Woman Arrested For Recording Police From Her Front Yard
- Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:10am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Can you be arrested for recording police from your front yard? If the video you’re about to see is for real, then yes.
A woman in Rochester, NY was allegedly arrested last month when she decided to film a traffic stop that happened in front of her house. With camera in hand, she reportedly stood in her front yard and filmed the events. But after recording for a little while, eventually an officer started addressing her, telling her that he didn’t feel “safe” with her recording him and telling her to go into her house. She refused, saying she had the right to record from her front lawn. He disagreed. That eventually led to her arrest:
It should be noted that the officer does cite some things that the woman allegedly said before she started recording as part of the reason he felt unsafe. In his words, the woman seemed “very anti-police.” But as the site Pixiq.com notes, its seems that “if she said anything threatening, they would have arrested her at that moment.”
According to that site, the woman has been identified as Emily Good. She was allegedly charged with obstructing government administration.
The local paper, the Democrat and Chronicle, reports today that the police have received the video and are investigating the incident.
UPDATE:
WHEC-TV reports that Emily Good is no stranger to conflict:
I-Team 10 has learned she’s no stranger to police. She was arrested in March with a group of others who tried to block a home on Ravenwood Avenue from foreclosure. Ironically, police videotaped Good and other protesters while arresting them that day.
Local Councilman Adam McFadden told WHEC, “It did not look well for us in terms of how we police and what it is we’re attempting to accomplish for public safety.”
But, he added, “Typically, I tell people when the police give you an order, that you should follow it, even if you don’t like it. We have a process to make complaints if we’re not doing our job lawfully.”
WHEC also issued a picture of Good:
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Comments (516)
mickey16
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:49amThe officer will be fired as soon as the woman hires an attorney. If she doesn’t hire one, the police will paint her as the bad guy. The police have been trained to claim “they fear for their safety” as a means to justify their own bad behavior. And if he really is afraid of a woman with a camera, standing openly in her front yard, he’s got no business being a police officer. And I seriously doubt the woman said something threatening to the officer before the filming started, because she challenged him on it and he didn’t answer. It was almost certainly a ploy to make his actions appear justified.
Report Post »CHICAGOTHUGBUCKET
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:46am“Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.”
Report Post »David Mamet
John 3:16
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:44am@MCK050002 seconds into the tape above. Cop says “can I ask what you are doing?“ She says ”This is my friend here I’m just recording what you are doing” This is my friend could be the suspect or someone else maybe, but why even mention it unless it was the suspect that was her friend? The cop did not say who are you and who is with you? did he? @ Leftcoast slut, Thanks for being reasonable there are others in the shadows because the tape still rolls when pajama lady is in cuffs.
Report Post »mck05002
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:19amJohn 3:16 The friend is obviously the one that grabs the camera while she is being arrested, because she talks to that person before her arrest. She has even come out and said she doesn’t know the guy being arrested in the video. (sourced the link from the drudge report) I have nothing against cops, I have friends that are cops. But this was a bad judgement call made by this particular cop.
Report Post »moonpeace
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:44amI do not trust cops…at least not until I need one. Cops in my past have stolen things from me, including money. Other cops have stolen cash and drugs from drug dealers knowing the dealer is not going to report it, the dealers never saying they had more drugs then were turned in or more cash than was turned in. By keeping some of the drugs they can use them to set up a suspected dealer by planting them on the suspect or at the scene. This really does happen. Being a cop is an ideal job for a dishonest person. Many cops are dishonest, lying, and always covering up for their co-workers–not all cops, but a bunch. And, yes, a number of cops carry an extra gun–just in case they need one at the scene after perhaps shooting an unarmed person or in an accidental shooting. All they have to do is deny the facts and their word is accepted as truth just because they are a cop. Of course, I think close to a majority of cops are heroes, but we still need to watch them to overcome any temptation.
Report Post »HOWEVER, this short story cannot possibly have all the facts, and we need to wait until we have them. For instance, did the woman act in a threatening way? Or did she say something that caused the cop any fear? Were there any other citizens beginning to gather, shouting things that could be taken as threatening? I think in cases like these, the officer would be justified in telling the woman to go inside…politely, of course. Also, what was the attitude toward cops in this neighborhood?
Jenny Lind
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:21amThank you for thinking throught the knee jerk reaction. I am posing the question, how many police have been shot during routine traffic stops? It seems to be a problem that is growing. Distraction from what he was doing could cost him his life, I think we need to give the benifit of the doubt to the cop and wait for the rest of the story. Cops are people with families-they want to go home after their shift, alive.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:28amWatching Training day again I see , huh ? Yes, distrust all cops ..ppffft…
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:37amCops don’t seem to mind crowds. As long as the crowds are their “union brothers” destroying public property.
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:27am@Jenny- I know what you are saying, but it is a common misconception that police are in Imminent Danger as soon as the go on duty. If you take a little time to research occupational fatalities and injuries, I think you will be surprised to find that police work is no where near the top of the list.
Report Post »In fact farmers and sanitation workers face a much higher risk “being killed in the line of duty” than cops.
However, no one would condone the trash man from abusing his power simply because he “felt unsafe”.
Bottom line is these men are supposed to be servants of the public, not masters.
John 3:16
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:32am@ Jenny, thanks for the thoughtful comment. I was a cop for 23 years. I’m proud of all the crap I did to “protect and serve”. People who want to judge all cops as bad are as bad as the “bad cop”. I spent 45 min. in a heavy down pour unlocking a mans new cadillac because his 5 year old daughter locked the keys in it and he was 200 miles from home. Needless to say even my underware were soaked. I’ve been places most would say “H*ll no I’m not going in there” and I didn’t want to either but no one else was there at 3 AM to assist injured people. My point is saying that all COPS are Bad is like saying all blacks, or any group is all bad. In this senerio, she said “He is my friend” I don‘t know what the probable cause was for the stop and it doesn’t say. But when you are arresting a dangerous felon, you really don’t need their “FRIENDS” sitting around watching. You do look to cover your back or you might end up going home in a pine box. It sounds like she said something to the police before and she did say “HE IS MY FRIEND”. Unless you have had “friends” attack you while you are busy arresting a criminal, you have no idea. The neighborhood and the surrounding area, such as, neighborhoods with gang members and drug dealers are not the place you want a group of people assembling in the DARK to where you are out numbered by people who have sympathy for the bad guy. They conducted themselves in a professional way as I saw it they did no violence. Let the court ha
Report Post »mck05002
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:21amJohn 3:16 I’ve watched the video several times on several different websites and she never says, “He’s my friend.” Also when the cop asks what she‘s doing and she says she’s recording them, and then later he says that she said something against him before she started taping. Sounds a little fishy to me…he didn’t know she was taping..and then once he did, he said she said something against cops before she was taping. How does he know when she began taping? He seems to be unaware of it until she admits to it. It seems pretty convenient for the cop to say that considering it can’t be proven or disproven.
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:38pm@john316 How do you know this guys is a dangerous felon? The only thing we know from the information given is that he was guilty of DWB.
Report Post »florida123
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:43amThe taxpayers will pay for this little arrest guaranteed! We need to vote eveyone out of office from the local chiefs of police to the WH. Im sick of paying dearly for their blatant disregard for the Constitution! We The People……………..
Report Post »godhead
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:17amFunny, you’d be all for cops if the lady had been wearing a burkha.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:37amrecord all police interaction ..now it IS important
Report Post »Sicialian Eyeball
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:36amAnd the SS left the property with a hearty “SEIG HEIL to der Furher!”
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:54amCorrection: SEIG HEIL to der Obama!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:22amThey need to work on their goose step.
Report Post »Michael_912
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:34amIf he didn’t feel safe with her standing behind him, how would he do on a crowded street or any other public space? She was also on her own property. It would be interesting to know what she said before hand, she entered the situation with those comments if true.
Assumiong she did nothing threatening, this is one manufactured excuse for overextending the power of his badge that should not be allowed to fly.
Report Post »travlman77
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:34amWhat exactly would the charges be?
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:33amThis appears to be an example of police overreach. If she wasn’t threatening the cops or interfering in their arrest then she should be left alone. As far as anti-police attitude is concerned, that video didn’t do anything to enhance the image of cops. She needs a good lawyer and challenge that arrest in court.
Report Post »JimCDew
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 3:30pmThe woman was given fair warning and continued to disobey a lawful order of the police officer.. She is obviously trying to provoke the police and she succeeded. I’ll bet she is a fan of George Soros and was intent on making the officers feel uncomfortable in carrying out their duties. I have no sympathy for her or her boyfriend who continued recording during her arrest.
Report Post »anigmanm
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:32amstanding in your yard now makes a trained, armed officer scared, must be that great union training……..in New Mexico police officers get bent out of shape if they stop you and you happen to be smoking a cigarette it is presumed by the police that you have a deadly weapon. For some reason a lite cigarette is a deadly weapon, and these people are paid to protect us…………..from whom?
Report Post »godhead
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:15amA lit cigarette is a deadly weapon, but only if it’s in the hands of Dick Cheney.
Report Post »Ralleo
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:31amEh… it looks like it wasn’t just one person. The police officer kept reffering to a group of people who were standing too close. It also seems that the girl holding the camera, because of her verbal disobedience was trying to push the officer. I am not saying that the police were 100% right in this situation, but considering that she could have been a distraction for someone behind her pulling a weapon on them, the officers were obviously not comfortable with the situation.
At the same time I am not saying that the officer if fully not to blame. He shouldn’t have arrested the girl, but perhaps a citation or ticket would have been more appropriate. The unknown factor here is the people that are off camera. Just because the most vocal was a girl holding a camera, doesn‘t mean that the officer wasn’t eyeballing someone behind her that looked threatening.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:08amI say that she was on her own property and did nothing wrong. Last I checked we have the 1st ammendment which protects free speech, so nothing that she can say would constitute a crime. Further, if a cop tried to arrest my wife in our front yard for no reason, there would be a very angry shotgun wielding individual behind her ready to do violence to the officer. Just saying.
Report Post »KnightWriter
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:35amRidiculous, officer made no comment about a group of people, neighbors watching from the window saw the confrontation unfold and came out to see why. Officer was trying to cover his back by saying “I feel threatened by what you said before you started filming” Leaving her no way to prove nothing was said before hand, unless the squad cars picked it up. It’s very obvious when the initial contact was made when the officer asked what she was doing.
Report Post »I come from a family of four generations of law enforcement and have trained under defensive tactic officers and help to train officers in CQC and I can tell you that they feel if they give an order that you have to obey it. The guy they stopped was DWB (driving while black) and they got themselves busted on tape.
I was stopped by 4 units once (I was in the wrong) but there was a sergeant there who knew me and had given me permission to exit the vehicle, while I was talking to the Sarge an overzealous officer walked over and said “Why don’t you get back in your (effing) car? My response was “It’s going to take you and the other five of you to put me in my car, so why don’t you get back in your (effing) car”
I‘m 5’4″ and when I left he was sitting in his car. Sometimes the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.
What police need to learn is the person makes a badge worth something, not the other way around.
Ralleo
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:54amThe officer says “You GUYS need something?” Plus someone picks up the camera and multiple people are heard talking. Not to mention this woman has a history of civil disobedience and arrest.
Report Post »setag44
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:30amobstructing government administration. First time in my 65 years I’ve heard of that “law”.
Report Post »advent2
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:42amYeah, me too. Sounds pretty “elastic” to me.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:55amAs elastic as it may be… Id like to see HOW she obstructed? She was in her own yard and within her rights to record.
Report Post »Blackaurora44
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:30amIt’s not illegal to use a video camera. I fail to see how the woman broke any laws. The arresting officer better have a good answer in court.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:54amHe should be at the very least suspended w/o pay. This BS cannot happen!
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:29amWTF? A barefoot, diminutive lady in her PJs w/ a camera; a threat? Really? One lady w/ a camera in her front yard is a threat to the three big, male, armed police? This is why we have a Constitution w/ 2nd & 4th amendments. Did the dash-cam record her making “anti-police” remarks? If she said something earlier why didn’t they address it then?
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:52amThis cop should not be fired but should be suspended w/out pay for a day or two & made to present training to the resi of his department on what constitutes a true threat to law enforcement officers.
Report Post »Lone Ranger
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:26amWhich was it? Was she recording or filming?
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:26amTyranny. Stasi. This is wrong!
Report Post »godhead
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:10amLet me guess, you’re against the Patriot Act . . . now. Just like you’re against war . . . now.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:05pm..it doesnt matter when a person realizes they want to be free does it ?
Report Post »mhanderson1234
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:25amMost police officers are good. Some feel as if they are the BOSS and you will do what I say when I say it! That woman should sue the city for everything that they’ve got. Our rights are getting taken away-fast.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:32amI used to think cops were basically good. Then I saw the union thugs in Madison from 3 different agencies. Believe me, they’re just union thugs.
Report Post »TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:49amDo you realize the statement you made is oxymoronic; “sue the city for everything that they’ve got.” The city doesn’t own anything the taxpayers do, so you are actually suing the taxpayers whom are paying for the cops you are suing.
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:36am@TheLeftMadeMeRight
Report Post »You make a good point, but sue she should. Maybe when we’ve seen enough of our tax $$$ go down the drain because of bad police work like this we’ll make some much needed changes in the ways we allow the police to behave. Ultimately this all falls back on us because we allow the cops to get away with it over, and over, and over.
jedi.kep
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:21amLady is in her yard. Her property. Her rights. UNLESS she did threaten the officer, then she is sticking her nose where it does not belong.
Report Post »rickbob
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:52amSeems like the lady has evidence of trespassing against the police. They seemed to act “professionally” – they didn’t tase her! I’d like to see the video of this cop explaining his actions. . .
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:53am@rickbob ….doesnt matter about the past , who she is , what she believes , if she was fake crying , if she was lying abou t getting fresh air etc . What IS important was she was ON her property and even though that cop said he “ felt threatened ” that is bullcrap ( his voice and actions showed otherwise , so he was lying also ) …they should have ignored her and lett . ….next time it could be YOU
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:20amWTF the police have no authority to do this. People wake-up reguardless of what the lady may have said she clearly was posing no threat and the officers and if this is allowed to go unchecked we’ll wake-up one day in Nazi Germany.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:53am“One-day” looks like it’s here!!!!
Report Post »kasper512
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:57amI think you are very right
Report Post »GUT_CHECK
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:24pmYOU MEAN…wake up one day in NAZI U.S.
Report Post »StevenL1955
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:19amSo we can’t video tape those who work for Uncle Sam now? Hmmm.But the show Cops can video tape us? I like the show, just making an comparison
Report Post »ice tea
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:20amAre you comfortable being video taped, I have a right to keep your camera out of my face. Everyone just believes its ok to video who they want when they want. What about my right to privacy. Office or not I have a right not to be on tape.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:32amice tea …if you work for the goverment then you work for us ..it is black and white . And the police record you all the time . I will record a public employee if I want
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Report Post »OH !! Your not listening to ““ OUR ORDERS ”“ ”“ POLICE ORDERS ””
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Wyatt's Torch
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:21am“It puts the lotion in the basket or it gets the hose again”
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:15am.
Report Post »Big Brother is morphing into something we should fear right in front of our eyes……
TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:38amWhen the people fear the government there is tyranny.
When the government fears the people there is liberty.
Tyranny is slowly but surely coming.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:01am@TEXAS.. We are in a “ soft tyranny ” as Mark Levin calls it. Not full blown…….. Yet, but it’s coming..
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:17amone years food ration like glenn says, you’re right. Watch the video below and be amazed at the connections to what’s going on today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAvMHWhdEUU&feature=youtu.be
Report Post »becauseitmatters
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:49amI’m too afraid to watch the video…and whatever happened to inocent until proven guilty (and this thought goes for the TSA too). I don’t think this is the USA anymore. I don’t know what it is, but I don’t think I want to be any part of it.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:28ambecauseitmatters, don’t be afraid. It’s better to be informed than to be blindly led.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:15amTypical Union Thug Behavior By The Cops
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:30amThis kind of stuff makes my blood boil!
Report Post »Itchee Dryback
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:41amIsn’t that what Van Jones was doing in San Fran..recording police encounters?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:41amKerching………$$$$$$
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:15amWhat are the police REALLY afraid of?
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:17amShe had all the right to tape him .
Report Post »leftcoastslut
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:39amobviously someone was standing with her because who was filming as they walked her down to the car? an accomplice? how many more in the shawdows?
Report Post »GUT_CHECK
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:42amTHEY ARE AFRAID OF….
Report Post »“very anti-police type of people”
but their own actions CREATE…
“very anti-police type of people”
United we stand
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:15pmShe looks like Benadine Dorne and acts like he too.
She wants to be famous,
She want you to see her,
She thinks she is clever,
She thinks she is witty.
Fake, girl who cried wolf.
Report Post »She endangers everyone when there is a real issue !
jb.kibs
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:58pmAccording to that site, the woman has been identified as Emily Good. She was allegedly charged with obstructing government administration.
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how is passively recording someone from a distance obstructing anything? obstructing means blocking the the path of… there is no way to block someone by filming them.. these people are rabid with power and control.
THE-FINAL-ACT
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 3:52pmThose officers should be fired and arrested for violating this woman’s Constitutional rights which they swore to uphold.
Report Post »JamesF
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:58pmWhat are they really afraid of? Creative editing to make them look bad.
Another chance for the President to say they acted stupidly.
Another cop killer for the left to rally behind?
It’s all part of the plan to isolate the police from the public. The left loves the cop killers, the right loves to knitpick video. Lefty activists all over will be tap dancing around every cop they can find with a camera just waiting for the next beating to set off a riot or the next constitutional overreach to feed to the conservative right.
Like an army of three year olds in their face chanting “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you! See me? I‘m right in your face but I’m not touching you!”
The left wants to get them killed, the right wants them fired while picking at their pay and benefits meanwhile they put their lives at risk during every piddling traffic stop they make. Is it any wonder police officers are losing the connection to the community they protect? Feeling a bit isolated? Besieged perhaps?
A word of advice, never trust video from an activist. Especially one that starts somewhere in the middle of an incident.
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Report Post »If they are not doing anything WRONG
What do they have to be worried about ?
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yougottabekidding
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:40amFrom what is shown it is contempt of cop!
Report Post »Not all orders are legal orders and this, from what is shown, is false arrest and official oppression. In my opinion.
LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:46am“ She was allegedly charged with obstructing government administration”
wow ..if they can arrest you for that then Glenn Beck is in real trouble
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:51amThat’s bull! How can you arrest someone for NOTHING??
Their charge was obstructing government administration? If the cop ignored her and kept about his business there would never have been any obstruction. It was the cop that prevented himself from continuing his own business.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:55amWelcome to the future of America now:
If the police think you are doing something and they do not like it – charges are made up against you and you go away for a long, long vacation at the taxpayers expense. Most Police I feel are hard working and honest people; what we are seeing though in some areas are the rogues who cross the line stepping more boldly into the light, and it may be the unions are pushing them more and more to do so that people will lose all trust in the civil authorities to protect them.
Once again – push, push, shove, shove, shoot…
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:02amThis is what our country is coming to. It would be interesting to know what she was supposed to have said before filming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWDHs-GnHh8
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:10amThat was very disturbing. I hope The Blaze follows this one up.
Report Post »mils
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:16amNOw this is when the ACLU should step in….wait, is she black? if not they won’t be around..
Report Post »Police are WRONG
one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:19amDey racist, you know what I’m sayin ?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:34amBuilding of the Gestapo right before our eyes:
Halocaust survivor gives account of incremantal steps of Hitler… truly AMAZING! This administration are NOT Marxists they are National Socialists! Her story is unbelievable and shows how Hitler’s propaganda convinced the populace to vote for and trust him.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAvMHWhdEUU&feature=youtu.be
TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:36amThe Stasi spoke and she didn’t obey. Arrested for breaking no law at all. Unbelievable. The Blazer, formerly known as Sinista Mace, seems pretty unhinged at times, but he’s right in cases like this. I’m looking forward to see him go ballistic over this one. Government has rules to follow just like citizens. That includes you, Obama.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:53amRemember – Cops are union wh-res!
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:00amWell, the police are getting more China like, and less AMERICAN. More of the liberal progressive agenda with unionized public servants. They are there to serve the public, not obstruct it.
Report Post »MonIIcne
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:01amIf the Cops were not doing something wrong, why should they care?
If the Photographer did not think they were doing something wrong, why was she filming them?
Two dumb questions if you believe in the Constitution.
Report Post »dominke
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:03amRemember NYS is a very liberal state that will arrest anyone for anything. Voter dont understand the liberal democrats are controling their everyday activities. The true communist are smiling as they see american values eroding from within. Dont forget to bow down to Obama.
Report Post »godhead
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:08amWhy are conservatives so rabidly anti-cop/firefighter/first responder? Want them fired in Wisconsin. Don’t want to help them with medical issues the got at ground zero. Very disturbing how you treat their courage and service with such disdain.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:10amShe was standing on her private property and not doing anything illegal and was arrested,we’re living in a police state and have been for years.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:13amHERE WE GO!!!
THE WEAPON OF CHOICE AGAINST THE NAZI POLICE STATE, THE CAMERA, IS UNDER ATTACK!
I TOLD YOU THESE NAZIS HATE CAMERAS!!
V FOR VICTORY AGAINST THE NAZI POLICE STATE!!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!
POINT THAT CAMERA AT THEIR FACE AND SHOOT SOLDIER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVVfed4cpA
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:27amUncle OToma’s america
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:28amJJ Coolay:
“That’s bull! How can you arrest someone for NOTHING??”
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This is nothing new, the police can haul you in for absolutely nothing. I have seen it many times, the funniest was a black friend who merely asked a white cop why he was hassling a dude on a sidewalk outside a club. The cop arrested him too and he spent the night in jail…
This stuff has always been with us, the difference is with the prevalence of camera phones lightweight video equipment, the internet and youtube we get to see more and more incidents.
The worst part of this is even when the cop was wrong the “victim” will receive no satisfaction. She can take this to court but nothing will come of it. They will merely clear her record and apologize for the inconvenience. She will pay court costs and the cop wont even get a reprimand. Welcome to America…
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:31amPigs need to be disbanded. They got this power because sheeple says stupid things like “there are only a few bad cops” or “the majority of police are good”. A good pig would quit. Keep supporting the unconstitutional, permanent standing army, union thugs, brownshirts.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:33amHate to disagree with so many shouting “tyranny,” but…
We, IN FACT, have not seen the police car video – we do not know what transpired beforehand.
These home videos have yet to be publicly used to exonerate any officers. Kind of like there are no statistics kept on guns that STOP crimes, only guns that cause crimes. As such, I fully understand why police are BOTHERED by being taped, filmed, recorderd, etc. It seems it is always used AGAINST them to second-guess every action they take.
The police car cameras record non-stop – not just when they want them to – this provides the WHOLE story.
I’ll personally wait for that one. Then I’ll have the actual FACTS to decide what I think.
If his stop tranpired 3 feet from her yard and she came all the way to her property line, he may well have felt threatened. 4 feet? 7 feet? what is the distance that enables him to feel safe? I suggest there is no fixed number, and each officer must make that call in each unique situation.
She was likely not alone. If there was a GROUP present, he would have felt more threatened.
Lastly, we have all seen it before – once a citizen turns a camera on a cop, the mob mentality attacks the cop and the purp gets more and more belligerent, trying to force the cop to exhibit mis-conduct, which will get their case thrown out of court.
I’m not taking a stand againt the videographer – I’m just saying there are WAY too many factors that cannot be seen from the video.
Heard of HOL
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:43am@TOMFERRARI
Report Post »What you have stated is beyond stupid. If she did something before the video, she should have been arrested then. He tried to find away to push his weight around. Her property, rented or owned, is not his domain UNLESS he is investigating a crime ON that property. I’ve been through this type of BS, you on the other hand are talking out of your sheeple ***. There is always one of you. Just stay out of the way and let the rest of us fight for your liberties.
TomFerrari
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:43amHeard of HOLLYWOOD?
Alls I sayin’ is – don’t believe everything you see.
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:04am♫ ♪ ♪♪ ♫
Bad Boys, Bad Boys
Whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
♪ ♪ ♫ ♪
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYnmN1zwx0
Report Post »1proudAmerican
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:06amIf they don’t drop the charges against her, the arrest will always be on her record even if she gets found not guilty. That’s how it works in NY. That cop gives good cops a bad name, which is why I have trouble trusting them.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:10amDTOM_Jericho
You said a good piglet would quit. You’re right.
This is the same thing I tried to explain about radical extremist muslims. If they are not all extremist and radical, then the ones who aren’t that way would separate themselves from that institution in order to maintain their own individual integrity in regards to their relationship with the public at large.
Otherwise, if they choose to continue to stand adjacent and IN that institution, then they ought to be prepared and expect criticism and and the retribution against that institution from the general public. They choose to continue to stand there. Birds of a feather, flock together.
A real Police would ARREST these perpetrating Nazi TSA, drop that Nazi Uniform – and it IS a Nazi Uniform, Hugo Boss made ‘em, and they made Nazi Uniforms too- and pick up a sign and stand next to me with his firearm open carried and protest the Nazi TSA Police State.
A real police would refuse orders to confiscate weapons and stand down when illegal orders are given.
Report Post »A real police wouldn’t violate ANY of my constitutional rights and civil rights.
justafollower
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:15amThere’s no way… holy cow. If that was my neighbor, there‘s no way I’d let the police do that. I don’t care, they didn’t even have a right to be on her property. I hope this girl is going to sue the pants off that department.
I’m all about peaceful resistance, non-violence, order, and respecting the police who are your authority… but at that point, the citizens need to rise up and keep these guys in check! That kinda crap wouldn’t happen on my watch. (on the flip side I can’t imagine any of my local police behaving that way. So I probably have nothing to worry about They’re mostly pretty good guys)
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:22amIt’s dark, you have bright lights in your own eyes, and you have an uninvolved idiot behind you mouthing off and who apparently said something disturbing before her video started. Other sites with this video included comments from idiots comment on shooting these guys with firearms instead of video. I can’t imagine why these guys would worry about having someone not involved in what is going on mouthing off to them. I’d say that she had plenty of fair warning. And you cringe when you walk down the street at night because that’s when the crazies are out. Tough luck lady. When the cops have to start worrying about you instead of what they were doing before, you got trouble. Cops could give a hoot if you film them. It’s when you present a potential threat that things go sideways. Sorry all, but cops were right on this one.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:22am@ V-man ….good job …I hope you dont have to stand alone agian .
Report Post »On the plane clothes issues …if Captians of the planes dont want someone to fly kick tthe passenger off the plane. using the police the arrest someone for this (or so many other incidents) is going to far ..I think people have forgotton what “ to arrest” someone means ….forget webster defination of arrest ..How about North Koreas versions of arrest or China ‘s ? People need to remember what arrest really is …that video here was pretty scary ….
Volunteer State
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:25amTyranny is alive and well. Power potentially corrupts even good people. That cop is a Tyrant.
Report Post »Igno Ramus
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:25amHad to catch the video on a separate link. This is stupid. This is the reason the founders wanted the second amendment. This was done to intimidate the neighborhood. The same tactics were used in the thirty‘s by the NAZI’s. Don’t poke your head out of your house to see what is happening in your neighborhood. WE are in charge. WE will let you know what is going on, after we have time to make up a good cover story.
Report Post »Obviously this woman was a threat to the armed officers. Obviously this woman was a security threat to the community. Obviously this woman was disturbing the peace. It is a crime for this woman to be on a public sidewalk. It is also a crime for her to stand in her own yard. It is obviously a crime for this woman to be engaged with her community. It is obviously a crime for this woman to be concerned about her neighbors.
Remember: If you are in police custody, nothing bad can happen to you. If the police have you in custody, you have no legal rights. You do NOT have the right to observe the police in action. (unless you agree with whatever they are doing at the time) You can’t film police officers, because you will give away their secret identity. Armed police officers in uniforms and squad cars are still to be considered as undercover agents. If the neighborhood knew who the police were, the police couldn’t do their job effectively.
These cops should be FIRED!
John 3:16
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:28amYeah remember the dirty rotten, unscrupulas, power hungry, cops that ran into the Twin Towers to save Americans, knowing they most likely would not come out alive and many didn’t? They probably just ran in there to steal purses or to see if anyone left donuts laying around. Is this the place for patriotic Blazers or the Pose Comitatas?
Report Post »tgp42rhr
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:33amWelcome to the Police State1 you have no right to anything! You better be ready to Party like its 1775!!
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:35amtwo weeks ago , an armed man ran through the woods near my home …the police were searching for the man ..the officer told my next door neighbor to go back inside her house ( politely ) and she complied …..I stayed outside and looked for the man also ///////no way in hell I was going to hide inside with the kids while someone with a gun could be sneaking around my house …..The was also no way in hell that cop could have FORCED me to go inside !!! Couple this cops actions with Indiana’s termination of the 4th admendment.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:43am@TomFerrari:
I have to admit this time I have jumped the gun; I have looked at the video on many other websights and something here also does not make sense. Now while I feel the officer may have overstepped his bounds, there is now more than convincing thread to my mind this lady can be a professional protester and if the officer indeed felt threatened then this sounds like a provocation.
I want to also see the entire police vehicle video as well.
We are on slippery grounds here.
Report Post »Bullcop34
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:46am@ sheepdog…no the cops were not right.The cop told her it was not legal to film from the street. BS, it is a public area. Supreme court cases have ruled that cops have no right to privacy while conducting their job in the public, hence the term public servant. The lady got in her yard and appeared to have moved up to the house as the officer came on to her property, repeatedly telling her to back up which she did, because he did not feel safe with her behind him, which she no longer was. She did not break the law and police have no right to come on your private property without probable cause. She followed his orders and he didn’t get his way so he arrested her. POS. Citizens, you have a right to resist unlawful arrests. Most boys in blue are good but ones like these idiots are the ones that get the good cops hurt. I know, I trained a few of them over the years.Their arrogance one night got two officers hurt, multiple people sent to jail all because he said I am the police and you will do what I say, walked up into a house by his self and yanked a radio out of the wall. Not to mention, we got sued too. I recommended he be discharged too but they kept him on to this day.
Report Post »United we stand
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:50amShe was told to go inside for her own safety.
She is a fake !
Report Post »Pucci
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:51amThis piece of human CRAP deserved what she got! This is the same **** that VAN JONES pulled in Oakland. You people have not learned a DAMN thing. They say things to intimidate the cops and THEN they start tapeing. How easily can you all be manipulated? I really thought you all where further along than this. DISAPPOINTING.
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:52amWelcome to the war on photography. It’s been going on a long time now, but most people haven‘t paid much attention because they don’t see it as having any affect on them. well, I’m here to tell you that it does affect you. It affects all of us, and in a bad way. The woman in this video was arrested for contempt of cop because she would not bow down to the cop’s supposed authority. The charges will be dropped, and they’ll ack like their doing her a big favor.
Go here to see more. http://www.pixiq.com/contributors/248
Report Post »push, push, shove, shove, shoot…
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:53amNow that the suspect has shown to be a white Caucasian, although a women, who are known to be provocations, I am not so sure the police are shoving enough to prove they are at fault, unless they are hispanic blacks or mormons I want to also see the entire police vehicle video as well.
Report Post »John 3:16
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:55amSHE IS NO STRANGER TO POLICE!!! well then maybe we should not be so quick to judge the donut eating cops after all. For the Blaze, maybe you should report stories when you have more REAL Information instead of stirring up anti police feelings. Shame on you Glenn for not monitoring your partial truth reporters or just grabbing drive by stories without full factual information. GET THE REAL STORY FIRST be fore printing it or just be another MSNBC.
Report Post »fatfreetoothpaste
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:56amAt least she was white. Would hate to have Al Sharpton all over this.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:57amWhen push comes to Shove I pray the cops will be on the side of WE the PEOPLE!
Report Post »SU Patriot
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:59amI lived in Rochester for the past 6 out of 7 years. About 2 years ago, Officer Anthony DiPonzio was shot in the back of the head, in day light, while responding to a call about some kids and a possible drug deal. When they found no proof, the cops were returning to their cars when a 15 year old shot Officer DiPonzio in the back of the head with a rifle. Thankfully, he survived his injuries.
I can understand the police officer not feeling “safe” while being video taped from behind. But to arrest this woman, after confronting her and seeing she was unarmed, was an abuse of power. He should have let it go.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:01amLike many here, I’m sure, I kept popping back to this story to watch Sinista explode.
Not disappointed lol.
Laughter aside, Sinista, I agree with you.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:03amfolks ….she was on her own property not at a mall or bar ..that changes EVERYTHING ..if the police though they were a REAL threat they would have posted Officer to watch them OR dispersed the threat pretty dang quick ! Dont rely on just the words .all bodly language in the vidieo ( on both sides ) say there was no threat ! What IS going on is a battle of WILLS . I do not not personally support the woman or her agenda but that Cop stepped into her world ( her property ) and violated her rights . I can her the stress in the officers vioce but there was no real percieved threat ! Yes I would have been pissed off also if I was that Officer but I also would NOT have started a verbal aguement in which they ONLY recourse was to arrest her Illegaly …Not a good call for Citizens and the Community at large
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:05amTotal setup! Funny how she had a backup handy to keep filming. And that question and answer period at the end? Can you be any more plastic?! They were totally working to set up the officers!!!
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:06amWho the **** cares if she is a stranger to police? Who the **** cares if she baited him. HE BIT!!!! Funny, it’s okay to bait car thieves and pedophiles(which I am fine with) but not the precious golden pigs? Freakin sycophants.
I guess Beck and Stu have spoken and so that makes it okay. Beck trying to dance around this was hilarious. “Well, if she has been arrested before…”. Even if an admitted murderer states that the sky is blue; his felony has no bearing on whether what he is saying is true if the sky is in fact blue. And Beck is the same joke that is claiming they are going to give a class on critical thinking? Sorry, not all us “righties” agree with Becky.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:12amTexas Grasshopper, is this video you mentioned in your post? It is unbelievable how ignorant of the law people we trust to enforce the law are. This is not the Country in which I was born.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQAJgxMIuM
Report Post »ice tea
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:14amThe woman has the right to be in her front yard. Police have to maintain buffer zones,safety zones. To insure safety. It’s dark,Officers do not know who she is,what her purpose. They have not confirmed she is unarmed. She inserted herself into the situation. Had she of went on the front porch or even further back into her yard she would not have been to jail. Officer safety first,she is a troble maker that needs some time to reflect.
Report Post »onlyinAmerica4
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:17amThis woman is clearly setting them up. Anyone who has a teenage daughter can tell by the tone in this woman’s voice when she appears to be upset that she is FAKING. When a police officer tells you to go back inside your house (didn’t tell her to stop filiming), and you say “I’m not going inside my house, I feel like I need the fresh air”…COME ON PEOPLE!!! THEN another neighbor comes in and continues taping, and later a reporter-esque type individual comes in and begins interviewing witnesses to their angelic neighbor’s horrible encounter with the police. My son wants to be a police officer, and always has. There are bad cops, there are bad nurses, there are bad doctors, etc. But these policemen on film were very calm. Like a parent who has given their child an “order”, when the child doesn’t follow it, and if you don’t follow through with your threat of “or else”, then you lose credibility. They had no choice but to arrest the obvious community organizing PLANT.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:18am@John 3:16 and sheepdog
dont be so hard on us blazers ..there are alot who are ex LEO’s ….the difference now is the training and policies that have been implemented over the last few years . It is the Policies that get people pissed off . Thanks for your service but times are changing …there is two sides at stake . one side is Consistutional Rights and the other is agianst that …..which side are you on ? I dont like that woman either but that doesnt matter does it ? read my other posts and try to change my mind on my logic .
Report Post »SICKOFLIBSBULSH
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:24amRebellion to TYRANTS is obedience to God.
Nuff said.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:41am@ texas commonsense
I didnt post it but I just watched the vidieo …..WOW ….unbeleivable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQAJgxMIuM
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:51amTexas Grasshopper, it’s beyond unbelievable. Watch the movie “The Lives of Others”. This video reminds me of citizens reporting suspicious activity to the Stasi. That Julie chick and absolutely no authority to come on this man’s property, yet the Gestapo agent let her. The logic he used was beyond belief.
Report Post »justafollower
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:56amupon more thought…
I can certainly understand that the police would be uncomfortable. I always have felt that discomfort when my boss was would walk in the door at my jobsite. But, that was tough crap for me, he was my boss and I better be doing my job right or he would call me out on it. Who has that role when it comes to the police?
And what about private property rights? should they be limited? and isn’t it the personal responsibility of the individual to secure their residence? Did the police have any right to invade a persons private property from a public street?
Additionally, Police are publicly paid employees, which makes the citizenry their ultimate “bosses.” They are on a public road in a public place, performing their job. I’d personally challenge the idea that they have any right to walk on private property when there are no laws being broken or to arrest a citizen who is obviously not breaking any laws. If it was my house, I would order the police off of my property. If it was my neighbor, I wouldn’t have allowed them to arrest her.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:59am@ Texass, I don’t care if you claim to appreciate my service, your comments say otherwise. This woman was told to back off, she didn’t. The cop knew it wasn’t illegal to videotape them, that lie was a verbal attempt to get her away from them. Her presence was a potential threat that drew their attention away from why they were in the first place. This woman got exactly what her actions in this viero implies. She got herself arrested – exactly what she intended to happen.
Sorry BullCop, but we don‘t know what happened before this and we don’t know what else is going on off camera. The cops‘ attempts to lie here out of there didn’t work … that’s not ignorance of the law, it’s using whatever you can to minimize the threat. If they weren’t concerned, they would have ignored her. Could they have handled this differently than arresting her? From what I saw, they did.
Report Post »arx
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:03pmJOHN 3:16….the video speaks for itself. There is no further information needed. I don’t care who she was or what her supposed past is. She was standing in HER OWN FRONT LAWN, simply filming…and for that you can be arrested? Welcome to the new Amerika!
I’ll tell you something, contrary to your idiotic way of thinking, the police CANNOT just make up laws as they go along. Their will, or apparent whim of not wanting to be filmed or ‘feeling threatened’ does not change the law and somehow make her a criminal.
My good feelings towards the police are eroding in the face of this kind of crap. First the combat marine shot full of lead in his own home in front of his family with no evidence of criminal activity…next the pig (and yes, I’ll use that term for the first time in my life) cold cocking the teenage girl for walking away from him, now this, and how many other instances of our finest? at work.
Good cops need to start standing up against this kind of crap, or lose continue to lose more esteem and respect.
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:17pmCops like the idiot that arrested this young lady are going to make all cops a target. It rioting, like is happening in numerous countries around the world, comes to this country, the cops will be prime targets…. not a good thing. There a lot of good cops, but the actions of these, out of control, Rambo’s will be what the people remember. That idiot cop didn’t fear that young lady, he wanted to demonstrate his authority. What a creep. I hope that she sues the crap out of him, the police department and the city. This blankstard should be fired immediately. He cannot be trusted to carry a gun… especially with a badge to back it up.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:25pm@ sheepdog , I was referring to John’s service ..personally from your past comments , you seem to be misgiuded in your police tactics also …you seem to believe that the end justifies the means . I am not anti-police but the I am agianst the tactics being used by alot of Police are way out of line. It seems like you cant identify the difference either ..thats scary and that is why people like me are pissed off at Cops like you . You want us to suppport you but look around at your dept …..I am sure your dept nitpicks the hell out of the folks in your towns ….You also seem to subscribe to the the that if you as a ( current ) law enforcement Oficer tell me to do something I have to do it regardless of Law or Reason . ….I suscribe to the fact that I ( as a citizen and former LEO) have the right to tell you to go to hell ( figuretivley speaking ) when you are violating my rights ( espeacially on my property ) regarless of what you personnally think . Most younger Officer have zero skills and training . I watched that Vid and there was no threat ….yeah he said that but that was bullsh**. You new cops have thin skins and whine about your rights . Think about what policies you are supposed to be doing . Oh yeah I know …writing fix -it tickets on trailers and catching people with taillights out is pretty hard ….how many meth labs are in your area that you could find ? Oh yeah , the state your in is a meth lab hotbed . gangs ? illegally aliens ? to much work eh ? .
Report Post »elmulatto
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:28pmI dont agree with police over stepping their bounds. But the officer clearly tried to repeatedly warn her. And she was never asked to stop recording. Only to move back to her porch. If she had moved to her porch and then been asked to stop recording, I would have a problem. As it stands, I dont think there is anything wrong with what the cop did.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:29pmCops are already targets, 40% rise in cops being murdered on the job. That’s why they consider you a threat when you insert yourself into an incident and get close to them when you have nothing to do with the incident. They react because they feel threatened – for good cause.
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:40pmdang …she was on her property …the cops could havent taken the suspect to OTHER side of the Car then they would have been safe …no that would have to too easy …and one moron citizen would not have had to lose her freedom ..the idiot cop would not have been all over national news and Americans would not be boxed in a corner one more time . this boils down to an ‘ I told you so ” mentally not based in law all . Dont they teach Color of Law in the Acedmies anymore or is that course now swat and tasing techs. No brains guy ..
Report Post »Texas Grasshopper
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:47pm@ sheepdog
geez 40 % increase …okay something aint right …we can agree on that .. your friggin swat tactic on Americans isnt working either . Okay ..can you understand that also ? . ! That is what I am saying …So rethink what the heck YOUR (POLICE) doing ! … I simply dont understand what is so hard about this concept . 99. % of American IS on the Police side beciase we understand and reconize the Men and the Service …but the powers that be are screwing that up fast …so help us change it ….or shut up
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:51pmIf the police were following their procedures correctly, why did they feel threatened? If they were threatened by what she said BEFORE the video started, why was she not put into custody then? And, why was she “allowed” to shoot any video at all? I think these are legitimate questions that should be answered. I, for one, would like to know the answer to those questions; I’ll be looking forward to the answers.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:01pmBut, he added, “Typically, I tell people when the police give you an order, that you should follow it, even if you don’t like it. We have a process to make complaints if we’re not doing our job lawfully.”
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BS! I am a huge supporter of our local police, but if one of them gives me an unlawful order I am not going to obey. He can arrest me. Then it will be the cop who finds out we have a process for sorting out these types of intrusions. It is called a civil rights law suit.
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:10pmThat is called kidnapping
Report Post »file charges of kidnapping false imprisonment
then file a lawsuit against the officer and police department
johnbarlycorn
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:17pmI have read all of the postings here. I must ask a few things: 1) are police mature rational men and women? 2) Are police armed? 3)Isn’t being annonyed by a citizen part of the job? Frankly, most people in business, from time to time, have customers that annony them. It is clear that many of my fellow readers here have deep emotional reactions for and against these three policemen. All that I can say is that local, county,state, and certainly federal police are armed and act in a paramilitary way. A policeman being tired of a nosy neigbhor in a reasonable world should not result in an arrest. Further three armed male police officers feeling threatned by a lone unarmed female standing on her front lawn raises questions about the policemen’s training and competence. My own reaction to this video brought memories back of my uncle being taken away when I was a boy: Ho Chi Minh City 1979. I love my country and I respect the law but there is an element to this thing that is very troubling.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:32pmto Godhead -
Why are conservatives so rabidly anti-cop/firefighter/first responder? Want them fired in Wisconsin.
Number 1 – Stay on topic. This is not about conservatives being anti-cop. This is not about Wisconsin. It’s about the police arresting a woman for standing on her property and recording a police action.
Number 2 – No one is anti cop. Once again, the concern is the police arresting an individual for doing nothing more than recording an arrest.
Number 3 – Regarding Wisconsin. The State is in deep financial trouble, along with several other states. Governor Walker ran on the platform that he would reign in the unions. He did so, with the support of the legislature. A judge overturned the law. This has been overturned just recently by another court and reinstated the original, legal State ordinance. No one was “fired” in Wisconsin. They may have budget reductions and the various Departments may have to lay off staff (officers, firefighters, etc.), but that is usually the decision of the various departments, not the Governor. Frequently, the announcements that officers or fire fighters, or teachers or nurses will be laid off is the announcement made by the union to inflame the general public.
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:47pmWant to know how and why the Government seems to be ignoring the Constitution? They aren’t really. It is your fault they are doing what they are, because most of you are not aware of WHO or WHERE you actually are. :) Why do you call yourselves “American Citizens”, but the Government likes to call you “US citizens”? http://www.lojack12.com/Constitution/what_is_dual_citizenship.html Peace
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:49pmand so many people in the u.s. think they don’t need guns. your friendly neighbourhood police officer will become your worst enemy if the state turns him or her on you.
Report Post »Cerealface
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 2:32pmWhy didn’t they arrest the person that kept recording? She/he was doing the same thing…
Report Post »Cerealface
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 2:52pmThe first time Obama bowed to another leader made people feel UNSAFE.
He should get arrested too.
People claiming the health care plan had death panels made people feel UNSAFE.
Report Post »They should get arrested too.
rangerp
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 4:43pmI would like to see more on this story. Gut instinct tells me that little Ms Emily Good is a flaming left wing liberal nut, and that she most likely hates police and military. I can not prove that from what little I read, but would lay money on the table.
Lots of police are conservative, and out there doing a good job. I appreciate what they do.
Report Post »heywhat1
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 5:15pmi dont think the cops did anything wrong, as he stated early in the video, :in light of what you said earlier. i dont feel safe”. shes an instigator and nothing more. she filmed her half of the story, not his half. come on people, be smarter than this.
tea!
Report Post »Napkin
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 6:26pmIt could have been worse, she could have had a dog with her. Cops have a thing for putting cute little puppies out of their misery. :)
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 6:57pmCops are becoming such ******* now-a-days. They seem to be scared of everything, including cute little girls with intimidating cameras. Oooooo scarrrry. My retired brother-in-law was a LA cop back in the day. They were called seven feet of solid chrome- and for good reason. They weren‘t afraid of the bad guys and they sure as hell weren’t intimidated in any way (from behind or in front! :) by little girls with attitude.
They’ve gone soft just like the rest of us. It’s pathetic. We’re pathetic. We’re so screwed America. Do you know that? Do you know just how deeply and badly we’re screwed? We give our freedoms up to the TSA because we’re scared. We let idiots pass bills ‘so we can see what’s in them’. We elect empty shells to leadership because they look pretty. We ask questions of candidates like; “does he look presidential”? I used to think we were better than that. I guess not. Christ, Calvin Coolidge was a GREAT president and he was boring as all get out. So what? Oooooo shiny things….. Glitter is BS, every frigging time.
If you’re afraid then fight! Don’t lie down on the ground and piss yourself! Everybody is either lame or on an ego trip or both and exercising the judgment of a ten year old. What the hell is wrong with us? Must be the contrails….. :) Whatever it is, this path leads to destruction. Period. We’re on a hot rail to hell. Take it from me, I can see it coming. We‘d all better get a grip or it’s over, if it’s not already all
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:19pm@ John 3:16
To “John 3:16“ and the rest that share the ”well, she‘s had police contact before so it’s OK to violate her Constitutional Rights”…**NO!!** THAT DOESN’T JUSTIFY LOSING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!
How about if they come arrest YOU on trumped-up BS and justify it because “you were observed/videoed at an anti-government rally (TEA Party) event by law enforcement”??
Unless this woman has an arrest/conviction history of actually physically beating cops over the head with a video camera, these cops had NO justifiable reason to arrest her.
I don’t care if she is a left-wing nutjob, Communist Party member, or a TEA Party member, she has the same rights.
Selective enforcement of Constitutional Rights is wrong, no matter if it’s done by Progressives or Conservatives.
If there are any police reading this, you’d better come down hard on your fellow-officers that pull this sort of crap, or else you may find yourself all alone, with citizens just walking by or standing around watching while you’re laying there, bleeding-out on a street-corner somewhere after being shot by some criminal or in a similar life/death situation. Remember all those YouTube videos where citizens have come to the rescue of a cop being beaten silly? How about if they don’t anymore? Or help the assaulter?
You cops that have that attitude shown in the video WILL reap the whirlwind eventually, guaranteed. You have to take off the gun, badge, and radio some time.
Report Post »humit
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:53pmOk…The officer has a right to ask a person to back away for his or her safety. The mention of the house was only the place the lady was asked to go. If he would have said go stand by that tree (clearly away from the danger zone) would he have been wrong? Maybe the mention of the house was wrong, but the fact he did not want her close to the scene is the right of the police, and is backed by my state in particular. You are taking this out of context.
Report Post »Rfunk
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:20pmHey Godhead. I realize your blind ignorance is at fault her but if you read carefully you’ll notice this woman is an activist previously arrested for trying to block a foreclosure on a home from taking place. So now that we have established she is clearly on the left please justify your statement. We (conservatives) stand with her based on principle. She has every right to use a privately owned video camera in her privately owned front yard and film a public law enforcement event taking place. That is basic common sense. So If you believe in individual freedom and constitutional rights you are anti cop? If you say one cop is wrong you hate all cops? This is the problem with a socialist mindset. You cannot see one person. All you see are groups of people bundled and packaged into skin color, ethnic background, and religious views.
Report Post »sambachico
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 11:55pmI want a camera in my car the next time I am pulled over. CA cops are a bunch of harassers. pulled me over for modified exhaust, no modified exhaust found. Totally tyranny here in CA. No longer have a right to be secure in our possessions. Cops can pull you over for anything. It was the drug war that started this B.S. quite tired of it and can’t wait for the departments to go broke. Would love to have about 3x the sherrifs and 3x less the traffic cops. Sherrif’s keep the peace, city cops are revenue officers. This lady should sue the police department. She was on her property. Screw the cops and their B.S. about not wanting to be filmed. They film us everywhere (the state).
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 12:05amPeople supporting the cops on this-
Your “good ol’boy” -ness is going to get you KILLED one day by these Nazi goons.
They‘re gonna crack your head the hardest and you’re gonna be screaming and crying the loudest.
Report Post »Steal Your Face
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 12:11amThe problem with filming officers may not be all that clear to those who dont work in Law Enforcement. The VAST and i mean overwhelming number of LEO‘s are good people who perform a thankless and dangerous job which the VAST and i mean overwhelming majority of the public can simply not relate to nor grasp the crazy and bizarre stuff LEO’s encounter on a daily basis. Generally speaking, average people do not video record cops, that is to say, if you are video taping a cop, you likely have an agenda, or you just happen to be there when the event and cop collide. LEO’s dont want their faces, vehicles, tactics and procedures broadcast all over the internet or evening news, despite what you may think LEO’s are not glory hungry nor do they crave the spotlight. When the shift is over they want to go home, crack a beer and disappear. There ARE people and groups out there who dedicate their time and resources to hurt, both professionally, personally and even physically LEO’s. Its not about being caught doing something wrong, videoing a cop doing their job is unnatural to a cop and is seen as a very real threat. Cops are suspect of everyone and everything and tend to notice things that dont belong because that very thing usually precedes a bad day for the officer. Of course, and generally, there is no law prohibiting it, but why do it? Most LEO’s contacts are boring and mundane, videotaping the mundane makes it less mundane and sets the cops spidey sense off.
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 12:26amSo, let me get this straight, the Government is allowed to place cameras in street interceptions, next to traffic lights, in their cars on the dash boards, in their parking lots, and in their buildings, in order to monitor us and keep track of our every move, but we can’t record them on our own front yard? What the heck?
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 12:35amThe police have a great fear and resentment of cameras in the hands of civilians. Arresting citizens “for nothing” is very common, but without a video recording of the event, the citizen will almost always lose.
Cameras are the truth, and cops don’t like “the truth” showing up in court when they are telling a different story.
Every citizen should be armed with a camera, and prepared to use it.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:02amOk, first of all, the term LEO —- WAY overused in your post!
Report Post »2ndly, ever heard of the show COPS? Or RENO 911?? They are getting filmed all the time, it can’t be that threatening. (Obviously the Reno part was a joke).
3rdly… your entire rant about cops wanting to go home and crack a beer and be a normal guy has absolutely NOTHING to do with how this particular cop reacted. He violated this lady’s civil rights by unlawfully arresting her, not to mention trespassing on her property without probably cause. A simple, “back up” would have sufficed and it should have been the end of it. There were 3 cops there. There should not have been any reason on their part to feel unsafe by a woman filming on her own lawn. A quick chat with her would have dispelled any fears about her being a threat. This was a gross overreaction from a Joe Schmoe that just wants to finish his shift and go home.
ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:43am@old white guy
and so many people in the u.s. think they don’t need guns. your friendly neighbourhood police officer will become your worst enemy if the state turns him or her on you.
That is what is and will happen, I find a man will justify and do just about anything to take care of his family, do you think they went to the insane asylum to find the Nazi guards or just told a good man he would not be able to feed his family if he did not? Cops are not bad people they chose a life and as the rules governing them come in conflict with our rights do you really think they will say it’s more impotent to protect others rights then feed my family? I am betting on my guns. no, wish it where not so but really I have my family too.
Report Post »Paradigmm
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:48amWitnesses reported that the woman who was videotaping made NO comment or remarks to the officer before she started taping so the officer’s assertion that she did so was false.
The police report stated that there were three suspects in the stopped car yet witnesses and the video does not confirm that. By the way, the driver was allowed to leave after the search turned up nothing.
She was on her own property and well within her CONSTITUTIONAL rights to stand in her own front yard.
Videotaping in a public space is our constitutional right (no matter what some states say) and therefore is protected by law. If it’s not, don’t you think police dash cams, traffic monitor cams and security cams at the local malls should be removed?
Only cops who have something to hide don’t want to be videotaped and this cops actions where nothing more than an act of oppression in an attempt to intimidate her (and others) into not exercising her constitutional rights by doing exactly what she was doing.
I’m not against cops, they have a tough job and I’m glad they are there. But bad cops need to be taken off the streets; they give the good ones a bad rap.
Report Post »BlackhawkdowN
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:49amYou need to listen to the video. The officer clearly stated that after the remarks that she said prior to video taping that he felt more comfortable that she get into the house. If she made threatening remarks then the officer was in complete compliance to request that she go inside. You need to listen!!!!
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:41amBravo Emily!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:17pmThe problem with filming civilians may not be all that clear to those who are Public Servants. The VAST and I mean overwhelming number of civilians are good people who perform a thankless and dangerous job which the VAST and I mean overwhelming majority of Public Servants can simply not relate to nor grasp the crazy and bizarre stuff normal civilians encounter on a daily basis. Generally speaking, Public Servants have no reason to video average civilians, if you are video taping a civilian, you likely have an agenda. Civilians dont want their faces, vehicles, routines or anything broadcast all over the internet or evening news, despite what you may think civilians are not glory hungry nor do they crave the spotlight. When the shift is over they want to go home, crack a beer and disappear. There ARE people and groups out there who dedicate their time and resources to hurt, both professionally, personally and even physically civilians. Its not about being caught doing something wrong, videoing a civilian is unnatural to a civilian and is seen as a very real threat. Civilians are suspect of everyone and everything and tend to notice things that dont belong because that very thing usually precedes a bad day for the civilian. Of course, and generally, there is no law prohibiting it, but why do it? Most civilians contacts are boring and mundane, videotaping the mundane makes it less mundane and sets the civilians’ spidey sense off.
Report Post »keliwar
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:09pmI am really curious what was said prior to her filming, but something everyone seems to have missed is that he did NOT confiscate the recorder. He left THAT so he was NOT worried too much about the recording, but IF an office asks you to go into your house, specially as was said by a few, in some neighborhoods, and gang related issues and such, WHY would she just continue to stand there and DEFY what he said? She did not back up, sit on her porch, go into her house, just stood there arguing with him. I don’t get people “demanding” their rights to defy police. Then getting mad that, despite his multiple warnings, that she gets arrested. The guy they stopped could have been ANYONE and they may have had numerous reasons for cuffing him, and he obviously did not seem to mind that treatment, kinda looked used to it from what I saw. If this one woman show can get herself arrested, and that makes her unhappy, perhaps when an officer gives her a direct order next time she will listen. Safety IS first in my book, and what happens if you get stopped and the officer tells you to stay in the car…do you just get out anyway? If her tone would have been better, and she would have at least gone to her porch or SOMETHING…SHE did not know if it was for HER safety that it happened. Perhaps a gangbanger might retaliate against someone filming HIM. WE WEREN’T THERE, AND SHE WAS WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:26amAbolish the Nazi Police and the TSA.
Report Post »closetotheedge
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 3:10pmYes indeed, this is way over the top, WAY over. Much like Nazi Gemany. Obviously she was no threat to no one.The 3 cops were each loaded for any situation,from a 9mm to spray to a taz.oh,and a vest too. And she armed with a camera, in her lightest clothes for sleep,a blind man could see she was no threat to no one and vary polite to the 3 and might have caught something that could help them that their cameras might have missed. Now, if there were 2 women But this is the way it is and with tech’ they will control, by law, all you do,say and etc.All. There are cameras thru-out every city watching everything and angles to capture realtime live,with Camcops sitting at screens watching you watching me watching you. And they can also talk to the pedestrian,to pick-up the gum wrapper you dropped or be fined via ‘Facial Recognition or Iris Scan,or Bio-Chip in right hand or forehead.If this woman had a ‘chip,or ‘card RFID chip, they would have scanned her and they would have known all about her,from warrents too Baby pics to fav’ sites on phone,as the Michagan Highway Patrol useing the power to download a persons’ private I-Phone. It’s everywhere,but at rate the world is going its’right here right now. They await the next crisis,YICKS. Christian Patriot/Oathkeeper on the Wall.
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