Posted on 02/27/2014 6:47:27 AM PST by servo1969
A chilling video of Maryland police silencing an innocent student who was recording the arrests of two other people has civil libertarians outraged.
The arrests were made at night on the streets of Towson, Maryland. A University of Maryland-Baltimore County student who witnessed the arrests decided to record them using his cell phone. The student, 21-year-old Sergio Gutierrez, was soon approached by officers who objected — wrongly — to his actions.
Gutierrez repeatedly told the officers that he knew he had the right to film them, but the cops were prepared to use any excuse to shut him down. First they told him that he was hampering their investigation, even though he was standing well enough away while the arrests were being made.
Still, the student maintained that he was in the right.
“I am allowed to film,” said Gutierrez.
The cops told him that he was diverting their attention and that he had to leave. When Gutierrez persisted, they told him that he would be arrested if he did not stop recording.
“I thought I had freedom of speech here,” he said.
The cop’s answer? “You don’t. You just lost it. Walk away and keep your mouth shut.”
Police shoved Gutierrez, told him to “shut your f---ing mouth,” and eventually forced him to leave the area.
Many of the people who watched the video were disturbed by the officers’ behavior. So too was the Baltimore County police department, which has launched an investigation, according to WBALTV-11.
Gutierrez told local news that he was glad he recorded the incident. Police may have acted even worse if they knew the camera was off, he said.
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Ha. Force of habit. Of course I meant CO.
Please see the last line in my post #36. His tactics were awful.
No doubt looking for a rug to sweep this under..
County deputies here average 45k plus more beni’s than the rest of us get. This is rural N.C. Down the road in York county S.C. a deputy shot a 72 year old man that was ordered out of his car. He complied ,grabbed his cane and was rewarded with a sw 40 hollow point. I trust the police about as much as our elected officials.
Huh?
I do. will post soon
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If I have a CO2 leak NOBODY is going to force Me out of MY HOUSE because that means the Beer Keg is losing pressure and I'm finding that leak ASAP!
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.TN Constitution:
— William Pitt
Article 1, Section 2.
That government being instituted for the common benefit, the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
HOUSTON METRO COP-UNLAWFUL DETAINMENT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_cPuu1YU20
That YouTube video said it’s private.
See I think this is where the discussion goes wrong. The police aren’t public servants. They serve the govt primarily and its interests. When the govt is corrupt the police become nothing more than mob enforcers.
Modern police forces stem, in part, from the slave “paddy wagons” of the 1800s.
Any wonder why we are treated like uppity slaves if we engaged in “non-government employee approved” behavior?
Support Your Local Slave Patrol
http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2014/02/support-your-local-slave-keeper.html
And yet hasn't the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement have no duty to protect any individual?
What about the cop's duty to observe the rights of bystanders? Don't those count?
There certainly is such a think as interfering with a police officer performing his "duties", however this isn't one of them and thus the mention of such is irrelevant. The man recording the police should have been left alone.
first off..
i believe in the constitution AS WRITTEN..
with that in mind...
with a co2 leak in my home, the only person being endagered is myself..
do the government authorities have the right to remove me from my home...
the constitution says NO....
as a matter of fact, every single argument you bring up has a simple question...
does the constitution grant this right to the federal government..
because if this right is not granted to the feds EXCLUSIVELY in the constitution, then that right is reserved by the states and the people respectively (read and understand the constitution, and this will become crystal clear)..
wanna know my bitch, and why i will no longer align with the republican party???
just ask the people you are arguing with if the feds have a right to infringe upon the people the powers they were not granted with...
this includes..
EPA
DEA
IRS
HSA
and a host of many others....
and while you are at it, please tell me where in the constitution the feds can:
tell you what you can smoke..
tell you what you can marry..
tell you what you can have sex with..
tell you what you can drink..
tell you what you can eat..
tell you what kind of firearm you can possess (this is a trick question, and I know the answer, but this is another discussion)..
regardless of what you think of or believe of the proceeding questions, one thought remains clear..
when did personal thoughts, beliefs or standards become the law of the land???
libs can propose laws that rob you of your rights..
so called conservatives do the same thing..
In this case, however, there is an actual incident occurring. And police action is being taken. I've been in street-wide brawls. You have no idea who is with whom and who is on who's side. I've seen innocent bystanders hit with flying bottles/debris. The smart thing to do is clear the street. It's a lawful order. But people don't listen, and that's how they get hurt. And then everyone blames the cops for not taking control. It's lose/lose. Especially when you have hot-head cops being idiots.
bkmk
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