More Police Dumbassery: Man Arrested for Filming Police From His Own Yard.

[Huffman83]

I've seen a couple of those pop up recently. I'm not entirely sure what I think of them. I think if one is seeing a problem w/ how an officer is handling themselves, there are better ways of going about it than calling someone a "Nazi." and then getting the cop to come over and give you shit. The guy should have just kept his mouth shut, kept recording and taken the issue to his higher ups. Maybe the city has a citizens review board (which should be getting more common.) and taken the issue from there.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Huffman83

I've seen a couple of those pop up recently. I'm not entirely sure what I think of them. I think if one is seeing a problem w/ how an officer is handling themselves, there are better ways of going about it than calling someone a "Nazi." and then getting the cop to come over and give you shit. The guy should have just kept his mouth shut, kept recording and taken the issue to his higher ups. Maybe the city has a citizens review board (which should be getting more common.) and taken the issue from there.

Maybe the cops should have just minded their own damn business.

[Huffman83]

Originally Posted by Brock

Maybe the cops should have just minded their own damn business.

They were doing their business. And that guy was getting involved in theirs. He has a right to, but he could have gone about it better if he had an issue.

I don't see how him getting arrested means he's a genius.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Huffman83

They were doing their business. And that guy was getting involved in theirs. He has a right to, but he could have gone about it better if he had an issue.

I don't see how him getting arrested means he's a genius.

They were doing their business until they decided to get into his. He was breaking no law, and they had zero reason to speak to him in any fashion. It amazes me you need this explained to you.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Huffman83

They were doing their business. And that guy was getting involved in theirs. He has a right to, but he could have gone about it better if he had an issue.

I don't see how him getting arrested means he's a genius.

The cops were breaking the law.......PERIOD, so he decided to film it because he was standing up for the innocent woman who was getting almost strip searched for nothing.

He was on his own property
He has EVERY right to film them performing illegal activity
He has a right to free speech (btw - calling someone a Nazi is NOT a hate crime or racial slur)

He wasn't doing anything illegal. Is it smart to mouth off to a cop? No, but the guy wouldn't have if the police themselves were obeying the law, which they clearly were not. Most people like some on this board will just bow down and not say anything and let cops do whatever they damn well please. Just remember, they work for the citizens that pay their salaries, they are sworn in to uphold the United States Constitution. When cops break the law, they are doing it on the civilian's dime, and the civilian is the one who generally pays the price not once, but twice.

So keep on saying this guy should have kept his mouth shut. Just wait til the govt runs out of money to pay these dumbasses w/ badges and we'll truly get to see which side they're really on.

[Huffman83]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

The cops were breaking the law.......PERIOD, so he decided to film it because he was standing up for the innocent woman who was getting almost strip searched for nothing.

He was on his own property
He has EVERY right to film them performing illegal activity
He has a right to free speech (btw - calling someone a Nazi is NOT a hate crime or racial slur)

He wasn't doing anything illegal. Is it smart to mouth off to a cop? No, but the guy wouldn't have if the police themselves were obeying the law, which they clearly were not. Most people like some on this board will just bow down and not say anything and let cops do whatever they damn well please. Just remember, they work for the citizens that pay their salaries, they are sworn in to uphold the United States Constitution. When cops break the law, they are doing it on the civilian's dime, and the civilian is the one who generally pays the price not once, but twice.

So keep on saying this guy should have kept his mouth shut. Just wait til the govt runs out of money to pay these dumbasses w/ badges and we'll truly get to see which side they're really on.

I know he had his right to video tape it. I never said he didn't. And if he had a problem w/ what the cops were doing he should have kept his mouth shut to the cop and gone through the proper channels to complain about the officers conduct. Mouthing off to a cop is not going to get the officers immediate supervisor on your side.

That cop could have given a shit about him video taping the entire incident until he started mouthing off to him.

What also sucks is, the cops in the video are probably on paid administrative leave.