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This cop came off like a pompus jerk. He is the one who should be punished - not her.
This woman was arrested for the crime of acting like a free citizen in a free country.
I hope a good lawyer hits the city with a lawsuit, and fast.
One does wonder how video taping caused “obstruction”? It was maybe at worst a bit of aggravation to the government jackboot bullies... who think they don’t need to pay no mind to no stinking Constituion!!!
Me neither...and what sort of idiot fascist charges someone with a crime for videotaping????
I hope she fights this to the bitter end and wins.
Big.
I seem to recall other arrests like this being thrown out of court with prejudice.
Maybe someone could look up the relevant cases?
Seems like she was at least 10 feet away. Not sure why the police were afraid.
Looks like this should have been a "no call" on the police part.
Ignore her.
Having a locked GATE, and a nice sturdy fence stops them from coming on to my property. You can film as much as you want then. I watched this video, this kind of thing makes ALL LEOs look bad. The day of the friendly neighborhood police officer is long gone. They have an US vs. THEM mentality, and if that is how they want it... That is what they get.
The city was great when I was a kid. It has lost 1/3 of its population in 50 years (300,000 to 200,000)....as it grew into a welfare haven. High school graduation rate is less than 50%. But teachers are still raking it in...
AND TEACHRS JUST GOT ANOTHER RAISE IN ADDITION TO THEIR BUILT IN RAISE.
Doesn’t she know that the slaves must follow the orders of their government masters without question? If the Gestapo, I mean police, say that you cant stand on your own property and videotape something happening out in public, then they are right and cannot be questioned!
This country so needs a revolution to overthrow the tyrants that tax us, regulate us, bully us and enslave us. I am so sick of our oppressive government.
Let’s call it what it really is...the city fearing a lawsuit because of out-of-control cops being caught on tape abusing authority. I hope this woman sues the heck out of them.
the words “I Work for Andrew Brietbart” should help you out in this situation
Most cops, not all, are little punks that got picked on and
beat up in their younger years and became cops to get back
at the world. Their abuse of the law and the citizens that
they are supposed to protect has led to governments passing
laws restricting or circumventing the rights of the citizens
to protect these punks and their administrations that
depend on the loot. When a punk cop tells you what to do, you
better do it or you may end up in jail or dead.
If the charge isn’t dropped, some prosecutor will get her indicted by a grand jury, and the chance of her getting convicted on this bogus charge is is very good. Welcome to the police state. She was intimidating and terrorizing those weakling cops.
Cops have a tough, dirty, dangerous job, especially in a town like Rochester. But they were not “pressed into service” by anyone. It is their choice to be cops and those who become too arrogant and too dismissive of the rights of the “little people” should be removed from duty.
That has got to be the vaguest, most BS charge I've heard yet.
So now I can be arrested at the DMV for disagreeing with the clerk?