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Police arrest yet another journalist (w/ video)
Brian Blanco, Photographer
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 5:47 PM on 08.02.11 |
->> Sad really. The officer should be suspended, period. The officer said he has been doing this for 30 years, it sure does not seem like it.
I would assume the proper thing to do would be to set a perimeter for the public and media. Not follow him like a crazed idiot. |
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Mike Burley, Photographer
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Dubuque | IA | USA | Posted: 6:29 PM on 08.02.11 |
| ->> The charges have been dropped.. but what about being unlawfully detained/arrested?? Does this spell lawsuit? If not, then what's the repercussion for the police? I guess if its front page news often enough it looks bad for the dept. They can arrest you, apologize, and do it all over again next week? |
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Josh Thompson, Photographer
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Ontario | California | USA | Posted: 6:30 PM on 08.02.11 |
| ->> Thirty years as a cop, and apparently not once has a news crew shown up to one of his crime scene. That cop needs to be fired!! |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 8:08 PM on 08.02.11 |
->> Josh, I agree. That cop needs to work harder to make his crime scenes more newsworthy.
--Mark |
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Andy Bronson, Photographer
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Bellingham | WA | USA | Posted: 8:50 PM on 08.02.11 |
| ->> Check out the link where the NY woman is arrested in her on yard.. |
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Kent Nishimura, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 11:36 PM on 08.02.11 |
->> just wondering...but if someone lets you shoot from their yard and the cops request you move from their yard, do you have to comply?
At least in Hawaii, with the experiences I've had with cops are that if there is a crime scene or something they push media and the public really far back to the other end of a block.
example. a car chase ended in a culdesac, and the mouth to the street was about 600 feet away. they had setup the line there so news media would have to be setup at the main road. However I had gotten there just as the cops arrived and everything was in chaos, so I was there before they defined the line...i talked to a resident of the area, explained that I was with the local paper, and asked if i could shoot from their yard because it was a higher than ground level advantage point. They replied "Sure!" and allowed me to access their yard. I was then told by police officers to leave the area of face the consequences. I explained that the home owner allowed me to be there, and then the cop told the same thing to the home owner. that I couldnt be there, and he would face consequences too if i didn't leave. Being younger and not sure of protocol, I didnt want any trouble for the resident so i left the area and went to the beginning of the street where the rest of the news crews were setting up shop.
if i'm on private property can they tell me to leave? Even if i'm permitted to be there? Can they threaten the home owner with arrest or whatever for allowing me access and permitting me to stay there despite them wanting to have me removed? |
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Andy Bronson, Photographer
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Bellingham | WA | USA | Posted: 1:18 AM on 08.03.11 |
| ->> Kent, if you're on private property and the home owner allows you to be there, there's no reason to leave if the cops let the homeowner stay. How they can tell the homeowner that they must leave if you are in the yard is beyond me. Did they evacuate all the houses?? No? If not it's cops singling you out. Talk to your local attorney. |
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Kent Nishimura, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 1:38 AM on 08.03.11 |
| ->> Thanks Andy. this happened a couple of years ago so...i think the event itself isnt worth making a fuss over, but i shall consult with my cousin who is an attorney. thanks for the reply! |
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Clay Begrin, Photographer
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Petaluma | Ca | USA | Posted: 3:51 AM on 08.03.11 |
| ->> Well, I only have the above video to use in evaluating this situation, but unless there is something else that strongly changes what I've seen, this is just totally wrong. It looks like a cop that either doesn't care about what he is doing and what people think or he doesn't know the rules he is supposed to work by. This is a classic example of why some people have very negative and sour feelings about Police Officers. Just too sad to see an officer acting like this as it unfortunately can assist normal people with their positive or negative opinion of Police Officers. As an officer myself, it's just sad to see another officer act like this. I can only ask that everyone out there realize we are all people, so you may find cops, plumbers, electricians, teachers etc that may not have the best ethics or personality, however I think you will find the most of them are great people and do the right thing. Please try not to think if there is one bad apple in the occupation or group, that they are all bad. I think in almost every occupation the majority of employees are there to do the right thing, it just takes time to weed out those that are not so desirable employees. I would end with saying that if you have a bad experience with a Police Officer, an electrician, a grocery store clerk, etc, please try to understand that your negative feelings may be against that particular person, not the entire occupation as most employees are doing the right thing! |
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Will Schneekloth, Photographer
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Piscataway | NJ | USA | Posted: 7:50 AM on 08.03.11 |
| ->> I've seen this video and the other video of the woman on her OWN lawn in Rochester on the back of several videos of officers dealing with individuals open-carrying firearms (one guy an AK-47). The officers were more highly educated about which amendment protects those people than they were of journalists' rights. Appalling, in my opinion, to live in the kind of country that touts our freedom of speech and yet does not protect it as much as we protect our right to carry around weapons. |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 9:47 AM on 08.03.11 |
| ->> Until cops like this start facing criminal charges themselves AND have to pocket the cost of defending those cases NOTHING will change. Unfortunately no one has the balls or the pockets to pursue one of these cases to the end. |
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Thomas Boyd, Photographer
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 1:54 PM on 08.03.11 |
->> That's one of the worst cases of cops violating the First Amendment I've seen in along time.
It really makes you wonder what the cop was trying to cover up. Did they beat the man they just arrested? |
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