*UPDATE*
Sunday I went out to my car and I saw a St. Louis City police car camped out at the bottom of my street dead end street. As I got into the car, he started to pull up the street and him and his partner just stared me down. They stopped again at the top of my dead end street. I started up the car and turned around. As I did this, they took off making a right from my street. I followed. I realized it was on Night Shot mode and flipped it to regular and zoomed in on them trying to get away from me. They ran a red light when they made a right turn by not stopping, then flipped a U-turn knowing I couldn’t. As I came around the corner, they looked at me again, and quickly took off.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5591813350444656353
Then this morning (Monday), I get a call from a St. Louis County detective that has supposedly been asked by the prosecutors office to investigate the possible assault by the officer. I went in to talk with them at 1PM.
The detectives hadn’t seen the tape yet even though they had a copy. That really surprised me and I wondered why not. There questions weren’t even about what happened on that parking lot. They just wanted to know why I was going to the parking lot, what I had done before, and what I had done after this. They even want my Camera so a tech person can look at it and pull up the useless footage from before and after.
Then they got into the deal about it being uploaded off site. I told them it wasn’t true. They then asked if I thought it was a good idea to lie to a police officer. I said, with this officer, HELL YES! He wasn’t a police officer, but a raving lunatic that was going to beat me, arrest me, and maybe kill me that night for no reason. Then he threaten to steal my camera, I had to do something.
I quickly learned that this was about finding something I did wrong and not the officer.
They wanted to take a picture of the camera which I agreed to since it shows how big it is, but then they pressed again about it uploading and wanted to check in the trunk. I told them no. To me, this seemed like they were trying to figure out how to beat my system in the future and spread it around the local LEO community. Well they have a big surprise coming next time they stop me. They’re stupid to think I would just keep using the same thing I currently do.
So I’m going to get a hold of the media again and let them know what is up.
I’ll keep you guys up to date when I can.
bttt
BTTT
Which is a traffic violation. RP told you that you are playing a "dangerous game", but the only dangerous game I see is the cops breaking the law and risking the public safety, precisely the opposite of what they are supposed to be doing.
At that point I would have told them I wasn't going to answer any more questions without legal counsel. It's okay for a cop to lie to you, but it's not okay for you to lie to them (though you did it under duress).
You need the "Bust Card."
Take a look at this, too. Free Legal Information
I hope you were taping this session.
i notice the post that was opened with this update was pulled because of “flamewar”.