2013, 1:08 am |
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Now if we could only get them to stop lying, especially on official reports.
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Posted on: Jan. 11 2013, 12:18 pm |
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Now if we could only get them to stop lying, especially on official reports.
It is true that they sometimes lie, but so do all human beans. It has more impact when they lie on their reports, but the courts and juries can sometimes correct that little problem.
Most officers are terrible liers on the stand, and the judge and jury often pick up on that. Plus, once a DDA finds out that an officer lies, their credibility is shot forever.
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