[Cyber Liberty]

Cops routinely confiscate recording equipment from people taping them because they don't like seeing themselves on youtube swearing and making rude gestures, acting like the Keystone cops or asserting the authority to do things that a look through the statute books would show that they lack. That's very different from trying to hide a criminal homicide.

I might be going a bit out on a limb here, but I think criminal homicide might be the kind of thing a look through the statute books would show they lacked authority to do. IOW, it's not different at all. I think everybody who's likely to video cops in action should have a cloud-streaming app running at all times. Assume that, given an opportunity, cops will take your phone and destroy the evidence first chance they get.

Cloud streaming will be your only defense because you can count on the LEO lying about the circumstances of how he came into possession of damaged evidence.

[Zhang Fei]

Overheard on the interwebs:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/42355/david-sal-silva-video-confiscated-by-police-officers-shows-them-beating-man-to-death

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1st: Any death is tragic.

2nd: The most unreliable witness is an “eyewitness” because they are colored by their perspectives.

From the article in the NYTimes cited, “having hogtied him...” Police do not “hogtie” anyone. That is an emotional term and not the least accurate, by definition, hog tieing involves binding the hands and feet together.

I note in the article, “the two phones were confiscated in accordance with search warrants and had been handed over to the Bakersfield Police Department as part of the investigation.”

The witness stated Silva was non-compliant and continuing to resist the officers before they struck him.

Sounds like positional asphyxiation to me, a danger when large people are handcuffed face down.

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[Zhang Fei]

People are making the cops out to be OJ Simpson. In reality, these are cops operating in a high crime area who are trying to subdue a large, unruly suspect who is creating a disturbance at the local hospital. In contrast, OJ murdered his wife and her fiance in a fit of jealous rage. It’s not remotely comparable. And yes, some perps do create a racket even the cops are barely touching them.

The press is making the dead guy out to be a Hispanic, grown-up version of Trayvon Martin. Meanwhile, an ambulance chaser is circling and setting the table for a multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit by trying to make sure the cops are indicted and tried in court. That way, even if the verdict is not guilty, the dash for cash can continue. I think he will find that the police union offers a much harder target than George Zimmerman.

http://www.mylocalcrime.com/#1700%20Mount%20Vernon%20Avenue%2C%20Bakersfield%2C%20CA%2093306