Baltimore man wins lawsuit over arrest for videoing police

[ryoder 1,590]

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/03/12/landmark-settlement-reached-in-preakness-arrest-case/

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[Andy9o8 2]

This is good news. Far too many courts and legislatures support policies - and sometimes statutes - that restrict civilians' constitutional rights to video and audio record police in the field. The battle isn't over; "law n' order" is very popular not just with politicians and local judges, but also with the large majority of citizens, who think to look only as far as their noses.

Another very similar example is where cops sometimes ticket people who flash their headlights to signal oncoming drivers that they're approaching a speed trap. Sometimes courts rule in favor of the ticketed driver, but too often local judges have backed the cops up in this.

[kelpdiver 2]

Andy9o8

Another very similar example is where cops sometimes ticket people who flash their headlights to signal oncoming drivers that they're approaching a speed trap. Sometimes courts rule in favor of the ticketed driver, but too often local judges have backed the cops up in this.

would they ticket for 'unsafe use of brights,' or something similar, or was it bluntly for warning other drivers? Motorcyclists have common hand gestures for the situation - seems like it would be tricky to prove intent, or even meaning. 'I saw some loose gravel and warned him to take it easy.'

[Andy9o8 2]

kelpdiver

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Another very similar example is where cops sometimes ticket people who flash their headlights to signal oncoming drivers that they're approaching a speed trap. Sometimes courts rule in favor of the ticketed driver, but too often local judges have backed the cops up in this.

would they ticket for 'unsafe use of brights,' or something similar, or was it bluntly for warning other drivers? Motorcyclists have common hand gestures for the situation - seems like it would be tricky to prove intent, or even meaning. 'I saw some loose gravel and warned him to take it easy.'

Without looking a few up to refresh my memory, I think some tickets may have couched it in terms of some crypto-safety shit, while others more blatantly accused the driver of interfering with police [paraphrasing].

[rushmc 23]

Andy9o8

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Another very similar example is where cops sometimes ticket people who flash their headlights to signal oncoming drivers that they're approaching a speed trap. Sometimes courts rule in favor of the ticketed driver, but too often local judges have backed the cops up in this.

would they ticket for 'unsafe use of brights,' or something similar, or was it bluntly for warning other drivers? Motorcyclists have common hand gestures for the situation - seems like it would be tricky to prove intent, or even meaning. 'I saw some loose gravel and warned him to take it easy.'

Without looking a few up to refresh my memory, I think some tickets may have couched it in terms of some crypto-safety shit, while others more blatantly accused the driver of interfering with police [paraphrasing].

There was a recent story about a man who stood on the curb with a "speed trap ahead " sign that the cops arrested for official interfearance.

We won the case and is allowed to do it

At least some courts are making good decisions

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[lawrocket 3]

These abuses are being put under increasing scrutiny as word is getting out about the whole "wiretapping" charges being brought.

I find it rather telling that those who will surveil the public despise the public who might surveil them. The watcher doesn't like to be watched.

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[Southern_Man 0]

Good, a few more of these lawsuits and word will get out and these BS charges and harassment will stop. Don't think that will be any time soon.

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"