The cop wrongfully started the situation by challenging the man who was not breaking any law. If a cop can’t stand a law abiding citizen lawfully video recording them from across the street then they need to get out of the police business and get a job where they don’t have to submit to public scrutiny.
This is important because we’re also seeing situations in states where open carry and concealed carry are legal yet some cops are taking it upon themselves to enforce non-existent gun control laws against law abiding citizens.
It is cops like that which is why we have a Second Amendment.
Why you insist on cops having magisterial authority in a Constitutional republic completely eludes me.
Perhaps instead of my explaining why I want cops to obey the Constitution and the law maybe you can explain to me why you think they should have the authority to do whatever they want to whoever they want whenever they want to?
Yup. I have no problem with cops having little video recorders on their uniforms. In fact, I think it should be mandatory. What I WANT is for the cops to record me every time they interact with me. That makes a record of my bad behavior and also their bad behavior.
But if cops will have those cameras, and be recording me ...
Then it just makes sense that citizens should be able to stand across the street with their own cameras and record the same interaction. Where’s the harm?
I swear, a lot of the anger in this country is based around this sort of double set of laws. Hillary can do THIS thing, but I cannot. The cops can do THAT thing, but I cannot.
One law. One people. This is basic to our system, and yet it has slipped away from us.
Perhaps you could explain why it is that muckrakers like that shyster lawyer deserve mollycoddling.
If you bothered to watch the video, you would have seen that said shyster hectored the police pretty much the whole time they were doing their job BEFORE walking over to them and interfering.
They *were* obeying the Constitution. If I had I targeted with a law fully executed police investigation, I would expect to be arrested also.
And I’d appreciate it if you would not put words in my mouth or think you know what my thinking is. You do not.
‘Pod.