Not just stupid, but abysmally stupid. They don’t look up to see what kind of helicopter?
And the mother doesn’t know where her son is? Really? Does she know how to type “lawyers in my area” in google?
Obviously, cops need to be issued Stinger missiles to shoot down any unauthorized film crews which may be operating overhead and thus discourage unauthorized filming of such arrests. Especially since the very act of photographing such proceedings has the effect of destroying carefully falsified evidence against the guilty and jeopardizes the state’s attempt to administer justice to criminals. Evidence must be preserved at all costs!
I’m sure that overseers of our fine cadre of jackbooted thugs, judges, will see the wisdom of this argument and rule in favor of them per usual.