"I just want to say that I am not at all from the Salsbury area and just heard about this on a different news site. You should consider it embarrassing that the rest of the world is hearing about how messed up your local PD is.
For all those people that are claiming it was for her own safety please answer the question of why she was the only person singled out for arrest out of several people watching. Could it be that the police don't want to be held accountable (by cameras) for how they handle their jobs?
Disobeying an order that violates your rights is NOT a crime."
How do I officially declare myself an independent journalist so I can have first amendment freedoms?
The traffic stop came at the end of a pursuit in which one of the three passengers jumped from the car and fled on foot. The suspect was armed and carrying drugs.
Other people were ordered inside and they complied. Gibson refused that lawful order and the jury convicted her.
When a cop comes onto your property to arrest you, does he not need a warrant?
Or, if a cop comes onto your property to arrest you WITHOUT a warrant, because he sees a crime taking place, what is the crime? In other words, if I am on my porch taking pictures, is this against the law?
This is a false arrest. The charges must be dropped and the innocent person must sue the town.
in my experience, when a cop engaged in a lawful action says screw you screw.
less you want a buttload of legal expenses.
I don't know much about N.C. law, but in Pa. district court only determines whether there is reason enough to hold a trial in matters of misdemeanors and felonies and cannot make a verdict.
Anyway, it doesn't look like any jury was involved based on the news story.
When I was a kid I put up a sign in front of my house just before a curve in the road to tell motorists “RADAR Ahead.”
It wasn’t long before the cops came back to find out why their ticketing efforts were falling off.
I found myself in juvie court for obstruction. It taught me a lesson: Next time go inside instead of watching and waving.
Why was she *filming* the traffic stop?
Sounds to me like she was hoping to film some “police brutality”. She had no other reason to film the incident, and in so doing, she was harassing the police officer.
She was not merely watching from her porch, she was trying to create an “incident”.
I don’t think she is an innocent victim at all.