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Re:Cops Told This Uber Driver It's Illegal to Film Them. Sur... by kingbirdy on Sunday March 12, 2017 @11:34PM (#13855050)
"As a result, the Deputy involved has been counseled." So one officer of the five involved was counselled after they violated his constitutional rights? I really hope one day the situation with police discipline in the US will be addressed, but I don't know what it will take.
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Re:Cops Told This Uber Driver It's Illegal to Film Them. Sur... by Sacho on Monday March 13, 2017 @05:12AM (#13856297)
As far as I know, current US precedent has a long line of cases justifying "reasonable police mistakes" as par for the course, so that's really the most you can hope for.

Here's some examples:

https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/Decisions/2015/Apr15/50opn15...

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-604_ec8f.pdf

And this is how it usually plays out outside the courtroom:

https://blog.simplejustice.us/2014/12/17/but-for-video-a-mis...

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Re:Cops Told This Uber Driver It's Illegal to Film Them. Sur... by iamcasen on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:42PM (#13860248)
In all of my interactions with the police I've found that they pretty much have a free pass to do whatever they want to. Make up laws, threaten, beat, or kill. The punishment they receive will never measure up to any crime they commit.

Not sure what, if anything, could ever be done about it.

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Re:Cops Told This Uber Driver It's Illegal to Film Them. Sur... by brianwawok on Monday March 13, 2017 @10:37PM (#13864513)
Body cam everything. Real penities for this when on film.
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Re:Cops Told This Uber Driver It's Illegal to Film Them. Sur... by ericcumbee on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:12AM (#13855385)
That was the Sheriff's statement only one officer involved was a Sheriff Deputy. The others were cops.
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