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Cyclist Arrested For Videotaping Cop During Red Light Stop
The Gothamist ^ | May 2, 2014 | Ben Yakas

Posted on 05/03/2014 7:10:46 AM PDT by Leaning Right

Photographing and videotaping anything in public view—including federal buildings and the police—is legal in NYC as long as the documentation does not impede any law enforcement activity. Nevertheless, plenty of people—including journalists—continue to be arrested and harassed by camera-shy NYPD officers.

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While in the back of the car, Paybarah (the arrestee) says he asked the officers why he was arrested for taking video. One officer responded memorably:

I was told by another officer while in the car that recording a police officer was illegal because people are using iPhones as guns and shooting cops through the camera lens.

(Excerpt) Read more at gothamist.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cellphone; donutwatch; iphone; newyorkcity; videotapingcops
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There was a thread here on FR a couple of days back about videotaping cops. This story adds another twist: cell phones as potential firearms.
1 posted on 05/03/2014 7:10:46 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

Union thugs of the jack boot variety.


2 posted on 05/03/2014 7:19:49 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Leaning Right

There’s a simple fix for this. First time infraction for interfering with a videotaping, 3 month unpaid suspension, second offense, loss of job.


3 posted on 05/03/2014 7:20:02 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: Leaning Right

If one goes to the stores that specialize in such items, one can buy a gun disguised as almost anything; therefore, the cops can challenge any object you point at them whether a camera or a roll of toilet paper.


4 posted on 05/03/2014 7:20:29 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: Leaning Right

Lots of pinhole spy cameras out there to buy.


5 posted on 05/03/2014 7:22:08 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
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To: Leaning Right
YouTubeaphobia


6 posted on 05/03/2014 7:22:21 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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To: Leaning Right

I wonder. When dogs at the city pound are supposed to be euthanized are they actually sent down to the police firing range?


7 posted on 05/03/2014 7:23:05 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: Leaning Right

This is the only reason I’d consider a google glass... documenting the jackboots.


8 posted on 05/03/2014 7:24:12 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: luvbach1

“any object you point at them”

Like fingers, and they are starting brainwashing with 1st graders


9 posted on 05/03/2014 7:25:07 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You can count my felonies by looking at my FR replies.)
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To: Leaning Right

I love that NYCLU app!


10 posted on 05/03/2014 7:25:37 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Leaning Right

“””I was told by another officer while in the car that recording a police officer was illegal because people are using iPhones as guns and shooting cops through the camera lens.””””

Seriesly? Doesn’t the cop know that James Bond retired?


11 posted on 05/03/2014 7:26:00 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Sgt_Schultze

How about jail time? They are breaking the law ya know.


12 posted on 05/03/2014 7:28:50 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Leaning Right

Oh the dilemma: Jackbooted thugs vs. Cyclist!


13 posted on 05/03/2014 7:30:45 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.a)
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To: null and void

Ping!


14 posted on 05/03/2014 7:31:34 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: shelterguy

Seriously.

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/cellgun.asp

Here’s a video of a 4-shot .22 version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1SRtkhh-U


15 posted on 05/03/2014 7:32:22 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Leaning Right
"Paybarah was jailed at Central Booking for 13 hours that day, and though he was originally pulled over for running a red light, he was also charged with resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, and criminal mischief."

Besides the thuggery of cops, they try to load up charges and ruin every otherwise orderly, peaceful, and productive life that they can. This guy had a traffic infraction - resisting arrest and criminal mischief...?

This guy needed a good lawyer to counter-charge the officers and prosecution. Slam the thugs hard and make it count - ruin their careers to the same degree they do to others. This crap has got to stop!

16 posted on 05/03/2014 7:33:56 AM PDT by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; Conservatives believe what they see.)
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To: Leaning Right
people are using iPhones as guns and shooting cops through the camera lens.

Not possible. A cell phone gun would have to fire in the long dimension.

17 posted on 05/03/2014 7:34:12 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: shelterguy

“There have been many media accounts of these cell-guns including a report by Lucrezia Cuen on ABCNews.com on December 6, 2000. Most of the information in this particular eRumor comes from that report.

The cell-gun can fire four .22 caliber rounds. “


18 posted on 05/03/2014 7:37:57 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: driftdiver

Not jail time. But certainly permit the citizen to pursue the offending officer in court personally. When they lose the insulation of the state and imperil their personal bank accounts, they may act more reasonably.


19 posted on 05/03/2014 7:38:40 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: Leaning Right

I remember when NY state passed this law and was the subject of a thread here: the “Annoy a cop” crime.
Strange but true, and only in the city so nice they named it twice.


20 posted on 05/03/2014 7:39:06 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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