What is the board's take on this video?
- Thread starter sturg33
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weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
I mean.. the guy was acting pretty suspicious at the beginning. I'm just going to say it... I don't think the cops did anything wrong here unless they really had no reason to pull him over. That's the only issue I have with this video.
Honestly this video made me feel a little bit sorry for cops.
Honestly this video made me feel a little bit sorry for cops.
I don't think civilians should jsut be allowed to follow cops. That just feels wrong.
weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
Oh is that what they were doing? Yeah... that is pretty suspicious. That's reason enough to check things out and see what's going on.
Yup, they instigated the whole damn thing. They were just trying to get their 15 minutes. They were promoting their movement. You heard laughter. They were just trying to be tough for the internet audience. The July 4th DWI checkpoint video was well done. This was just pure crap.
sturg33
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Some context:
1. The kids were doing a project to expose cop corruption
2. The cops were aware of this project and knew this individual
3. It is not illegal to follow a police offer. They do it to us
Some issues I had with the cops:
1. They wouldn't let the kid go - even though they had nothing on him
2. They wouldn't let him continue filming - not legal
3. They forced the girl to stay in the car "because he said so" - shutting the door on her face
4. The cops says "cop safety is more important than individual rights"
5. They knew the kid, knew what he was doing, knew he was not a threat or doing anything wrong, and detained him
6. They had nothing on him at all - so they eventually had to let him go. Wasting everyone's time
Some issues I had with the kid.
1. He was annoying as hell
1. The kids were doing a project to expose cop corruption
2. The cops were aware of this project and knew this individual
3. It is not illegal to follow a police offer. They do it to us
Some issues I had with the cops:
1. They wouldn't let the kid go - even though they had nothing on him
2. They wouldn't let him continue filming - not legal
3. They forced the girl to stay in the car "because he said so" - shutting the door on her face
4. The cops says "cop safety is more important than individual rights"
5. They knew the kid, knew what he was doing, knew he was not a threat or doing anything wrong, and detained him
6. They had nothing on him at all - so they eventually had to let him go. Wasting everyone's time
Some issues I had with the kid.
1. He was annoying as hell
sturg33
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Out of curiosity - why should it not be legal to be allowed to follow police officers?
Didn't I just explain why I thought it in the post you quoted?
sturg33
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Maybe, but if so, I'm not quite sure I understand
weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
Define project? This was a project for school? The cops were aware of the school project? Just trying to clarify what you mean by project.
It's suspicious as hell to follow a police officer. Doesn't have to be illegal.
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
why not? it isn't like the courts or their superiors are holding cops accountable
actually, they are doing the opposite
so, maybe civilians should follow more cops to make sure they are doing their job correctly and within the limits of the law
Metaphysicist
Not Actually Brian Hunter
Thread over.
Lets say in a crazy hypothetical situation a grouping of criminals decides to monitor all police activity by following police cars all day.
Don't you think that might make it easier to commit a crime?
Absolutely ridiculous. I am no cop defender and acknowledge that something has to be done to weed out the bad ones but civilians following police is just insane.