This is why it's illegal to videotape a police officer.

They don't want evidence to exist that will be used against them in court.

Funny though, how it's completely legal for them to videotape you for the purpose of conviction...

How can we? Hes dead dude.

Hmm.. where is the beating? All I hear is a man screaming like insane.. no sounds of any beating at all??

it's not illegal their in a public place. if it was illegal we wouldn't be viewing it. :)

You know, it goes against common sense... and it certainly goes against the First Amendment... but there's a lot of crazy shit going on lately about judges and police alike who believe people don't have a right to videotape police. Remember that guy who was caught doing wheelies on an interstate somewhere on the east coast, and had a gun drawn on him? Well... he never got cited... but I believe he got thrown in jail for "recording an officer".

Lots of incidents like that happening lately. It's fucking nuts. Lots of cops who think they have the right to take down anyone that points a video camera at them.

They refuse to be held accountable for their actions.

Actually it is not trespassing. Just b/c the guy does not live there the cop had no warranted reason to believe he was trespassing. If it was his friends house he had reason to be there, and if the owner of the home does not complain about trespassing there is no trespassing crime. The guy was fully within his rights to be both filming and standing where he was. Sadly this stuff happens a lot, you would think with all the videos of it something would be done on a major scale but people rather ignore it.

It is not illegal to film a police officer, it is not illegal to film anyone when you are in public or on private property such as this guy was. How do you think the poperatzy get away with basically stalking?

an officer here in phoenix put a crack pipe on a lady here. the camera at the crime lab filmed him doing it. :helpme his punishment one day and he was paid. he said that he was just playing with her. wanna see? http://www.azfamily.com/video/featur...105005254.html

Yep I remember that. I had a buddy get arrested by Mesa Police, they put a meth pipe on him sadly no camera's caught it and he was prosecuted. Funny thing was the guy doesn't drink or smoke anything and was going to collage, needless to say he wasted a lot of money on a degree he really can't use b/c of a drug charge.

oh mesa i never go there unless im headed to the lakes. other than that i don't enter. :helpme

"the officer said it was a joke"

Real fucking funny one, too.

lol I am the law!

just think if the camera wasn't there. :Oh crap and the lab technicians didn't come forward. she would have been in prison cause she has priors. :2 cents:

Well... try it, and let us know what happens. Police are going after people who videotape them, trying to control what people see them do.

The justice system is a joke all around.

I was on jury duty a few years ago - long story short:

Dude was sitting on the stoop of a shit hole apartment getting his hair cut by some chick. Cops roll up. Everyone assembled beats feet, except the dude. Cops chase a few people, give up, come back and put cuffs on the guy, ask him if they can search the apt. Dude answers, "What do I care, I don't live here."

Cops find a suitcase of woman's clothing, bag of crack and a POS .22 handgun, arrest the guy and charge him for both.

His car is in the driveway, registered to a diff shit hole apartment, they don't search it.

In court the public pretender produces the car's registration and a lease for a shit hole apartment across town where the guy lives.

Verdict: guilty on possession, guilty on gun charge and enhanced as a prohibited possessor cos the guy was a felon.

yeah well if he was street wise don't hang outside in a high dope area. if he was hanging out with them im sure he knew what time it was(that they slang rocks).

Sad but true. In the UK they already made it illegal to videotape police activity. It's part of some new anti-terrorism measures. Officially it is to prevent terrorist from identifying and targeting police officers. In reality they only use it if someone catches them beating up and tasing people.

Looking for trouble with a video camera?

I mean, you guys that defend the cop here is fucking disgusting. It's like you want to sit inside a room all your life. At the "deserve this as he was outside"

Are you not supposed to be outside? WTF is wrong with you people. Glad I don't live in the USA. I had gone nuts with the stinky attitude.

Don't you guys like your freedom or something?

You've seen too many movies or something? :helpme

You can beat a guy in a lot of different ways. Doesn't have to hear it.

just saw on the newz a mesa cop charged with 3 felonies and some other stuff. http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region...to-find-a-date hahaha!!!

Funny thing is having been to the likes of China, Indonesia etc I actually feel more at risk, and in more danger from law enforcement in the US.

You are. :( Cops here WILL shoot you dead and get away with it. And the news will report that you were a "terrorist" or a drug dealer or whatever the cops want to say.

I'm not sure about US law but in Canadian law you can resist an illegal arrest without penalty.

As to the people saying when he said he didn't live there he was trespassing, not necessarily so, he could have been on the property with permission.

That said a police officer isn't allowed to detain you because he thinks you might be trespassing, the officer needs evidence or needs some probable cause before he or she can arrest you or even detain you.

The police can't go up to someone and ask them if they live where they're standing and when they say no just automatically take them to the ground as if they are trespassing. That would be chaos.

yeah you can tell them to leave for sure. but just remember they will keep that disrespect in the back of their mind for later.

i believe you are mistaken. its perfectly legal to video tape cops. they will often give you a hard time but if you know your shit, they know they don't have a leg to stand on. they don't like people knowing this though and will often try to strong arm you from taping but its totally in your legal right to do so.

that law can be changed quickly. the people elected the dumb muther fuckers that made the law. :2 cents:

So if you were on the jury you must have voted to convict then right? Why would you do that if you thought the charges were a bad joke?

A Chicago court recently ruled in favor of the police with a videographer beat down, claiming that videotaping the police officer interfered with his job duties.

There was another case recently where the judge said something to the effect of "I don't want our police to have to second-guess their job function. That's why we're convicting people who videotape the police."

I'm not saying I agree with it... I'm just letting you know what the courts are backing these days. It's fucked up!

Honestly...the courts are backing up the cops 99.99% of the time. They are all buddies. Just go to traffic court one day and you quickly realize that judges, attorneys, and cops are all on a first name basis and socialize together as well. They are all on the same "team".

That's how cops get away with killing people all the time and get a slap on the wrist.

Trolling is a art :)

Yeah... my brother's a public defender. He's talked many times about their legal social circle. I guess it kinda makes sense... since they all work together.

But I'll be damned if I'm not going to have a video tape to back myself up when it comes to interfacing with the police.

Did you see the photos of that accident I witnessed a few months back involving the CHP motorcycle cop and a Prius? Well get this... the 2 pages of my witness testimony where I said the cop was traveling a minimum of 70 mph in a 35 zone... pages were torn out of the report.

They manipulate information all day long. They see that as being their job.

A guy that was filming a documentary on police brutality. No chance he would enhance things . . . right?

I have a brother and two cousins who are cops. And my mom was a deputy sheriff for 30 years. You better believe they all work together with the courts and manipulate things. :(

It is truly amazing how many cases I have fought and won considering everyone in the system was working against me.

Is it really forbidden in the USA? There is such a law or something else?

He could have been standing in the driveway of his moms house, his GFs house, his buddies house, or anyone else he knew.

The cop should have asked next, are you visiting someone here. THEN if he said no, ask to see his ID and go from there, doing nothing that involved violence.

However, the guy should have been straight up in the first place. That *may* have ended it right there. Or maybe not.

Fucking dicks! Cops on a power trip...anyone else think this happens way to often?

evil cops. but you know it was revenge for his other video.

How do you know he is beat up then?

ADG already posted the pic of him after they let him out of jail and he checked into the hospital. Here it is again:

http://www.opposingviews.com/attachm...jpg?1303853569

And here's the story:
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/video...-las-vegas-cop

because the majority are spineless. :2 cents: and have in mind "it didn't happen to me" so they don't say shit. just like breast cancer or any other disease. people don't get in the mix till it happens to them. then their all raising money and shit :2 cents: :helpme