Man faces jail for recording cop

Originally posted by FMF
Towards the end of the month here in Indonesia, police - in an income generating exercise - sometimes set up road blocks and fine people on the spot for relatively minor infractions. Sometimes they try to levy these fines even without the premise of any minor infractions. If you take out your mobile phone and appear to start videoing in these situations, the police officers either become really shirty or they just wave you on your way.

In the US, near the end of a fiscal quarter you will see Police out setting up speedtraps- common practices are to setup around places with unusual change in speed limits (like dropping from 65mph to 45mph in rural Nevada etc.) to generate lacking revenue goals for the department.

Originally posted by DrKF
How does one make the yawning emoticon?

😴

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
😴

Brilliant, thanks. That will come in ever so handy with the whodster.

Originally posted by DrKF
Brilliant, thanks. That will come in ever so handy with the whodster.

Wait for it...

Uh, what's a whodster?

Originally posted by whodey
Don't you guys get it? Big Brother wants to tape us 24/7 whether we are at work or driving in our cars or even at home taking a dump. However, they simply don't like being given the same treatment. After all, what would be next? Perhaps cameras for our legislatures 24/7? I know Obama promised them when they discussed Obamacare, but without secrecy and cabals their little conspiracies would all turn to poo.

Did you know Big Brother and his minions were Anglos in the book?

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Did you know Big Brother and his minions were Anglos in the book?

They could be pink aliens from the planet Arpton for all I care. 😠

In fact, it would explain alot. 😀

Originally posted by whodey
They could be pink aliens from the planet Arpton for all I care. 😠

In fact, it would explain alot. 😀

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Wait for it...

Uh, what's a whodster?

No, what's a whydster, when's a whodster.

Originally posted by DrKF
How does one make the yawning emoticon?

at the bottom of the Post page is a link, Insert Smiley. try it 🙂😀😉😛😕😠😳🙁:'(😞😏😵😲🙄😴

Originally posted by sh76
This wasn't about filming cops per se, but a general MD law that prohibits taping someone without his or her consent. The law came up during the whole Monica Lewinsky- Linda Tripp mess...........This charge should be dismissed.

As you say its about consent. Downunder cops routinely advize you that they are recording you. Even in my mobile phone manual it advises that you seek permission of the person being recorded before doing so. I wonder how this affects the papparazzi enclave and how long the public's right to know can cloak deliberate attempts of catching the innocent in awkward poses.

Originally posted by sh76
What was interesting about that Seattle police video that generated a thousand post thread a few months back is that the police obviously knew they were being videotaped and kept saying things like "take as many pictures as you like but please step back and give up a little room, etc."

such nice people, the washington state police forces.

Originally posted by sh76
This wasn't about filming cops per se, but a general MD law that prohibits taping someone without his or her consent. The law came up during the whole Monica Lewinsky- Linda Tripp mess.

I can't see how he's guilty of anything though, since there was obviously no intent. He didn't set out to tape anyone; he just put the camera in the helmet, presumably to cat ...[text shortened]... doesn't appear to have put it on just to tape the cop.

This charge should be dismissed.

you can't record or film someone without their consent in their homes. or let's say in their office or whatever.

in a public space however you should be able to do whatever. otherwise, i can't as a turist take pictures of the eiffel tower because some french doodz keep entering the frame.

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
you can't record or film someone without their consent in their homes. or let's say in their office or whatever.

in a public space however you should be able to do whatever. otherwise, i can't as a turist take pictures of the eiffel tower because some french doodz keep entering the frame.

you can keep the shots if you're willing to photo-shop a vaseline filter over everyones head...

Originally posted by utherpendragon
Man faces jail for recording cop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNcDGqzAB30

Any comments on this?
Should anyone be able to film cops at any time?
Making it a felony to do so ,a good thing or absurd?

Is this youtube all we know about this? Do we know what happened before, and what happened when the camera was off? Do we knw what happened at where the camera was not turned? Do we know anything at all?

Or is this just sensationalism? Where is the hidden agenda?

Originally posted by FabianFnas
Is this youtube all we know about this? Do we know what happened before, and what happened when the camera was off? Do we knw what happened at where the camera was not turned? Do we know anything at all?

Or is this just sensationalism? Where is the hidden agenda?

Dont get caught up with sensationalism or anything else. the moment caught on video is everything. Provocation is no excuse for unproffesional behaviour...