Cops smash car window to taser passenger
 

Nazi America.

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Why the police officer's face is blurred out? Don't you have a legal right to film cops on duty?

Not caring.

During a routine traffic stop, police have the right to ask everyone for identification. This man refused, then refused orders to step out of the car. Asking for ID is both routine and common, and the fact that he refused is suspicious in itself.

When police ask you to step out of the car, it's less of a question and more of an order. One way or another he was coming out of the car.

Ok, they have a right to ask. You have a right to film them. Why face of that cop is blurred out?

Don't he must show you his own id with a photo first to identify himself? Who knows, maybe he is not a cop at all, or maybe he is on drugs... I my country I have a right to know his name and the department number to make a phone call and ensure he is a real cop and he is on duty. Even if he is a cop on duty, but if he acts inadequately (e.g. tries to threatened me with a gun), I'll report him to the internal department of security and those guys will take care of him...

So send flying glass at kids and tase the guy. Makes sense.

Who told you that nonsense?

You'll go far in life with that attitude. :D

Getting all "my rights" and smartassy with a cop is about the dumbest thing you can do in the US. Canada too for that matter. Best thing to do is to comply with them fully, and if they do anything that you think is wrong or unfair you wait until later and let your lawyer do your talking.

Unless of course one WANTS to be a star on youtube. :D

The United States Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Upholds Legality of Videotaping Police

Being as I have no idea who blurred the image out, I cannot answer this. I am assuming it was the TV station - most likely because they fear being sued by the officer?

I don't know about free and democratic America, but in tyrannical Russia this right is given by the law: http://www.rg.ru/2009/07/07/mvd-reglament-dok.html

So it's not a nonsense, it's a law (at least n my country).

BTW, look at this video. The police officer has clutched his holster (didn't even get his gun out) without a reason. Guess that? The next day this video was on all federal TV news channels (yes, because we have a right to film police on duty) and just a day later he was fired from his job:



Yes, I'm not an American citizen. I'm not free and I have no idea what democracy is, but I know my rights...

You are right - it doesn't make sense.

It doesn't make sense for the police to have to smash the window at all, kids or not. But it also doesn't make sense that a grown man is going to refuse to produce ID during a routine traffic stop, no less to completely disobey a lawful command from a police officer.

Police, after someone refuses to produce ID, will not say "Oh, no problem, just go about your way, drive safely" - That's not how it works. Once the police says "We need to see your ID" everything stops until they have identified that person - no exceptions. This man forced police into a very difficult situation that quickly escalated - When you refuse to get out of the car, police are going to come in to get you. It's just not open to discussion.

I'm already far Believe me ;)

In my country police don't shoot civilians left and right. The last case of mass murder when a cop shot dead 2 Moscow citizens was in 2009. That animal now servers a life time (we have no death penalty in Russia), the director of Moscow police has lost his job too. Here is an article in wikipedia about that shooting (use Google translate to read): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94...BE%D0%B2%D0%B0

Sued for that? If he was on duty, he can not impede citizens to film him. Course if he is NOT on duty, he is just a private person and you can't film him if he is not agree for that. That's a normal practice, isn't it?

You don't give a shit either way. You just can't pass up criticizing anything American.


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While all that is true you guys still don't get it. I'm a realist. While you're all squawking about your so-called "soopreme court RIGHTS" I know the truth of it. If a cop is in a certain situation and sees you (as in you the person he has pulled over, you the person he is focused on at the time) video-recording him when you should be obeying his commands he is often very likely going to set you straight, and not in a good way.

Try it, you'll soon see how right I am.

As a bystander though, sure, you probably have every right to do this. That still doesn't negate the fact that on any given day that one cop won't walk over and rip your phone out of your hands and toss it down a sewer or stomp on it.

Am I saying the cops are right to do this in all situations? No. I'm simply urging all you "I have rights" activists to be real. If a cop tells you to step out of the vehicle and you instead keep your windows up and get out a phone and start filming don't be surprised at the outcome. That's all. :D

No that's not true and you know that. Have I told you that you can't criticize my country? Ever. No, I haven't, because I believe it's a free board and everybody can express his/her own point of view (yes, I know, I have a very perverted understanding of democracy because I'm a Russian piece of shit who has no idea what real freedom is). If you want criticize Russia, please feel free to post into all those threads about Russian aggression on the Ukraine and similar. Who am I to allow or disallow you to do so?

As to contents of this thread, we are talking about the police behavior (blame the OP for posting the news about US police and for ignoring India, Tanzania and Nigeria). And yes, it's normal if I compare it with my own country. Just because it's something I know best (I'm not the one who is used to play an expert for other countries). This is why I don't claim anything for your country. I just read the posts of the US citizens, ask my questions (read above) and then just compare what they say with my own country.

It's not criticizing. It's just a comparison :2 cents:

P.S. I've been to your country for a few times and I had no problems with your police. To be fair, I had no real problems with Russian police either. Maybe because I'm a special one? ;)

one word : terror

Why are people presuming that he refused to show ID? The video says simply that he failed to produce it. That means he doesn't have one to produce in my mind, it does not magically turn into a refusal on his part. What was suspicious about him anyway? Riding while black male?

The people here do it every single day (yes, all that famous Russian dashcam and "funny" police videos on youtube). Don't you understand what if you won't use the law to enforce your rights, the police will just turn you into a herd of docile animals? Give them up a part of your rights and you'll lost them all. Just my :2 cents:

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From an article on the incident
"In the video, officers ask Jones, who was in the passenger seat, to show his ID. However, he did not have his license on him."

Also...

"When the passenger displayed movements inside of the stopped vehicle that included placing his hand in places where the officer could not see, officers' concerns for their safety were heightened."

Finally..

"The lawsuit alleges excessive force, false arrest and battery. "

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...window-n219916

fucking with the cops will get you fucked up.

sad but true :2 cents::2 cents:

He didnt refuse to produce his ID, he was looking for it when the cops drew their guns which is why he refused to exit the vehicle and requested a Sgt. Here's the raw video...

woooooohhh. worldstar!

Not at all. Especially if they see you know the law (your rights), and especially when they know they are being filmed. When I'm talking to police I do not act like an ass, but I always definitely show them what I know my rights. Perhaps that's the reason I haven't had any serious problems.

Here is another video. The guy speaks like an asshole with a police Colonel (that's not a typo) while his wife filming it on camera. He smokes on the officer and denies to stop because he "don't want to smoke inside the car where his kid is". He also expose the officer for not knowing the law (article 185, which says that the policeman must not just show his id. He must tell his full name and explain the reason of stop). Once again, he acts like an asshole (personally I would never to do that just because I have a respect to the people on duty> especially if they are 30 year older than me), but he does not break the law. Otherwise he uses it for his own benefit:

only in america :)

We must learn from this :

Officers need to stop you for not having a seat belt on because you could get hurt.

See, that guy got hurt didn't he?

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You don't understand how things work in America.

It works like this :

We make up a bunch of rights that protect us and then the cops do whatever they want to do and a bunch of sheep file into a court room and hang your ass for thinking you got any motherfucking rights.

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having a dashcam filming everything and shoving a camera in a cops face when he pulls you over isn't even the same thing and you know it. If you get pulled over IN RUSSIA and if they suspect you of a crime, give you orders to drop it and comply and your response is to shove a camera in their face you are going to get your camera smashed and you will be wrestled to the ground and arrested.. just as you should in that instance.

this is such a stupid thing to argue about.

So right, in case if it was not filmed by your wife/relative/friend or any other stranger with a camera. I mean it's really hard to do for a police officer if he is being filmed by others. He can arrest you if you are suspected for a crime, but he can't arrest a guy who films him from another car. That's how it works. If we all we give up, thy will do everything they want. Just like they already do in the States.

Every time I share a story like this with one friend, I get the same 2 comments.

1) They accuse me of thinking that all cops are evil at all times.

2) They say that the person should have complied with the order, regardless of ALL circumstances.

If this sounds like you, then this face is for you.
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I don't know. I am not an attorney, nor do I have any idea what local laws apply.

Using common sense, which is completely lacking on GFY.... It would seem to me that recording an officer is perfectly legal. However, at the same time, I can see how playing the video on national TV can considered an invasion of privacy giving the officer a right to sue. I would imagine the officer could sue due to invasion of privacy, or perhaps he could sue on the ground he lost his job due to this video influencing popular opinion, etc....

It's just like our industry - we pay a model to shoot photos or videos, and legally we own the rights to that content yet we still require a model release even though it's a grey area.

You are asking questions which are irrelevant to the story. The story is about the man in the car and the police officer, NOT why the TV station decided to blur out his face.

No, he wasn't looking for anything. The video was over a minute long with them arguing with the officers and refusing all of their instructions.

It's simple. When police say "get out of the car" you get out of the car. You do not say no. You don't argue with police officers. You do not call 9/11. You do not refuse a lawful order of a police officer. Period. Ever.

what rochard's trolling here is failing to comprehend is the simple fact that the guy that got tasered through the window was not the person driving nor the person committing any crime or traffic infraction, he was simply a passenger in a car pulled over because the driver was not wearing a seatbelt, therefor, he has ZERO obligation to surrender his rights to that cop.

The precedent for following cop orders is very clear. If you are the one under arrest or being ticketed for the infraction, then you must comply with the order to exit your vehicle, otherwise you are completely free to walk away from the scene.

He say's at least 3 times "I already gave you my information".
He said he didn't have a license.
So why would he keep looking for something he already told them he didn't have?

But why don't you consider that he is the passenger and the driver is the one with the seat belt violation and
there is really no reason to be suspicious of the passenger and the cop just has a hard on for nothing.

What was the major crime solved by pulling the passenger out of the car?

Nothing, how about cops stop wasting our tax money by fucking with people for nothing.

What happened there was not about crime; it was all about showing authority.
The cops want to show that they set the rules and they do that by beating you over a
seat belt violation that ain't even yours.

This is not good, man. You must know your laws (both State and Federal ones) and course you must know your rights. Doesn't matter what country you live in.

Once again, I really not familiar with the US laws about that, but I know that in my country an officer on duty has no privileges as a private person. He is a representative of the law, so there is no privacy for him. When he is off his job, he's just a regular citizen and sure he has the same privacy rights. That's the law says. I think it's fair.

Sorry, but no. When you pay to the models, you are signing a contract. Only you and them (on the mutually profitable base of course). You pay them for that, not anybody else, because you are their only employer.

When you are speaking about police, it's a way different story. Every citizen of your/my country is their direct employer - the boss who pays their bills. We pay their salary and nobody else. They work for us and only for for us. If you don't understand this simple thing, you will continue suffer from the people who's get paid from your own pocket. They are your servants, not you are their one :2 cents:

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and get your fix.

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Gotta listen to the men or get hurt by disobeying them

He lost his license for some violation and was going to produce the the ticket showing that. Yep he was afraid and I dont blame him.
I remember years ago, my friend and I were going to work at the nightclub. A cop stopped my friend for speeding. The cop shined the light in the car and saw me sitting in the passenger seat. He said who are you? My friend told him that's none of your business. The cop went back wrote a ticket and we were off. If we were black I think that would of played differently.