Posted on 11/12/2010 10:20:51 AM PST by Justaham
Edited on 11/12/2010 10:25:54 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Things got ugly when a black mail carrier refused to take back a letter he'd delivered to a lady in Hingham, Mass. She went on a racist rant and slapped him. He secretly taped it all on his cell phone.
The argument in the video is sparked by a certified letter that the mail carrier delivers. The woman has signed for it, but decides she doesn't want it because it's addressed to her husband, not her. But the mail guy won't take it back. Things go sour when she calls him a "F****** n***** thief." She quickly qualifies: "I'm not prejudiced but right now I'm getting real pissed off." Then everything she says afterward is so racist it would make George Wallace blush. Finally she slaps him. Just your normal day on the mail route. Except really, really racist.
Please see my post 60 for my plea of ignorance (which is no excuse).
“so racist it would make George Wallace (DEMOCRAT) blush”
Looks like you are right and the recording is illegal in Mass. That law to me is pure garbage in this case. The guy is on a public street and should be able to tape anything he wants whether it is secret or not. Here is the law:
http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/massachusetts-recording-law
No problem, I figured that you just missed something.
As for the recording being illegal, well maybe, it would depend on state laws.
In my state it is legal to video anyone in public. Recording their voice is more restricted, although there are some exceptions. I can legally record your voice if you give me permission or if you know I am recording you. If you can see that I am going to record you, you can shut up, but I am not required to shut my recorder off. Additionally, and more to the point of this event, I can record you during an assault or threat of assault or other violent act.
I haven’t read the laws on this for several years, so it is possible that they have changed.... but I doubt it.
I seem to remember an uncle like that. We removed him after an especially charming Christmas get together, and I’ll be darned if he didn’t turn up again at Easter. ;0)
“She and the mail carrier need to have a sit down in the Rose Garden with the President over some cold beeyahs.”
Well, the Mail Carrier and the President can have a beer.
Her? She needs anti-psychotics.
Out of curiosity, I went over to Amazon, and they currently sell a HD-quality camcorder with 2 hours of capacity, the size and shape of a cell phone, and will fit in your shirt pocket with the lens peeking out. Just the thing to have discretely turned on when you might be running into somebody “difficult”.
Sometimes the law is an ass as Shakespeare wrote.
If I were sitting on a jury (if a prosecutor were foolish enough to bring it to trial), I certainly would vote to acquit.
It never hurts to remind people to be careful when recording, however.
“I certainly would vote to acquit.”
And I wouldn’t blame you one bit.
Heck, I could write a book on asinine, unfair and constitutionally illegal laws, but I would have wasted all that time.... LOL
Meet the Volvo-Driving Racist Mailman Harasser
The women is apparently a notorious local crank.
More North-of-the-Mason-Dixon racism......
That is hilarious. She is one whacked out kook. I hate to say it about a woman but what she needs more than meds is one serious ass whooping. Her actions are over the top but her thinking is very typical lib narcissism.
I completely concur. Any audio/video recording in a public place should be able to be done with no restrictions. Laws such as this are mainly used to protect the guilty, who are often police officers and such.
The recording laws should be based upon a reasonable person’s expectation to privacy.
I would expect a conversation or an action in public view to be public and recordable.
I would expect what happens in a bathroom stall to be private and not recordable, for example.
You are right, too, about law enforcement: you often see an unreasonable reaction to recording their actions even when public. It does make one wonder why...
I can't believe it took 40 comments for someone to mention that!! She said something like, "You poor man, you can't even see how white people are just trying to help you..." Crikey, this woman needs to be institutionalized - and it's the same crap you hear coming from Northeast liberals all the time. Such condescending, elitist RACISM couched as "social justice." Except this b!tch is crazy, so the truth came out. I'm from the South and I have NEVER witnessed anything like this, so those Libtard commenters over there on Gawker need to shove it.
“This woman is outrageous — I am still waiting for US Postal Inspection Service to investigate this matter. it has been a year since postmaster fired me for this racist lady, and Hingham court let her go free, no trial.”
The guy was fired over this!
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