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Virginia Cop Detains Washington D.C. Television News Videographer [Title Shortened]
Photography is Not a Crime.com ^ | April 21, 2015 | Carlos Miller

Posted on 04/23/2015 4:40:11 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

A Virginia police officer detained a television news videographer Tuesday because his camera vest could have been tactical gear.

The incident was captured on cell phone video by veteran investigator reporter Russ Ptacek from WUSA9, who posted it on Twitter along with photos of the detainment. The video is posted below.

The cop was from the Arlington County Police Department, part of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: cop; darpa; donutwatch; leo; policestate
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Title: Virginia Cop Detains Washington D.C. Television News Videographer, Fearing Camera Vest Could be Tactical Gear (Updated)

More police state type nonsense going on...

Looks like DARPA called in the cops on the reporter...


1 posted on 04/23/2015 4:40:11 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Every day it gets uglier.


2 posted on 04/23/2015 4:43:19 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Obama’s Amerika.


3 posted on 04/23/2015 4:44:58 AM PDT by mountaineer1997
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To: Timber Rattler

Even if it was “tactical gear”, I’m fairly certain it’s not illegal.

I wear military surplus clothing a lot when doing stuff on weekends. I wonder if I’ll be subject to arrest?


4 posted on 04/23/2015 4:46:01 AM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: Crazieman

Liberal newscritters suddenly discover oppression from socialism that they strove mightily to institute.
If only TEA folks were targeted, they wouldn’t mind it, at all.


5 posted on 04/23/2015 4:48:13 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: 2111USMC
Even if it was “tactical gear”, I’m fairly certain it’s not illegal.

I suspect it is illegal. It looks like a high-capacity vest with more than five pockets, and several of those pockets are capable of holding more than ten flash drives.

6 posted on 04/23/2015 4:49:45 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Memo to Russ:

Get your affairs in order, the IRS audit will commence shortly.

As will the background checks.

And the phone calls from blocked numbers.

Are you now, or have you ever been, a Republican?


7 posted on 04/23/2015 4:50:12 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: 2111USMC

It doesn’t even look remotely tactical.

If I didn’t know he was a photographer, I would guess “fishing vest”.


8 posted on 04/23/2015 4:51:06 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Timber Rattler

The cop thought that vest was tactical gear? Not to bright


9 posted on 04/23/2015 4:51:53 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Timber Rattler

Looks like a standard photographer’s vest.

And just what is
“tactical gear”?

Sincw when is apparel, even military apparel, illegal?


10 posted on 04/23/2015 4:52:26 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Pollster1

I lived in Arlington for 3.5 years. The cops in Arlington...are five-star law enthusiasts. They can take any law....state or county...and whip it into a $500 fine very easily. But when you compare them against the DC cops....they are five times better and more competent.

Last year, they had one of their cops take a break at a local mall...and his cruiser-car was stolen. No kidding....the guy got into it, crossed the wires and drove off across the river to dump it in some local neighborhood.


11 posted on 04/23/2015 4:54:34 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: ArtDodger

12 posted on 04/23/2015 4:54:34 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: R. Scott
It was probably a pretense since that white, middle-aged, lanky photographer is obviously no terrorist.

What's happening is that all these federal and state agencies are now unilaterally declaring illegal "no go, no photograph" zones around their facilities, even on public property like sidewalks and highways and streets, to keep the nosy public away from their internal surveillance activities.

This is all because of the Patriot Act, which Senate Republicans are now wanting to extend for another five years.

13 posted on 04/23/2015 4:56:14 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: 2111USMC
I wear military surplus clothing a lot when doing stuff on weekends. I wonder if I’ll be subject to arrest?

No sir, the question is will you allow yourself to be arrested?

14 posted on 04/23/2015 4:58:39 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (In an Oligarchy, the serfs don't count.)
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The photographer had come in to Virginia from Washington, DC?

Well, as suspicious as that is, as long as the guy had his passport with him the cop should have let him go on his way...


15 posted on 04/23/2015 4:59:58 AM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: Timber Rattler

It seems our politicians have been on a mission to take away citizen freedoms with ever more security and surveillance against Americans (not illegals), when their mission should be maintaining our Constitutional rights and freedoms.


16 posted on 04/23/2015 5:00:03 AM PDT by apoliticalone (The ultimate mission of gun grabbers is to have elites armed and the masses subservient)
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To: Timber Rattler

Seriously, though, even if a photographer’s vest is considered “tactical gear”, so what? It’s not illegal to wear tactical gear in public.


17 posted on 04/23/2015 5:01:24 AM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: Timber Rattler

At least the Commies were open enough to put ‘no camera’ signs on buildings you weren’t supposed to photograph. They didn’t use secret lists.


18 posted on 04/23/2015 5:01:33 AM PDT by PAR35
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What the heck is tactical gear? Does that mean a bullet-proof vest? I have tactical boots. They’re not bullet proof. Do I have to take them off in Virginia?

I am so sick of citizens having to keep their hands up when some cop decides someone might get hurt. I’d like to see the cops keep their hands up and away from their weapons.


19 posted on 04/23/2015 5:04:44 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: Timber Rattler

Excuse me. You need to stop talking about this.
And I need to see your papers.


20 posted on 04/23/2015 5:06:57 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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