Man Arrested For Unlawful Photography[TN][Took Photo of A Cop]

WJHL ^ | 11 July 2008 | Darius Radzius

[padre35]

How absurd, that would mean that every time the officer steps in front of his dashboard camera, he has broken the law...

This must be a young police officer...I hope...

[HwyChile]

If that is the law, it needs to be changed.

[RDTF]

Oh great - another one of your cop hating posts to muddy up FreeRepublic.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Under the advice of the Johnson County attorney, the sheriff would not comment and the arresting deputy said he didn’t want to incriminate himself by talking to us.

Well, that just about says it all. Stupid, crooked East Tennessee cops!

[gridlock]

There are a lot of jerks out there. Some of them are police officers.

[frankiep]

And the overbearing “LEO” supporter brigade should be here in.....

[Anti-Bubba182]

The irony is that the deputy’s actions make it likely that his
picture will turn up all over the media and the net.

[MeanWestTexan]

There is nothing conservative about police misconduct and abuse of power.

[RDTF]

And there is nothing conservative about cop hating and police state paranoia.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

No, just another typical incompetent bruiser of the LEO variety.

[PalmettoMason]

Patrolman Lane's statement reads like something written by a first grader.

A "hick" first grader.

[appleharvey]

I’m as pro law enforcement officers as anyone, but I can’t see how the Sheriff can legally expect the man to give up the pictures. If you can legally ask for a Badge number., why not a photo?

[padre35]

I can recall the episode where the family dog was shot by Eastern TN officers....they eventually settled the lawsuit for 40,000 or so...

[Biblebelter]

Attorneys go around looking to stand in front of anyone with a camera, and Barney Fife types are going around arresting people whose camera they happen to get in front of. These days common folk and common sense are in very short supply.

[DemonDeac]

What is this Russia? Crazy story.

[appleharvey]

Apologies! I meant deputy sheriff.

[Gay State Conservative]

Sounds like bullbleep to me.This is likely to be a cop with a bad attitude...or one who was having a bad day.Unless I’m given compelling additional evidence my jury vote would be not guilty X3.And if I was a juror in the civil trial I’d be inclined to award this guy serious $$$....both from the police dept and from the cop himself.

[JLS]

One can only just shake ones head. BTW, how did nobody’s dog get shot in this one?

[padre35]

I won’t paint with too broad a brush, there does seem to have been an attitude shift though, theI-26 corridor is supposed to bring all sort of lovely criminals through the area, but this is simply...stupid...

I bet it took him 40 minutes to come up with the charges..LOL!