Bicycle Legal Observer Falsely Arrested by Favetti, SFPD

[clarkkent0]

Some bullshit comments, no legal orders given, don't need a licence to ride a bike. Fucking cops

[TheEodtch]

Didn't see the false arrest in this.

[RobinAnneS]

Bullcrap. You were not just observing, but instead trying to interject yourself (by shouting, etc) into the lawful activities of the police while stopped illegally in a roadway. You then repeatedly failed to comply with several lawful orders to cease those activities. Your arrest was entirely warranted.

[roaringwaterbay]

so what happened with officer butthead? 

[01Zeke10]

Observing is fine.. bugging the officer and directly ignoring him was just a plain lack of courtesy.. and asking what the guy did wrong was none of his business.. I don't blame the cop at all when the guy on the bike was being rude and refusing to mind his own business... people like you go around with a camera trying to provoke police officers so you can "make a point" or just sue them for an easy dollar.

[tjhombs]

@01Zeke10 There are no laws requiring citizens to mind their own business - at least not in the U.S. Exercising your legal rights sometimes involves "making a point."

[hackajim]

that cop is a douchebag.... there are plenty of fine officers doing great work in this world, his actions were dishonorable... and here on the internet with almost complete anonymity, is the only place that I can feel free to call him a FAGGOT without getting hit in the face with a club or tazed.... so if he reads this, he is a FAGGOT

[atsay714]

cops are pigs

[rich0319726]

What was the false arrest?

[spec17]

Way to abuse your power... Ugh, 90% of cops disgust me...

[hitlersright]

That cop tried to blow me in a theatre once...

[soyawatever]

First off the drivers license is for a form of identification, so that isn't funny. Secondly, it is ridiculous for you to butt into what the police are doing. Mind your own business.

[trackstars0420]

Ridiculous to butt into what police are doing? There is no reason for anyone to INTERFERE with police business but to videotape the officers in order to guarantee they are held accountable for their actions is perfectly reasonable, and should be encouraged.

[theiran]

You are pefectly within your LEGAL right to observe an altercation. You can, if you choose to do so, take pictures and/or video of the event to document it.

The police do not have a right to detain you or arrest you for observing an event.

When that happens, we've moved into a dictatorship, with the local gestapo all powerful...

[pete5668]

@theiran San Francisco is already a dictatorship, with the local gestapo all powerful...

[mrswolls]

why doesnt that bicyclist mind his own business

[rolandlam360]

you deserved it, don't you think it's kinda dumb to get involved in someone else's business over something trivial, and getting the butt end of the situation all "to make a stand"??? no one gives a shit.

[PutItAway101]

Man those moustaches...something those cops wanna tell us

[beefforhire]

lol at the cyclists, protect the planet guuuuuaaays! I'm being SUPER-DE-DUPER SERIAL!!!

[joesfph]

i like how he asked for a driver's license

[Ibrahimovic1919]

SaraJevo Is Cool Lol

(The Only reason Im Saying That Is Cause I Live There)

[jamesdouglasallen]

Cars constantly block bike traffic and the police do not write them tickets. Cars are always in the way of the more efficient bicycle, but police do not enforce the law in this case.