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Yep, but he was politest Johnny Badass I have seen in awhile.

If wisdom was something police departments could issue like mags and maglites, then we would have far less young, (and this guys was young) cops flexing when there was not a real need to flex.

I can appreciate the concerns and can appreciate the need for more training.

I hope you can appreciate that cops are human and make errors in judgement, as much as we try to mitigate the opportunities for those occurrences.

>>I hope you can appreciate that cops are human and make errors in judgement, as much as we try to mitigate the opportunities for those occurrences.<<

Errors in judgment I can understand. Denying an American citizen for this is unaccceptable.

I don’t care how “polite” this jackass was while getting in the woman’s face and on her property, he incarcerated an American citizen and took away her liberty for no good reason.

Sorry, that’s a huge deal.

Harassing a woman who is videotaping you but is not impeding an investigation is a real problem for me and many Americans. We are not going to put up with it, pure and simple. Not in America.

And harassing ONLY the woman videotaping you, while giving out a bullshit line about how you feel “unsafe” while letting others stand just as close is absolute garbage.

And the pattern of cops, time after time after time, interfering with the public observing them and recording their actions (yes, that’s right, “interfering”) is unacceptable and unAmerican. We won’t stand for it.

I still have had NO ONE give an explanation as to why the cop singled out this one woman who had the videocamera.

It’s a crock.

No offense meant toward you in any way, or the other thousands of honorable officers. I am certain you are a good honest officer, who only wants to do what’s right.

I hope you can appreciate that cops are human and make errors in judgement, as much as we try to mitigate the opportunities for those occurrences.

I do appreciate that. Unfortunately, when those errors in judgment occur some citizen gets unjustly deprived of their life, liberty, or property. Because those are the stakes, many of us are especially vigilant when it comes to those that seem to be abusing their awesome, but not unlimited authority.

Thanks for your reasoned responses. I think you're one of the good guys.