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Charge dismissed against woman who videotaped police encounter (Rochester NY)
CNN.com ^ | 6/27/11 | Jesse Solomon, CNN

Posted on 06/27/2011 2:32:01 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

(CNN) -- Prosecutors dismissed a charge Monday against a community activist who was arrested while filming a police encounter with her iPod camera because she was concerned it was initiated by racial profiling.

"I'm feeling vindicated, I'm feeling energetic" Emily Good, 28, of Rochester, New York, said of the decision to have the charge dropped. Good had been charged with obstruction of governmental administration when she began videotaping the interrogation of a black man by three white officers in front of her house on May 12, she said.

"Based upon the evidence, we could not make out the elements of the crime charged," Monroe County First Assistant District Attorney Sandra Doorley said.

Good said she intends to file a civil suit.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: emilygood; policestate; rochester; tyranny
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Cya Mr Anger.

Not seeing and not doing are two different things, don’t’cha know?


301 posted on 06/29/2011 9:21:33 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: donmeaker

>> “A major risk to cops is the incompetence and poor gun handling of other cops.” <<

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Very true.

What we need is to prevent law enforcement officers from wearing uniforms at any time. It would cause them to be thinking and analyzing every situation more completely.

They are not the military, and they should not look like, nor act like military. Their purposes are much different.


302 posted on 06/29/2011 10:34:50 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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To: Jonty30; Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

>> “How about allowing for the possibility that the woman was being unnecessarily disruptive and a risk factor? She drew attention to herself and kept interacting with the officer, when all he wanted to do was finish making his arrest.” <<

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That is complete nonsense!

The interactions were all initiated by the brutish, obnoxious cop, who wanted to prevent the making of a record of his actions.

Fear them who fear the camera.


303 posted on 06/29/2011 10:38:56 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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To: editor-surveyor

If he was anti-camera, why didn’t he arrest the other known person who also had a camera?

It might have to do with the fact the other person wasn’t filming from only 6 feet away.


304 posted on 06/29/2011 10:47:07 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: Jonty30

Listen up foo head:

She was on the opposite side of a car that was parked in the street, and at least 15 feet away from the car too, so she had to be at least 22 feet away from the cop until he, of his own accord, came close to her. (in a very threatening, and inappropriate manner)


305 posted on 06/29/2011 2:54:44 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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To: editor-surveyor

She was on the sidewalk, which makes her about 3 feet to the street. She backed up when the cop mentioned that little fact. If you include the width of the car in the picture, that puts her, at most, 11 feet or so away from the action.

You don’t have the right to stand where you want when somebody is being arrested, even on your property.


306 posted on 06/29/2011 3:04:19 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: editor-surveyor

Just when you thought it was safe to back in the water....

This beat down in Detroit of guy waiting to buy gas.

Gang unit tougher in Detroit, they don’t appear afraid of all the people moving around them.

http://detnews.com/article/20110630/METRO/106300453/Motorist-sues-Detroit-police-gang-squad-officers-over-videotaped-beating


307 posted on 06/30/2011 2:20:51 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought ("The proposition that the government is always right is manifested either in corruption or benefits)
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