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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The way they wrote the law required that you had to do a specific thing. Contempt of cop was one of them. Those cops who later went to that location and issued a ticket or tow have a problem.
I did a random google search, and found this gem.
It's from the Rochester Police Department site, and they're BRAGGING about how many video surveillance cameras they plan to have trained on citizens! NO JOKE!!!:
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"Reducing criminal activity is a top priority for the city’s Mayor and the Rochester Police Department.
These leaders have taken a stand against crime and prioritized a significant amount of time, money, manpower and technology to reduce crime, protect residents and increase business opportunities within the city limits.
Video surveillance is a proven tool in monitoring, analyzing and even shifting crime and terrorist activities. Because of this, the amount of cameras deployed in public surveillance applications continues to grow.
Current forecasts anticipate more than a billion cameras will be installed in the United States alone over the next five years. The city of Rochester is no exception.
The city envisions video surveillance as a powerful tool that augments the abilities of its officers, increases situational awareness and enhances safety."
Hypocrites!!!
One point that is valid, a cop doesn’t need the hassle of being filmed and have the person doing the filming suddenly pulling out a gun.
That's because you are honest in your endeavors, the cops who protest, object and arrest people for recording them have something to hide, they are scared and fearful their actions are not lawful and the video will show it.
I remember some Philly police allowing a freeper to get his ass kicked by union goons, because they didn't agree with the Freeper's politics.
Then the police charged him.
That's the mindset you are aligning yourself with.
Whether or not the police officer was ‘polite’ is not the issue.
Rather, the issue is that a police officer intentionally made a false arrest. “Because I said so” is not the basis upon which the determination is or should be made as to whether or not a police officer has made a lawful order or a legitimate arrest.
And that is exactly why the cops are all too quick to arrest you, then destroy your phone, camera, video tape when you do record them.
That is the point many here cannot seem to grasp, that police corruption, abuses and misconduct are out of control and the police are trying to cover it up by arresting people who dare to record them.
http://twitter.com/#!/InjusticeNews
So, was it possibly a set up??
But why did the cops have to be soooooo stupid as to show up with rulers??? This is what she AND HER FRIENDS might win a lawsuit on...
So what?
The First Amendment protects every American.
Even lefty loons.
And that’s not just a ‘straw man’ argument, it also provides cops with justification to shoot *anyone* they want.
Got a video camera? The cop shoots you because you might have a gun, too!
What about a can of ScotchGard? You ought to be shot because you might have a 90mm anti-aircraft gun in your pocket!
KEYS? You say you have KEYS in your hand? You should be SHOT because those keys muight give you access to a place that MIGHT HAVE A GUN!!!
All kidding aside, if you can’t stand being video recorded then don’t be a cop.
Because nowadays, that's more or less what the majority of cops do... act stupid, violate your rights and break the law.
http://twitter.com/#!/InjusticeNews
Well, who can argue with that?
It is also valid that a cop doesn't need someone driving by and pulling out a gun. Likewise, they don't need someone peacefully observing from inside their house and pulling out a gun.
(Geez)
"During a public meeting to discuss support for Emily Good and issues on police accountability, the Rochester Police Department appeared at the Flying Squirrel Community Space to harass and intimidate attendees."
Racial profiling?? You're stupid if you don't use it. It'sw plain common sense...no profiling about it.
I was born in Rochester. I won't even go into those areas now. And if I must...I roll up my windows with the hope of deflecting the bullet. I kid you not. It's horrible.
Not in dennisw's eyes... see, to dennisw, if a cop is somehow involved, the cop is always right no matter how damning the evidence is.
“jackboot-thug cop is in deep doo-doo.””
The depth of the doo-doo is directly related to the skills/resources of the law firm she retains.
Agree. Screw that cop. He was doing what he was trained for when he got caught - excessive authority, unreasonable authority, and stock legal phrases. Throw him in the unemployment line. Even if she is a kook, she was within the same rights I’d expect for myself, jack-booted thug cops notwithstanding.
So if you film the cops, you are a “community activist”?
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