Are there really that many people who 1) are aware that this could be effective, and 2) are quick witted enough to pull their phone out and play music in response to being harassed?
Perhaps we should demonitize every form of journalism and media that annoys this guy!
In my opinion, this is a bug, not a feature. If you pull out your phone and play Taylor Swift, you are in fact making a public performance without permission. Even if you had permission (as some cops allegedly do to use some bands music for this purpose), this is not the correct method to deal with professional annoyances.
As a police officer, your job is to be the adult in the room. Society is trusting you with a tremendous amount of power. If you can't handle some annoying whiny YouTubers professionally without using "countermeasures", you should hang up your badge and get another job.
This is actually illegal for you to do.
Can't really imagine why you would both give a response to an interview-style question, while being recorded, and simultaneously not want that response to be public. Or are they doing it secretly?
Yes, people who are assholes in public are annoying. Shoplifting and bank robbing are probably also career choices. Don't rely on a side effect of "big copyright" systems to save us.
>Provoke a response
They mostly do it to cops and people in authority. It's their right to do so, they should be able to. They expose so many cops and authoritarians who blatantly do not respect citizens' civil rights. Good for them.
The fact that "oh no you're annoying me I'm going to arrest you because you're annoying" is even a talking point from you is baffling.
In Santa Barbara there is a group that targets random businesses; random shops and restaurants with outdoor eating.
It sucks for the business, it sucks for their clients, it sucks for random people walking by on the street.
I'm all for limiting the unchecked authority we give police, we need to end qualified immunity, etc. But we should take the problem on directly. And I'm all for filming cops who abuse their privilege. But the reality I've seen in person is this is sucky.
> The fact that "oh no you're annoying me I'm going to arrest you because you're annoying" is even a talking point from you is baffling.
Who are you replying to? What did I say that's even close to this. Talk about baffling.
Good point, I may have misread part of what you said.
You used to be able to pull out your phone and play Disney soundtracks or Taylor Swift music which would result in the video being non-monetizable. But improvements in audio isolation techniques have now defeated this countermeasure. Being a professional annoyance is once again a career choice.
Edit: this is one instance I've personally seen: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7IEFxQSJQw/?hl=en&img_index=1