Women Arrested for Recording Police from Front Yard Plans to Sue Rochester P.D.
- Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:35pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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Emily Good, the woman arrested for filming police conduct a routine traffic stop from her own front yard won a victory in court Monday when charges against her were dropped. The judge, district attorney’s office, mayor, and local police chief all felt there was no legal basis to pursue the case.
Good, whose stated reason for filming the traffic stop was that “three white officers were stopping a young black male,” is not giving up her fight against what she considers police misconduct and might even sue the Rochester police department.
YNN reports on the details of Good’s courtroom victory:
It took less than a minute for a judge to dismiss an obstructing governmental administration charge against Good, saying there was no legal basis to move forward.
Good was arrested last month while videotaping a traffic stop outside her Rochester home. She was taken into custody after Good failed to go inside her home when ordered to by Rochester police officer Mario Masic.
Good says even though the charge has been dropped, her fight against police injustice is just beginning.
“I’m part of a community center, the Flying Squirrel Community Space,” said Good. “We’re having conversations on a regular basis right now about police accountability. We want to hear people’s stories of racial profiling. We’re working on sort of a place to document stories and maybe look at patterns.”
Engaging in conversations about racial profiling at the Flying Squirrel Community Space aren’t all Good plans to do, however. Good’s attorney Donald Thompson reportedly told WHEC she may sue officer Masic and the Rochester Police Department for violating her civil rights.
Thompson says says the lawsuit will claim a violation of Good’s civil rights under the guarantees of the First Amendment. He said they will either file it in state or federal court.
“There was no crime that she committed here,” says Thompson. “There was no basis to arrest her. There was no reason to forcibly take her from her property. It’s a violation of her civil rights.”
“It was pretty far over the line,” says Thompson. “That’s why it went national. It didn’t go national because this is something that happens every day, or it’s kind of run of the mill. It’s not. This is a pretty cut and dried violation. “
The Blaze recently reported on Emily Good’s history of confrontation and her affiliation with a controversial movement called Take Back the Land. Given her track record with law enforcement, one wonders if this will be the last time Good ruffles the feathers of police.
GamutNews provides the video of Good’s aquittal:
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Comments (217)
The_Outlaw
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:32pmShe was being an obnoxious a$$ to the police officers i.m.o. I say that her lawsuit should be thrown out of court. Let the cops do their jobs without interference from people who have no clue what a cops job entails on an everyday basis. She is an idiot i.m.o.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:57pmthis is a matter of right and wrong……not who she is. Unless you want a police state?
Report Post »wzd1a
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:57pmIf the police can not handle policework – they are free to move on to a different job that they can handle…
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:33pmFine by me! And their job is. . . ? what? harassment- discretionary interpretation- intimidation?
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:59pmShe was being obnoxious ? So what ?
She was not in any way, shape or form interfering with the police doing their job. Standing peaceably on your front lawn using a video camera is not “threatening” to anyone, and it harms no one.
It is not our “duty” to blindly follow orders in America. It is, however, our solemn responsibility to defend liberty.
The woman was arrested– she lost her liberty– for standing on her own property with a video recorder. If you are OK with that, I am not OK with you. Go live in another country where you will fit right in.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 1:02am@ The_Outlaw —- WEAK!!!!!!! Obnoxious??? Are you kidding??? Is that grounds for an arrest? Man what is with American citizens that think it’s ok for cops to arrest you without legal grounds??
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:36am“She was being an obnoxious a$$ to the police officers i.m.o. I say that her lawsuit should be thrown out of court.”
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That’s what they used to say about the East Berlin police too…
Report Post »Andy
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 9:00amyour not very smart are you?, she was in her PROPERTY, and has every right to film as she pleases, folks like you are the ones that precipitate police stupidity, allowing them to think that they can say to you jump and we’ll do it, use common sense, the police like every branch of government have to be held accountable for their actions and praised when they do right but admonished when they don’t.
Report Post »Present Relic
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:25pmMore to the story or not doe’s not really matter she was acting in a legal matter their is no law against Taping Police especially from your own propery this is a fast open and closed case
if nothing else we should take her example and get money as well if we are aressted on our property for the same actions take the money from each case and build it into a fund for fighting against abuse of power untill they wise up and stop over-stepping their boundries
you will keep them in check, and give our society what it need‘s cop’s going after true criminals who deserveit and not bystander’s struck with curiousity
Report Post »upstateny
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:25pm“The Flying Squirrel Community Space” really. How in the world do these people believe they will ever be taken seriously. I also can’t figure out how they ever made it through childhood without drowning in the toilet. Say high to Rocky and Bullwinkle for me, but not while riding your Unicorn. Bullwinkle hates Unicorns.
Report Post »Enough is Enough
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:19pmI agree we have a police department here where i live that is out of control it takes 5 of them to write a speeding ticket in a small 20,000 population town. we had a city councilman videotaping them the other day and one of the officers chased him to his house and anted to know why he was video recording them. if it had been a regular citizen I bet that they would have went to jail.
Report Post »Devilmist
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:14pmThe story is wrong about this does not happen often. This happens more and more everyday and in more and more states. The police can run wild beat who ever they want to and if you tape it. Then you go to jail for wiretapping. Look on youtube many many videos of police arresting people.
Report Post »Casca
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:12pmI’m normally 100% for cops. But even a cop friend of mine reviewing this video said it was very clear the cop was in the wrong. The other two leaning on their car did not seem the least interested in her. She should have said when he approached her property, ‘please do not trespass on my property’.
Report Post »This woman does seem to be a malcontent, police instigator belonging to a socialist wealth-distributing, anti-capitalist group, but in this case, the cop brought national attention to her because he screwed up. No matter what she said before she started filming, nothing justifies the cop’s actions. He did not like being filmed and did not like the idea that a citizen would not obey his illegal command to her get into her house.
Enough is Enough
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:11pmi believe Benjamin Franklin said it best!!!
“ He who Sacrifices Freedom for Security deserves neither”
She may be a lefty but I am totally on her side with this one.
Report Post »ICEDRAGONNITE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:10pmGo for it. BUT BECAREFUL OF THE JUDGE YOU ARE IN FRONT OF.
Report Post »ofallon
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:09pmRocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle would be offended.
Report Post »P4cooler
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:09pmThere has been a lot of contempt of cop cases lately. This may be a sign of an Obama Gestapo in the works. Liberty is going down faster than the Titanic. If we want America to thrive……. throw out this EVIL administration in 2012
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:27pmDe.. ah poke- POKE- P O K E ! !
Report Post »proliance
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 7:45amThis has nothing to do with Obama. Cops harassing citizens for failure to grovel has always existed. Its the fact that so many of us have cameras on us at all times that is bringing this to the public eye.
Before it was always the cop‘s word against the citizen’s. The truth about the way ordinary citizens are terrorized by the very police who are supposed to be protecting us is finally getting out.
Report Post »frustratedwithgovt
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:03pmI have no problem with the recording. Cities have not problem putting up cameras to capture people running likes etc so why should we not be able to capture city employee’s and hold them accountable as well?
Report Post »Wildblue3
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:59pmI think that she should be free but mayber someone should talk to her that profiling won’t be fixed by taking film.
Report Post »PansyShare
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:55pmGrow up lady!
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:58amShe’s fighting for hers, mine, yours and every American’s civil liberties that are being encroached upon. She may be a little on the loopy side, but she’s fighting a good fight. What’s wrong with that?
Report Post »Cuthalu
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:55pmThey dismissed charges for lack of a legal basis for her being arrested in the first place? Not suprised at all. I do not agree with that woman political but I know when cops abuse their power and would NEVER wish for another citizen to have to go through what that woman and many other americans have to go through with cops who think they can do anything they want to us.
How many americans have to go through what she did but never gets media attention to shine a light on the truth of how many cops act like when they think no one is looking?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:51pmIf they have a brain, they will pay her off and make this go away.
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:50pmStick it to ‘em!!
Report Post »Seabass417
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:49pmShe’s a leftist radical, but I’ll stand for her right to record the police.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:54pmAgree, the boot on her neck today will be the same boot on our neck tomorrow.
Report Post »Ordie69
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:20pmAgreed
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:41pm@SeaBass417
Affirmative.
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:16pmagreed
Report Post »Red Max
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:02pmDitto.
Report Post »Stone Cold Truth
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:49pmI normally support all police, but I have noticed a tendacy for some officers nationwide to react to being filmed with hostility. It’s definately frowned upon anyways. Most officers do what they are supposed to do though, so I’m not sure why they react this way.
Report Post »bellasbrat
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:05pmI can’t explain this, but as a limousine driver, I was recently put in a position of having to drive through a line of protesters. They were stopping my vehicle, and basically harassing me. I didn’t have a problem with any of that, but as soon as somebody started taking my picture through the windshield of my car, I got angry and told them that they have no legal right to harass me. There’s just something about having a camera stuck in your face against your will…..
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:55amThe camera was not in their faces, she was in her yard. And as a police man, you’re responsible for rising above what may irritate you and continue to do your job professionally. Cameras are no excuse to act without regard to the law.
Report Post »MMR
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:49pmFrom that things that have been said, the cop felt that she was anti cops because of the things she said to them before she started recording. So the video was 1 sided and she only recorded what was convenient for her.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:52amYou have no idea what was said or not said before she started video taping… it’s completely hearsay and it may in fact be ALL bull. And based on the way the cops acted DURING the video, I’m not tending to believe what they say happened before the video was an accurate description.
The point is, whatever happened before the video is moot. If she broke a law, she would have been apprehended for it, but she obviously did not. THEN she started recording and still, no law breaking went on. You can’t base your argument on speculation especially since the cops had nothing to back it up with (in terms of an arrest prior to the video).
Report Post »Disnylv
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:47pmOh puuuulease she has been causing chaois which is what
Report Post »the leftist want, are u a progressive?
booger71
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:38pmAmen. It is our duty to report the police who abuse their authority, but this clown has a history of be confrontational with police to get arrested on purpose.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:57pm@Booger71
And, may I ask, how does Emily Good‘s questionable history with police make the police officer’s unlawful arresting of her for only videotaping police while standing on her front lawn justifiable?
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:47pmI don’t agree with her politics, but there is a big difference between being an activist and being an anarchist. And her past is not relevant to this case, since she has no history of harming a police officer– or even attempting to harm one.
The cops were out of line. Regardless of her politics, I support her 100% in this case. Citizen watchdogs are not a threat to liberty– they are defending liberty. Her actions in this case were peaceful, and no reasonable person would or should feel threatened by anything she did from her front lawn that night.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:08am@ all you morons on Goods side.. You don’t know what she said to the cops before she started taping.. If she said under her breath, but so that the cops could hear here “ I should go get my gun and teach these pigs a lesson or two” and THEN turn on the video recorder you still think she was in the right ? lets be fair she did actually say things to the officers before she started taping we just don’t know what.. Maybe they DID feel threatened..How the hell do you know ?
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:43am@One Years Food Ration Like Glenn Says
What you just mentioned is pure speculation; therefore any actions that Emily may have performed before she activated her camcorder are ENTIRELY IRRELEVANT. If Emily made any threatening action toward the police officer, he would’ve arrested her instantaneously.
Report Post »His Lamb is Satanic
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:44pmShe better move to a different locale. They will bust her for something, or nothing,.but they will drag her down. YOUR PAPERS!!??
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:52pmThey will have their way with her.
Report Post »There will be no warnings, and no apologies.
It is the obumma gestapo in action.
TotallyFedUpinCalifornia
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:42pmSue the pants off them Emily, you go girl!!!
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:09am@TOTALLYFEDUPINCALIFORNIA… Move if you are fed up there, you dope..
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:41pmThe Good’s are radicals.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:15pmWhat the Goods are or aren’t have nothing to do with the obvious violation of her civil rights.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:41pmShe should And I hope she wins ! ! !
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:32pm@The Hawk
I’m with you there!
Report Post »justinfornow
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:45pm@ BERTR
Report Post »You could not be more wrong about not being able to sue them as an individual. I have personally been sued as an individual on many occasions while working for DRC as are many others practically if not absolutely on a daily basis and we the taxpayer foot the bill for all the frivilous lawsuits filed daily. Been there done that.
billtgh
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:06pmI was rooting for her until I saw this “Flying Squirrel Community Space”
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:03am@THE HAWK.. Just wondering , did you ever go to school ? Your writing skills are atrocious ….
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:41pmIm certain that the gestapo is not done with her.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:45pmLet her have the day in court; then all evidence should be seen and each of us make up their own mids.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:47pmNo, they are not.
She should expect to be targetted by our Public Servants for retribution.
She ought to sue the Police Department, AND sue each Public Servant INDIVIDUALLY, that’s where it really hurts them.
TSA molested you?
SUE EACH PUBLIC SERVANT INDIVIDUALLY, THEN SUE RIGHT UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND INDIVIDUALLY, THEN SUE THE AGENCY.
Their Federal affiliation doesn’t INDEMNIFY them individually from LIABILITY.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 6:49pmEveryone who opposes Official Oppression, ARM YOURSELF WITH A CAMERA.
Then point that camera at their face, and shoot. They HATE cameras when they’re pointing at them.
Report Post »thecid100
Posted on July 2, 2011 at 12:11amThat’s a great way to get the cops to quit doing their job. Threaten them with a lawsuit every time they stop a female or a minority, and pretty soon you’ll see they quit making the stops. I hope you’re ready to defend yourself and your family when that time comes to pass, or else you better start giving your police department a little credit for hiring decent human beings to be law enforcers. The fact that these officers pulled over a black man means nothing, and to allege that they are racist simply for doing so is ignorant.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:05pmShe sees deep pockets, me thinks.
There is always more to the story.
Do you belive EVERYTHING you see on film?
Ever been to a movie?
The officers stated there was more that was not filmed before she began recording.
I don’t EVER think it is wise to try to interfere with a police officer in the discharge of his duties.
If he is busy trying to arrest someone, and people behind him are shouting at him (which is a threatening act), the officer is trained always to control the scene and the people, THEN sort things out. Should he be worried whether she is going to turn violent just feet away, while he is trying to arrest someone? Or, should he arrest her too, and sort it out later?
Devil’s advocate here.
NO way to know the facts from a PARTIAL video. Wait to see the FULL video, etc.
Partial videos do not tell the whole truth. That is why squad car videos are ‘always-on’.
I say, “wait” on this one.
Report Post »bertr
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:14pm@V-Man
Report Post »actually she probably cant sue them indivually, almost always they are protected by immunity to break laws.
It may be nice if law enforcement personel were capable of being held to the same standards the public they protect is, but this is not the case legally most of the time.
If they were able to be sued indivually it would be even worse though, can you imagine the endless number of BS lawsuits they’ve have all the time.
As inane as it seems in cases like this, over all its probably the best way, just unfortunate
nptden
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:23pmI wonder if she would be taking pics if it was a ‘white’ guy?
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:31pmEmily Good, suing the Rochester P.D. for violation of her civil rights… Well, I hope she’ll come out a winner from this. Despite my opposition towards her radical viewpoints, I support her right to videotape the police while on her front lawn or in any public area.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:33pmbertr
Thank you for conceding that the justice system is corrupt. I concur.
I would not be deterred, however. I would sue them.
They can yell frivolous all day. They’re our public servants, they don’t deserve any extra level of deference. We’re the sovereign.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:55pmBankrupt the city, and the cops won’t work for free, there in it for the money not to keep you safe.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:02pmV for Victory Against the Nazi Police State!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVVfed4cpA
Report Post »Anarchy_in_the_USA
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:04pmBut this is part of a larger problem, not being able to follow directions from authority figures. She got what she deserved, she wanted to confrontational and not comply with the officer’s directions, So who cares that she was arrested, wasn‘t her first probably won’t be her last.
Report Post »chiefparker
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:13pmSeems to me that she is profiling police and as a result discriminating.
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:22pmSnow Leo.
Report Post »How sweet.. still belives a ‘court of law’ will find the truth….. ahhh…. the kool aid taste soooo gooood……..
Mil Mom
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:22pmBrave for her rights!
Report Post »That said, ‘THE FLYING SQUIRREL???” Wow! What a name, do they want to be taken seriously?
Mil Mom
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 8:30pm@Professional Infidel
Report Post »Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:55pm
Bankrupt the city, and the cops won’t work for free, there in it for the money not to keep you safe.
********
And when someone is holding customers at 7/11 hostage, who will 911 send? Maybe we should have an emergency 3 digit # for Hollywood?
Bankrupt the city and your mailman won’t be able to get down city streets, the garbage will stay piled up, and the water be turned off in most cities.
booger71
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:35pmThis clown is part of a group that advocates pushing police to the limit, get arrested and then sue.
Report Post »mils
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:49pmThey were wrong, she was right. What she has done in the past…did not come into this …
Report Post »scottie1321
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:07pmRochester Cops Resort To Retaliatory Tactics Against Citizens
Police Harass Community Members Attending Meeting in Support of Emily Good
http://rochester.indymedia.org/newswire/display/27098/index.php
Report Post »looseyloo
Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:37pmTo Anarchy in the USA: That is quite possibly the most idiotic comment around here in a long time.
It takes one completely clogged up mind to see this as the woman’s inability to follow directions. I don‘t know how anybody’s brain gets to that conclusion.
She was on her own property, and the property is in the USA. She was not interfering with anything by taking a video– video cameras don’t cause interference with human activity…they just record it.
No cop has a right to order people off their own property when there is no event taking place on that property that is threatening anyone.
She was on her own property. Nothing she was doing is putting anyone in danger. Nothing she was doing prevented cops from doing any part of their job– except that it messed with their teeny little brains (like yours) . The cops do not have authority to make up law on the spot.
But congratulations on the dopiest comment in this thread, even though I have a hunch you are going to top that very soon.
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 1:25amI hate her politics, but I hope she teaches those mindless pawns a lesson they will not forget.
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 1:26amSue baby sue
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:18amTHE Police nssds a Winning The Hearts AND MINDS PROGRAM !
Report Post »I BET if every cop had to take a lie- detector test , if they have ever arrested someone just because they did not follow their every order, or harasted anyone while in uniform knowing they could’nt be cought, Or took one extra hit, punch, kick,clubing, while the suspect was restrained ! THEIR LY‘ING AND YOU’D HAVE TO FIRE THEM ALL! WELL 85 % FOR SURE! is it OK TO BREAK THE LAW TO ENFORCE IT?
AND HOW DARE YOU TO EVER QUESTION THEIR AUTHORITY ! ! ! i COULD GO ON & ON BUT i’d
HAVE UNMARKER CARS CASEING MY HOUSE TOMORROW AND NEXT WEEK………….the hawk !.
RoBoTech
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 5:55amSnow
Report Post »She had her day in court and won.
Now, she needs to take the her case against the Police and City to court.
Remember, she was handcuffed , removed from her own property, then arrested, mug shot, spent time in jail and more than a day/night away from her home, and had to get bonded. Then had to show up in court.
For what?
This isn’t funny and the cops deserve whatever they get from this.
Regardless of her past, they had NO right to do what they did. This kinda of thing needs to be shown for what it is. Jack Booted Justice.
And this “can’t film an officer doing his duty” is crap. Even the police, whom I actually totally support when they do their jobs correctly, need to have oversight.
one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 7:50amYes ,yes Three “WHITE” Officers can NEVER stop a black guy that is so racist , you can’t see that ? She is just a chocolate lover she probably is living off the government making black babies as fast as they can come out.. Whatever..
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:25am@One Years Food Ration Like Glenn Says
That comment of yours is of utter ignorance and spite and tinged with racism. Emily Good made NO inference towards the police officers by simply recording their actions while civilly standing on her front lawn. Yes, she has Marxist-themed viewpoints, but that in no way justifies the arresting of her by that irate police officer.
Report Post »robert
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:43amThere will be fewer police in the coming months to pursue frivolous arrests. Layoffs are occurring all over the nation right now. Pensions in some areas are being challenged too, which, in my view will be reneged upon by the ruling authority, because they won’t be able to pay for them.
It’s an absolute fact that society cannot and will not run efficiently without proper laws and law enforcement; however, what we’re up against today is a society where politicians and police are becoming a power all unto themselves. Misconduct occurs repeatedly.
History clearly shows us that this is the point where societies begin to crumble. Add that to that the leftist totalitarianism of the media, the tribalism caused by “diversity,” a plummeting economy, and a recipe for disaster is in the making.
Bye, bye Miss American Pie. Went to the levee , but the levee was…………….blown up by whitey, which means paranoia can be added to the list of reasons tribalism is a disaster.
It’s coming! Get ready!
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:59amAlthough her background and motives may be in question, the encroachment of the police state must be squelched. This method works. Good for her!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:36amAnarchy_in_the_USA
You make me sad as an American.
The police are NOT our authorities.
They are our PUBLIC SERVANTS. Get it right.
They work for US.
We PAY THEIR SALARIES.
They get their power from the 2nd Amendment and Citizen’s Arrest. They are Delegated Citizens exercizing 2nd Amendment and Citizen’s Arrest powers on behalf of the citizenry.
They are NOT our “authorities”, “officials” or anything like that.
They are our PUBLIC SERVANTS.
WE ARE THE AUTHORITIES. WE ARE THE SOVEREIGN.
Technically, WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE POLICE!!!
Exercize your rights the same way they exercize their rights AS CITIZENS, and watch how these Nazis squirm and squeal!
They don’t WANT you exercizing your rights!!
The PUBLIC SERVANTS are OUT OF CONTROL, and THINK THEY’RE OUR MASTERS.
We have to put them back in their place as PUBLIC SERVANTS, and remind them that WE ARE THE MASTERS OF ALL THAT WE SURVEY!
If you are hearing this message,YOU ARE THE RESISTANCE!!
EXTREMISM IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE!
Report Post »ME
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:59am@ snow
Wow you are really off base on this one! You realize that just being arrested follows you for life and must disclose on many job applications, just an arrest no conviction. Try to work in a nuclear plant, school or hospital without disclosing that, And to go to court there needs to be a crime, is that so hard to understand? no crime and its just using the courts and the cost of it to punish you without recourse. please don’t sacrifice intelligence to get a comment in every post most of the time your not where I am but at least not off the reservation.
Report Post »Cerealface
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:38pmEveryone on here was like, “OMG She’s got a history with the police!”
She isn’t applying for a job to get arrested. Background checks need not apply.
Report Post »She was arrested from her property for being on her property. Illegal.
LOL @ tards defending the police on the last story of Good.
BlueStrat
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:44pmTo those saying “she had a history of confrontation w/ police” as justification for the LEOs’ actions:
It doesn’t matter. TEA Party protesters have a history of confronting authority also, so would it be OK for LEOs to come onto a TEA Party member’s property and arrest them for recording their actions?
Saying that it‘s OK to violate an individuals’ Constitutional Rights based on their history of political dissent is exactly the kind of thing that I thought we hated about corrupt Progressive actions and policies. I personally don’t support her political views, but she has the same rights that every citizen has. It could just as easily have been a TEA Party member recording police arresting/assaulting a peaceful TEA Party protester.
Unlike Progressives, I believe in Equal protection under law regardless of political views. I may disagree with what someone says, but I will defend to the death their right to say it without Government retaliation.
Some of my fellow Blazers need to stop and think through their positions on this matter, and what the Founders would have to say on it.
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 8:07pmThere is no law against filming the police. They have no right to tell her to stop filming nor do they have a right to tell her to go in her house. This hero worship of anyone in uniform has gotten out of hand. Most cops I’ve met are arrogant, condescending pigs on a power trip with an ego the size of a bloated whale. Screw them. They all need to be taken down a few notches and reminded what their job description is. To protect and to SERVE. They are not our masters. We are theirs. Government on ALL levels needs to be crushed.
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