[libh8er]

What is the police going to do if I refuse to turn over my camera ? Grapple with me ? Shoot me ?

[thecabal]

Seeing in this case that they just filmed a police officer shooting an unarmed, bound man in the back...I might be a bit concerned for my own safety if I were the videographer.

[JimSEA]

Shoot me ?

Possibly but more likely you will end up arrested for interferring. Best hope here would seem to be a bunch of lawsuits with much publicity. In a tense situation, however comply with the cops, they had already shot one person they shouldn't have shot.

I am normally a police supporter but they aren't always right and will protect a fellow officer. Also, over time they get a really sour view of all humanity by the nature of their work.

[mikelets456]

++++”What is the police going to do if I refuse to turn over my camera ? Grapple with me ? Shoot me ?”++++

Today’s standards and blatant disregard for life...YES!

But then they’d have to kill the other eye witness with a camera and so on.....

[macamadamia]

What is the police going to do if I refuse to turn over my camera ? Grapple with me ? Shoot me ?


Well...they could peppper spray you in the eyes......which might make you scream and cry......which might prompt them to believe you're resisting an arrest which WILL prompt them to taser you......which will probably make you twitch on the ground worse than David Gergen learning how to breakdance........which might cause them to call for "back up" and cordon off the area with yellow tape.....and then you'll probably have the bomb-squad, a "negotiator", Homeland Security, FOX/CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS, and Jesse Jackson all there.........OTOH............

[TheKidster]

What is the police going to do if I refuse to turn over my camera ?

Throw you on your face, stick his knee in your back and cuff you then, charge you with obstruction and take you in for processing. THEN you can pay a bunch of money to fight it with a lawyer. Sad but true.

[gondramB]

>>What is the police going to do if I refuse to turn over my camera ? Grapple with me ? Shoot me ?<<

Maybe... in some places its now a violation of privacy to film a cop. Sad but true.