Lets see you have a woman videoing a kid. Is she pedophile that wants to take that kid? Now the cops see a gun. Could she be planning to kidnap the kid at gun point? The cops have the right to be safe so they disarm her. Find out she is his mother is there a domestic kidnaping because of divorce? Need proof one way or another. The tidal says school yard?? I believe the closes you can get to that with a gun unless you’re a cop is 300 yards.
@samten10a So you're saying the cops can go around disarming any citizen they want for their "safety", even if the citizen isn't breaking any laws or under an investigation? What about the citizens safety? Don't we have to right to bear arms and protect ourselves, while also watching the watchers?
@pv2ramrod If you look at the channel 8 news coverage, it was clear I had a gun on me. There is no law against it in Nevada. You can see the cops were not concerned about the gun - rather the cam.
@pv2ramrod Yes, she had a pistol on her hip... WHICH IS NOT ILLEGAL EITHER. It was the camera. What you are saying is it is ok for the cops to feel threatened by someone open carrying a weapon (criminals do not do this), but then it is ok to threaten that person for carrying said weapon and video recording them?
No complaint yet; but have an atty interested in representing me.
Right now I'm preparing to defend myself against the City of North Las Vegas. On May 26th I was videotaping my son being WRONGFULLY arrested, and from 32 yards away I was accosted by a cowboy cop that snatched my cam, cuffed me, and took me to a holding tank where I spent 24 hours before getting released (even though my bail was posted within 4 hours.) My cam was returned RECORDING DELETED!
@TgrLilGzz If you have a smart phone, I would recommend that you download Ustream from a app. Look it up, it very useful. Thank you for exercising our rights and have a happy new year.
Cops always boo-hoo about what a rough life they lead when there are soldiers that face real threats and can't be 150 lbs overweight, Firefighters who risk their lives and walk through fires to save peoples lives. Cops want everyone else to have as bad a life as them so they pull us over for no reason, stop us from filming, stop us from our second amendment and just harass people all day long.
You have no idea what you inspired inside of me with this video. Action. I am calling out all those people who are telling you to "keep at it" and "keep it up". I want to tell all of you to DO THE SAME THING IF YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH! I have a video camera and will now be carrying it with me everywhere. If you're so into this kind of stuff, and you know your rights, then take it to the steets legally and lawfully. If we the people got together for a just cause, NOTHING CAN STOP US including POLICE!
The sad story regarding this is, when officers forego Probable Cause, and act without authority If the suspect is a real criminal, he will most likely get set free, as the officers acted unlawfuly.
I signed up for my job as reporter and risk my life when I exercise my right to free press.
It bugs me a little that a law enforcer tried to tell me how difficult his job is while I was handcuffed and he was wearing a badge and a gun. I was surrounded by four police officers. Who was at most risk? And had I - as a civilian - done to another citizen what these boys did to me, you can bet I'd be sitting in a jail cell for years to come!
This will be in Las Vegas Chanel 8 News tomorrow (May 17) at 11pm. My friend David Stilwell from Guerrilla Lawfare and I were interviewed for over an hour by an investigative reporter. Of course, barring any natural disasters that can bump the story. Thanks to all who have commented.
That's so wrong! Just because you were filming they were upset. I'm sure you noticed, but there was NO reason for them to have their hands on their guns. You weren't a threat at all, and they acted like you were. Kinda like they did to me. Good for you for filming them! Stick it to them and never give up. May God Bless you for exercising your rights and standing up to the cops for them. Be safe, always.
@hikerboy16 Thanks for the support, Hikerboy. You should know I was open carrying, but that was not what they were afraid of. You can hear one of them say, "the lady with the camera." There might be a TV story in my local station, so I'll keep you posted.
@TgrLilGzz Ah, that would explain why looked like they felt so threatened. Well, good for you for open carrying and filming them! lol IF there's a TV story, definitely let me know. I'll spread the word by posting the link. Be safe and God Bless!
You are imbecile she had a gun on her hip. She had a dog she could have sent after the cops. Are you saying the cops are mind readers? That the cops can read her mind as to what she was planning to do, imbecile. You must be a mind reader most cops are not.
@samten10a Wait, so if a K9 officer with a gun and a dog is near me, should I freak the hell out and want him arrested? No, of course not, so why do the same to a peaceful citizen who isn't breaking any laws? It was clear that this happened in retaliation for her not "complying" with the officers request to mind her own business and move it along - which again is not against the law. This was clearly a show of force and intimidation.
Yes, there was a man that had his nose broken by a kick to his face by LVMPD. It was a very disturbing vid. That took place on March 20th. Mine was on April 13. I didn't know about the previous one or I might not have been so bold.
And imagine being cuffed for 56 minutes. I maintained my composure not to give away anything other than my first name. Those cops kept telling me that if I just cooperate and identify myself I could be released faster. It was a violation of my 1st, 2nd, and 4th.
I don't intimidate that easily. 2 more cops showed up so there was a total of four of them and one of me. And even while cuffed (56 mins) I felt like I was in control of the situation. That's the power of our Constitution ;)
Next time, leave the camera on. Police officers need not be afraid of citizens recording their public actions while serving their public duties. If they don't want you recording them, they are up to no good. Period.
I flustered them so badly that they forgot I still had my cam while cuffed. I got about 34 minutes of RAW FOOTAGE. Mostly of my ass, the wall, and the sidewalk - but I have QUITE A BIT OF INCRIMINATING statements that the cops made, and while the were ignoring me I managed to get a few good shots of them in their car. I'll be posting a you-tube with a bit about that.
Also I used a new guerrilla lawfare technique at last weekend's Laughlin River Run (big motorcycle event.) Long story short, when I got surrounded by some 8 rogue cops there giving me UNLAWFUL ORDERS, I started screaming so people would come by. They were cheering me on. One guy got too close (about 20 feet) to say, "You're my hero!" The sgt. cuffed him. I almost started a riot.
Here's the new technique. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and "called my son" to make sure my cam was live-streaming. They use trickery to incriminate and violate us. We can use trickery back! I never lied! And I kept myself safe.
If I'm not mistaken, another rogue Metro cop beat up an innocent man for filming them. Notice the cops walking towards her with their hands on their guns?
If I'm not mistaken, another rogue Metro cop beat up an innocent man for filming them. Notice the cops walking towards her with their hands on their guns?
I stand corrected. You just caught me enabling these tyrants. I do know of one cop out of WA state that turned in some bad cops. He was a muslim so he already had a strike against him. For turning his back on the "club boys" he was tortured mercilessly. He managed to be heard in a civil court and won like a $million in damages. He died prematurely less than a year ago. If this darned you-tube wasn't so high maint, I'd post the link to that story. It didn't get attn.
Re the word, "Dehumanize," I had a much intense encounter at the Laughlin River Run this Sat. Got pics on the picasa site. Email me and I'll share. A woman who was the target of aggressive LVMPD officers thanked me for taking pics and getting rid of them. She and et al were left alone only because I was taking pics. She said the sgt-in-charge dehumanized me by calling me a "Bitch." Been called worse - no biggie but illustrates well the dehumanization factor.
I have friends who are LEO's. They are not all bad. But I'm afraid that the good ones are the MINORITY of them. And those good ones are so outnumbered by the bad ones that they typically don't last. Too bad.
I really hate to agree with you. A year ago I would have thought you were crazy. I now know better. I thought about moving to another country to experience greater freedom. Sad that I'd think that. We are not all that "Free" in the "land of the free, home of the brave." And then my daughter got pregnant. So now I must continue to do what I can to leave my country heading in a better direction.
When I spoke to the Lt. he said several UNTRUTHFUL things about this incident. I don't know if he's lying or if he's just not educated on how to perform his duties. If he's so wrong and ill-informed, what can we expect of the cops working under him? omg....
Latest on this case. I called the Records department to ask for my "report." I was given "the hand" in usual form. But I kept at it and spoke Lt. Morales who supervises Sgt. Valdez - who refused to give me the names and badge numbers of the rest of the officers involved in violating my rights for 56 minutes on that day. Lt. Morales promised to get the report to me ASAP and said he'd check to see if he can email me a scanned report. He KNEW EXACTLY WHO I WAS.
Thanks. Had I known about the M. Crooks case I might not have recorded this. I held my own, though, managed turn the cam back on - though mostly you can only see my butt, but there are some extremely JUICY bits of info in there that I will be exposing soon. Am working with a local reporter to help her break the story. Trust me, if I have anything to do with this - this story will go NATIONAL! I can't believe it's gotten over 2300 views just since I posted 10 days ago.
Get used to it cops! You have dash-cams, we have phone cams and hand-held video recorders. We have the right to record you, cops, and we're going to be doing it more and more and more. You can run, but you can no longer hide from us your misdeeds, brutality, and criminal acts. WE are now watching YOU!
LVMPD does NOT have dashcams. The only agency in NV I know for sure does, is NHP. Angelina Lewis violated my rights in June of 2010. I asked for the dashcam and was told by Thom Jackson "It's missing/damaged. Dont' know what happened. Been malfunctioning in that car for about a month." Or words to that effect. So in NV even dashcam exists, the only way to get accountability is to get a judge to subpoena. No wonder NV is the most depressed state in the USA.
Even if LV Metro has no dashcams, many departments do have them. I was not referring to LV Metro specifically, I was referring to cops in general.
I'm sorry about your negative experience. The "malfunction" lie is common. The answer for us is to record our encounters with cops. Then when they "malfunction" the incident out of existence, the only side of the story will be the one we show up in court with.
WOW. I would file suit against metro. Contact David Otto, This happened after My video. I would not sit on this. You were on a public sidewalk. You should take this to the review journal, cbs8, abc13. They were all told not to go after people filming. This is a direct violation of the law. My favorite list but, you need to do something with that tape. Youtube is only 1 way.
I saw your you-tube recently, it inspired me to post mine. My incident happened on 4/13/11. I did not know about your incident or I might not have had the guts to video. I think the dif between your incident and mine is that mine was in daylight with cars and people around. And it probably helps that I am a female. I'll post the rest of the story on my blog soon.
I was violated worse at the Laughlin River Run on Saturday. Have pics and audio. I was reporting for QuickThrottle Magazine - a motorcycle magazine. That was shorter but much worse. I could see the look in the eyes of two of the LVMPD there - they looked at me with a SATANIC desire to do me harm. I did not back off but I did use new techniques to keep me safer.
If you have contacts for me, please share. My email is tgrlil at Live dot com. Thanks!
You need to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against those two cops. Without reasonable suspicion or probable cause it is illegal to detain/arrest someone. They had no RAS or PC for the detention/arrest.
If you do not file suit and hold them accountable they will continue to break the law.
This is not the first time I've been violated. The first time was over a choice of my helmet while riding my motorcycle. Had an encounter with a vile NHP. That was the wake-up call that changed my life. I learned my rights very quickly and I exercise them at every opportunity. I put myself out in harms way to test techniques to deal with rogue cops. At the Laughling NV River Run this weekend I tested the effectiveness of using live-streaming. It was quite effective!
You can exercise your right to be armed, video the cops, remain silent, or speak if you want. The real test is demanding the cops respect your rights. So, are you going to do anything about it? I guarantee that uploading a video will change nothing.
Yes, I got the incident number, the name of the sgt-in-charge, his badge number. I'll post the details on my blog. See my article about what I witnessed and what I did about it when I witnessed similar tyranny. I'm testing and using Guerrilla Lawfare tactics to educate others and a "Guerrilla Lawfare" Lawyer on my team. Please Google: "Is it illegal to be a biker" to find my article. Check out astounding pics I took to accompany the article.
diskman01: I deal with copyright law almost daily. You're completely wrong. Journalism has an absolute exception to the rule that one must get rights to broadcast someone's image. Otherwise, everything you see on the nightly news or the newspaper would have to have the faces blurred out.
Even then, the courts have not found that public servants have the right to sue for having their images shown in a journalistic-style manner. I couldn't show their images on a TV ad, but this use is OK.
As usual, this video has attracted a bunch of "the cops are always perfect angels and you're in the wrong" crowd. There's really no reasoning with them. They'd let the police rape children and then insist the children "had it coming" in the blink of an eye.
The fact is, the cops have to obey the law. The law says citizens have a right to film them (in most states) unless they interfere with the officers. Clearly you didn't. Clearly, these officers broke the law.
I'm a member of a national motorcycle club forum. I was well liked until I started exposing the cop tyranny. There is a serious cop presence in that forum. I was pounced on by these LEOs. The truth must hurt or they would not react so violently!
sooo... you think you should shove a camera in the cops face and interfere with the police? "OH but this IS my business, this is MY community" 0:30 Do you have any idea how crazy that sounds?
cops don't want their photos put all over the internet so someone can shoot them while they're enjoying a movie or baseball game. They need to relax too, and if everyone has their photo then they can never relax.
You deserved to be arrested, shame you where charged with obstruction.
Absolutely, it's my business, buster!! There are 800-900 thousand oath-taking law enforcement officers in the U.S. In 2010 there were 161 on-the-job deaths. A third due to their own failure to wear the seat-belts they force us to wear. Didn't even make the top ten most dangerous jobs in NY Times. Contrast that with the hundreds of thousands of people attacked by these thugs with badges and guns. If cuffing me for 56 min was their means to "be safe," they need to get another job.
I apologize for my "ass clown" comment. I appreciate your deleted comment about working together and value your point of view. Our reactions on this issue are based on our own experiences. It was only a year ago I would have sided with YOU. Today, as reporter, I've awakened to what many have been saying. These cams help but can also backfire. I've even know retired cops that move to Vegas who say that what we have here in Vegas is true-blue is tyranny.
If they have nothing to hide, what's the beef? Isn't that what they constantly tell us as they prepare to violate our 4th? Just because I have "nothing to hide" does not mean I'm going to give up my rights. The better question is, "What do YOU have to FIND? If you think you have something - get a warrant. Otherwise, I want to be FREE TO GO!
One more point: THEY DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS - THEY HAVE AUTHORITY. We the People have Rights and we must use them or lose them.
@lifehackertips Please define shoving a camera in a Cop's face.... From 30 " away? ? LOL
If the Cops want their lives to be private so they can "relax", it would make sense for them not to get a job in the "PUBLIC" sector. I do agree, that they shouold be able to go on about their business, but so should we.
@GuerrillaLawfare and your business would be... following the cops and filming them? "shoving a camera in a cop's face" is recording them with their knowledge, whether you're 3 feet or 30 feet away.
but i love your argument that cops shouldn't have a private life because they have a job in the "PUBLIC" sector, that really makes sense.....
OTOH, if you weren't pursuing this course as a credentialed journalist, remember the five open carry rules an activist wrote up:
1. Sterile Open Carry...no ID on your person
2. Always have voice recorder running
3. Electrical tape over your firearms serial #
4. Make sure your cell phone is locked
5. Practice the following: Am I being detained? What is your Reasonably Articulated Suspicion? I wish to exercise my 5th A right to remain silent and have my attorney present for any questioning.
Excellent advice. I love the electrical tape but wouldn't they be able to peel it off?
I had quite the nasty encounter last night at the Laughlin River Run. Not only did I refuse to give up any rights (I wasn't open carrying but I was taking pics of LVMPD cops violating citizens) but I hollered out to the crowd that my rights were being violated. One young man got too close and the cops put him in cuffs. I'll be posting a story on my blog about that soon. OMG what a learning exper.
@TgrLilGzz "I love the electrical tape but wouldn't they be able to peel it off?"
Yes, but then it becomes a conscious decision (pulling off the tape) for which they are accountable if it turns out you were illegally detained. And by extension, your firearm's serial number was illegally obtained without your consent. Much harder to prove they obtained and ran the serial number illegally if they take your weapon for "officer protection." But a whole different step (legally) to pull off tape.
@02840 ... Thats brilliant! But I wonder if they'd then turn it into a "manipulation, altering or desecration of the serial#" & try to make a fuss about that ...
So am I understanding this correctly...if you would have moved on and stopped recording when requested, this detention wouldn't have taken place?
Would seem to me to have been the prudent thing to do, unless you were trying to exert your rights as a credentialed journalist, in which case I'd think your employer would have an interest in pursuing this legally.
Yes, if I had moved on, this detention would not have taken place. But given what I know about what many of these rogue cops do to Nevada Citizens, I stayed put and pushed a bit. It was good practice for what happened last night.
I'll be filing a complaint but have no aspiration to file suit. Eventually, when and if I get a number of complaints (I have several) it'll be time to consult with an attorney to file a 1983 civil suit for their abuse of their color of law.
@02840 You don't have to be a credentialed journalist. The first amendment right to freedom of the press is an individual right. If you are standing back and quietly recording, you are not breaking the law. the prudent thing to do would be for the police to leave her alone. They had no authority to detain her. There is no law against her filming, in fact there is a law that allows them to film. And holding public officials acountable is something every citizen should be doing.
The Constitution does not categorize journalists as credentialed or non-credentialed. Look into it. You don't need credentials or permission to videotape anybody in public space, including police.
Also, credentialed journalists don't have any more rights than a non-credentialed citizen.
With a misinformed comment like that, I take it you've never studied Zurcher v. Stanford Daily and the Federal Privacy Protection Act of 1980 (Journalistic Protection Privacy Laws) which restricts searches and seizures of credentialed journalistic work and materials used to document stories.
Very aware of both of those and you're still wrong because they have nothing to do with somebody taking/gathering pictures/video on public streets. Like you said they protect credentialed journalists from unlawful searches and seizures. In CA credentialed journalists are even more protected.
But again, the US Constitution does mentioned anything regarding credentialed journalists. It's says freedom of the press. Thats anybody.
Heard that several times last night. "Hey, do me a favor and stop taking pics." Did I stop NO! Did I get violated - YES! But this time I had quite an audience. People clapping and cheering me on at the Laughlin River Run Pioneer Parking lot. The asshole SGT GIFFORD took my purse away from me, went through my wallet, I SQUEALED TO BE FREE TO GO AND NEVER CONSENTED to anything! When he realized I was a legit reporter, he did the ol' damage control monkey move. Screw him!
Contempt of Cop! Can't you see how important those cops are? How dare you film them! Real tough guys...school police, I guess? Don't even get me started on the disturbing trend of having police in every school, even kindergartens.
Thanks for having the cajones to record these statist clowns. Make no mistake, the surveillance/police state is coming, and soon. We already have the world's largest population of prisoners, in the "land of the free." Learn your rights, and demand them.
This exercise with the 56 minutes of being handcuffed, came in handy last night. I was surrounded by cops behind me and told to stop taking pics. I took a pic of my face with one of them behind me since I wasn't allowed to turn around. The sgt really LOATHED me. You could see the absolute SATANIC hatred in his eyes because I dared to NOT SUBMIT.
@TgrLilGzz It's not against the law to be taking pics, you need to set them straight and start filing complaint after complaint after complaint. Every instance you get on video of them telling you to put the camera down is a violation of the constitution. They have no authority to violate your rights and need to be made an example of to their blue line buddies that we the people will no longer tolerate their crap, either follow the law, or your done.
@diskman01 Maybe not against the law, but they could sue for using their images without permission. Ever seen how some people's faces in public are blurred out on TV? That's because the TV crew didn't get signed releases to use their faces. This especially applies since you're using the video to embarrass the police officers while at work. I think they have a strong case, I wouldn't want to be your attorney. Google "filming without permission" for more information.
I love how we're constantly told that "If you have nothing to hide, you shouldn't have a problem with the govt. spying on you." But when it comes to citizens videotaping police IN PUBLIC, privacy rights are suddenly of paramount importance. It's amazing that the same people often hold both these viewpoints simultaneously.
I have an activist friend, founder of Guerrilla Lawfare. I consider him a genius. (Dave) When cops ask, "What do you have to hide?" He said the reply should be, "What do you have to find?" I'd kick it up a notch and add, "Get a search warrant!"
@TgrLilGzz ... when they ask,"what do you have to hide !?" ... just reply,"my rights & my privacy, I'm a citizen of the U.S. not a subject under the U.S." ...
Thank you for asserting your rights, even in the face of ignorant, violent fascists. I hope you nail their asses to the wall for what they did to you.
Thank you for your support. My aim is not vengeance. It is to educate cops and citizens alike. We need to go back to the days of Mayberry RFD, where citizens looked up to law enforcers and they worked together as a team to uphold our Constitution. These days, when we see cops, we fear them. That is not the way life in America is supposed to be. Thanks for posting!
@TgrLilGzz I don't think citizens were video recording police in Mayberry, perhaps this is the problem, if we stopped trying to embarrass the police with camcorders and instead offered to help perhaps it would be easier to work as a team.
@lifehackertips ... the LEO's embarrass themselves on camera either due to ignorance of the oaths they swore to uphold, OR a apathy to what their duty is, & just didn't like what the citizen was doing at the time, therefore, "damn the law & my oath, lets just mess her day up"..
Interesting law you may want to look up: Title 18, Chapter 13, Sections 241 and 242 of the US Code. Those two cops in the video absolutely violated both Sections. Under the law, that makes them both guilty of a federal crime carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison without possibility of parole. Did they actually draw a weapon at any time? If so, the penalty jumps to life in prison, or execution.
No, they did not draw their weapons at any time. They only had their hands on their gun and I believe they would have drawn had I not turned off my cam and submitted to their unlawful commands. I just provided my first draft of the story to the Injustice Everywhere blog - quick notes that I wrote about a week after the incident. Thanks for the post.
It ended up being four cops and a firetruck stopped by to see what was going on. I felt safe - was just a block from home. I was open carrying, but as you can see, their issue was not my gun, it was my camera. They would have let me go much sooner had I "cooperated." But I didn't - I exercised every right I could. They violated my 1st, 2nd, 4th, and attempted to violate my 5th by forcing me to give up info "or else...". I am a reporter and post the entire story a few weeks from now.
@TgrLilGzz This video is about to get some attention (it's been posted on a couple high-traffic blogs) so don't take too long with the story. :) Did they tell you why they detained you? Have you or do you plan to file a complaint?
I was detained for "officer safety." I am in the middle of an extremely important legislative Bill in Nevada - that is the delay. I will do my utmost to get the story posted on my blog exposing the only person that gave me his name - Sgt. Robert Valdez. He refused to identify the other officers to me and stated something to the effect that he was "in charge." Thank you for your support. We HAVE TO MAKE these rogue officers accountable to we the tax-paying people.
Yes, a complaint is forthcoming. Technically I have one year from the date it happened and it took place on April 13th. But I know I need to move fast before these cops kill more people!
The next time you go out walking, have 2 or 3 different people with camera's. When the cops "force" you to shutdown, then you'll have at least 2 others taping from a different angle. What these LEO's did was illegal!
Since June of last year I have been learning my rights as part of my job as reporter for a national magazine. You may find this hard to believe, but I dominated all four of those cops - even while handcuffed. The power of our Constitution should not be underestimated. But perhaps more powerful is a person who understands how to implement those civil rights. When my husband showed up I think he felt a little sorry for those cops because I scared them.
@TgrLilGzz They need to be afraid, as someone wrote on here. Good cops have no problem with being filmed, bad cops are afraid of the camera because they know that their actions will be made public! Keep hammering at them and keep them honest!
Lets see you have a woman videoing a kid. Is she pedophile that wants to take that kid? Now the cops see a gun. Could she be planning to kidnap the kid at gun point? The cops have the right to be safe so they disarm her. Find out she is his mother is there a domestic kidnaping because of divorce? Need proof one way or another. The tidal says school yard?? I believe the closes you can get to that with a gun unless you’re a cop is 300 yards.
samten10a 2 months ago
@samten10a So you're saying the cops can go around disarming any citizen they want for their "safety", even if the citizen isn't breaking any laws or under an investigation? What about the citizens safety? Don't we have to right to bear arms and protect ourselves, while also watching the watchers?
1775novten 2 months ago
Fagget ass cops!!
theXxTeChNoFrEaKxX 3 months ago
they freaked out cause u also had your pistol on your hip but u failed to put that in desc
pv2ramrod 5 months ago
@pv2ramrod: No reason for anyone to freak out. Open carry is as legal as wearing pants:
Article I Sec. 11
Every citizen has the right to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes.
Pafoofnik1 5 months ago
@pv2ramrod If you look at the channel 8 news coverage, it was clear I had a gun on me. There is no law against it in Nevada. You can see the cops were not concerned about the gun - rather the cam.
TgrLilGzz 5 months ago
@pv2ramrod Yes, she had a pistol on her hip... WHICH IS NOT ILLEGAL EITHER. It was the camera. What you are saying is it is ok for the cops to feel threatened by someone open carrying a weapon (criminals do not do this), but then it is ok to threaten that person for carrying said weapon and video recording them?
phatwcinfrcr 4 months ago
THIS MAKES ME SO SICK!
RideHard85 5 months ago
This is complete bull. Did you file a complaint with the department and what came of it?
What you were doing was completely legal.
ripnbst 7 months ago
@ripnbst
No complaint yet; but have an atty interested in representing me.
Right now I'm preparing to defend myself against the City of North Las Vegas. On May 26th I was videotaping my son being WRONGFULLY arrested, and from 32 yards away I was accosted by a cowboy cop that snatched my cam, cuffed me, and took me to a holding tank where I spent 24 hours before getting released (even though my bail was posted within 4 hours.) My cam was returned RECORDING DELETED!
TgrLilGzz 7 months ago
@TgrLilGzz sue the bastards please
Tapeuup 7 months ago
@TgrLilGzz If you have a smart phone, I would recommend that you download Ustream from a app. Look it up, it very useful. Thank you for exercising our rights and have a happy new year.
Markedguardian 2 months ago
@ripnbst she also had her pistol on her hip
pv2ramrod 5 months ago
Cops always boo-hoo about what a rough life they lead when there are soldiers that face real threats and can't be 150 lbs overweight, Firefighters who risk their lives and walk through fires to save peoples lives. Cops want everyone else to have as bad a life as them so they pull us over for no reason, stop us from filming, stop us from our second amendment and just harass people all day long.
MrBullfrog9876 7 months ago
Further proof that cops are moral-less scumbags. Thank you for capturing this.
FlyawayNinjaCow123 7 months ago
Seig Heil!
JohnnyWishbone85 7 months ago
You have no idea what you inspired inside of me with this video. Action. I am calling out all those people who are telling you to "keep at it" and "keep it up". I want to tell all of you to DO THE SAME THING IF YOU LIKE IT SO MUCH! I have a video camera and will now be carrying it with me everywhere. If you're so into this kind of stuff, and you know your rights, then take it to the steets legally and lawfully. If we the people got together for a just cause, NOTHING CAN STOP US including POLICE!
CommunityStraightUP 8 months ago 6
The more I learn, the more respect I lose for cops. Thanks for recording this gestapo crap.
juslookin3 9 months ago
The sad story regarding this is, when officers forego Probable Cause, and act without authority If the suspect is a real criminal, he will most likely get set free, as the officers acted unlawfuly.
GuerrillaLawfare 9 months ago
This makes me so mad.
WalrusWrangler 9 months ago
@WalrusWrangler
Don't get mad, get educated ;)
I signed up for my job as reporter and risk my life when I exercise my right to free press.
It bugs me a little that a law enforcer tried to tell me how difficult his job is while I was handcuffed and he was wearing a badge and a gun. I was surrounded by four police officers. Who was at most risk? And had I - as a civilian - done to another citizen what these boys did to me, you can bet I'd be sitting in a jail cell for years to come!
TgrLilGzz 9 months ago
This will be in Las Vegas Chanel 8 News tomorrow (May 17) at 11pm. My friend David Stilwell from Guerrilla Lawfare and I were interviewed for over an hour by an investigative reporter. Of course, barring any natural disasters that can bump the story. Thanks to all who have commented.
TgrLilGzz 9 months ago
That's so wrong! Just because you were filming they were upset. I'm sure you noticed, but there was NO reason for them to have their hands on their guns. You weren't a threat at all, and they acted like you were. Kinda like they did to me. Good for you for filming them! Stick it to them and never give up. May God Bless you for exercising your rights and standing up to the cops for them. Be safe, always.
hikerboy16 10 months ago
@hikerboy16 Thanks for the support, Hikerboy. You should know I was open carrying, but that was not what they were afraid of. You can hear one of them say, "the lady with the camera." There might be a TV story in my local station, so I'll keep you posted.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@TgrLilGzz Ah, that would explain why looked like they felt so threatened. Well, good for you for open carrying and filming them! lol IF there's a TV story, definitely let me know. I'll spread the word by posting the link. Be safe and God Bless!
hikerboy16 9 months ago
@hikerboy16
You are imbecile she had a gun on her hip. She had a dog she could have sent after the cops. Are you saying the cops are mind readers? That the cops can read her mind as to what she was planning to do, imbecile. You must be a mind reader most cops are not.
samten10a 2 months ago
@samten10a Wait, so if a K9 officer with a gun and a dog is near me, should I freak the hell out and want him arrested? No, of course not, so why do the same to a peaceful citizen who isn't breaking any laws? It was clear that this happened in retaliation for her not "complying" with the officers request to mind her own business and move it along - which again is not against the law. This was clearly a show of force and intimidation.
1775novten 2 months ago
@ Doctor Ammo,
Yes, there was a man that had his nose broken by a kick to his face by LVMPD. It was a very disturbing vid. That took place on March 20th. Mine was on April 13. I didn't know about the previous one or I might not have been so bold.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
And imagine being cuffed for 56 minutes. I maintained my composure not to give away anything other than my first name. Those cops kept telling me that if I just cooperate and identify myself I could be released faster. It was a violation of my 1st, 2nd, and 4th.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
An astonishing detail to me was how they approached you with their hands on their sidearms, trying to intimidate you.
ConnorCWalker 10 months ago
@ConnorCWalker
I don't intimidate that easily. 2 more cops showed up so there was a total of four of them and one of me. And even while cuffed (56 mins) I felt like I was in control of the situation. That's the power of our Constitution ;)
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
Next time, leave the camera on. Police officers need not be afraid of citizens recording their public actions while serving their public duties. If they don't want you recording them, they are up to no good. Period.
ViperProductionsFilm 10 months ago
@ViperProductionsFilm
I flustered them so badly that they forgot I still had my cam while cuffed. I got about 34 minutes of RAW FOOTAGE. Mostly of my ass, the wall, and the sidewalk - but I have QUITE A BIT OF INCRIMINATING statements that the cops made, and while the were ignoring me I managed to get a few good shots of them in their car. I'll be posting a you-tube with a bit about that.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@ViperProductionsFilm
Also I used a new guerrilla lawfare technique at last weekend's Laughlin River Run (big motorcycle event.) Long story short, when I got surrounded by some 8 rogue cops there giving me UNLAWFUL ORDERS, I started screaming so people would come by. They were cheering me on. One guy got too close (about 20 feet) to say, "You're my hero!" The sgt. cuffed him. I almost started a riot.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@ViperProductionsFilm
Here's the new technique. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and "called my son" to make sure my cam was live-streaming. They use trickery to incriminate and violate us. We can use trickery back! I never lied! And I kept myself safe.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
walk your dog and mind your own biz
disco1999 10 months ago
@disco1999 Great idea. I think I'll try that.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
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If I'm not mistaken, another rogue Metro cop beat up an innocent man for filming them. Notice the cops walking towards her with their hands on their guns?
DoctorAmmo 10 months ago
If I'm not mistaken, another rogue Metro cop beat up an innocent man for filming them. Notice the cops walking towards her with their hands on their guns?
DoctorAmmo 10 months ago
@CorruptPhillyCops
Very well said!!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@CorruptPhillyCops
I stand corrected. You just caught me enabling these tyrants. I do know of one cop out of WA state that turned in some bad cops. He was a muslim so he already had a strike against him. For turning his back on the "club boys" he was tortured mercilessly. He managed to be heard in a civil court and won like a $million in damages. He died prematurely less than a year ago. If this darned you-tube wasn't so high maint, I'd post the link to that story. It didn't get attn.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@CorruptPhillyCops
Re the word, "Dehumanize," I had a much intense encounter at the Laughlin River Run this Sat. Got pics on the picasa site. Email me and I'll share. A woman who was the target of aggressive LVMPD officers thanked me for taking pics and getting rid of them. She and et al were left alone only because I was taking pics. She said the sgt-in-charge dehumanized me by calling me a "Bitch." Been called worse - no biggie but illustrates well the dehumanization factor.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@CorruptPhillyCops
I have friends who are LEO's. They are not all bad. But I'm afraid that the good ones are the MINORITY of them. And those good ones are so outnumbered by the bad ones that they typically don't last. Too bad.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@CorruptPhillyCops
I really hate to agree with you. A year ago I would have thought you were crazy. I now know better. I thought about moving to another country to experience greater freedom. Sad that I'd think that. We are not all that "Free" in the "land of the free, home of the brave." And then my daughter got pregnant. So now I must continue to do what I can to leave my country heading in a better direction.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@CorruptPhillyCops
When I spoke to the Lt. he said several UNTRUTHFUL things about this incident. I don't know if he's lying or if he's just not educated on how to perform his duties. If he's so wrong and ill-informed, what can we expect of the cops working under him? omg....
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
Latest on this case. I called the Records department to ask for my "report." I was given "the hand" in usual form. But I kept at it and spoke Lt. Morales who supervises Sgt. Valdez - who refused to give me the names and badge numbers of the rest of the officers involved in violating my rights for 56 minutes on that day. Lt. Morales promised to get the report to me ASAP and said he'd check to see if he can email me a scanned report. He KNEW EXACTLY WHO I WAS.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@CorruptPhillyCops
Thanks. Had I known about the M. Crooks case I might not have recorded this. I held my own, though, managed turn the cam back on - though mostly you can only see my butt, but there are some extremely JUICY bits of info in there that I will be exposing soon. Am working with a local reporter to help her break the story. Trust me, if I have anything to do with this - this story will go NATIONAL! I can't believe it's gotten over 2300 views just since I posted 10 days ago.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
Get used to it cops! You have dash-cams, we have phone cams and hand-held video recorders. We have the right to record you, cops, and we're going to be doing it more and more and more. You can run, but you can no longer hide from us your misdeeds, brutality, and criminal acts. WE are now watching YOU!
bikaren1980 10 months ago
@bikaren1980
LVMPD does NOT have dashcams. The only agency in NV I know for sure does, is NHP. Angelina Lewis violated my rights in June of 2010. I asked for the dashcam and was told by Thom Jackson "It's missing/damaged. Dont' know what happened. Been malfunctioning in that car for about a month." Or words to that effect. So in NV even dashcam exists, the only way to get accountability is to get a judge to subpoena. No wonder NV is the most depressed state in the USA.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@TgrLilGzz
Even if LV Metro has no dashcams, many departments do have them. I was not referring to LV Metro specifically, I was referring to cops in general.
I'm sorry about your negative experience. The "malfunction" lie is common. The answer for us is to record our encounters with cops. Then when they "malfunction" the incident out of existence, the only side of the story will be the one we show up in court with.
Good luck.
bikaren1980 10 months ago
This makes me sick. Cops all around the country have no understanding of the law. You should sue these guys and retire!
madbetamax 10 months ago
WOW. I would file suit against metro. Contact David Otto, This happened after My video. I would not sit on this. You were on a public sidewalk. You should take this to the review journal, cbs8, abc13. They were all told not to go after people filming. This is a direct violation of the law. My favorite list but, you need to do something with that tape. Youtube is only 1 way.
TheMitchellCrooks 10 months ago
@TheMitchellCrooks
I saw your you-tube recently, it inspired me to post mine. My incident happened on 4/13/11. I did not know about your incident or I might not have had the guts to video. I think the dif between your incident and mine is that mine was in daylight with cars and people around. And it probably helps that I am a female. I'll post the rest of the story on my blog soon.
Thanks for contacting me!
p.s. Who is David Otto?
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@TheMitchellCrooks
I was violated worse at the Laughlin River Run on Saturday. Have pics and audio. I was reporting for QuickThrottle Magazine - a motorcycle magazine. That was shorter but much worse. I could see the look in the eyes of two of the LVMPD there - they looked at me with a SATANIC desire to do me harm. I did not back off but I did use new techniques to keep me safer.
If you have contacts for me, please share. My email is tgrlil at Live dot com. Thanks!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
You need to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against those two cops. Without reasonable suspicion or probable cause it is illegal to detain/arrest someone. They had no RAS or PC for the detention/arrest.
If you do not file suit and hold them accountable they will continue to break the law.
toptruckracer 10 months ago 5
@toptruckracer
This is not the first time I've been violated. The first time was over a choice of my helmet while riding my motorcycle. Had an encounter with a vile NHP. That was the wake-up call that changed my life. I learned my rights very quickly and I exercise them at every opportunity. I put myself out in harms way to test techniques to deal with rogue cops. At the Laughling NV River Run this weekend I tested the effectiveness of using live-streaming. It was quite effective!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@TgrLilGzz
You can exercise your right to be armed, video the cops, remain silent, or speak if you want. The real test is demanding the cops respect your rights. So, are you going to do anything about it? I guarantee that uploading a video will change nothing.
toptruckracer 10 months ago
@toptruckracer
Yes, I got the incident number, the name of the sgt-in-charge, his badge number. I'll post the details on my blog. See my article about what I witnessed and what I did about it when I witnessed similar tyranny. I'm testing and using Guerrilla Lawfare tactics to educate others and a "Guerrilla Lawfare" Lawyer on my team. Please Google: "Is it illegal to be a biker" to find my article. Check out astounding pics I took to accompany the article.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
diskman01: I deal with copyright law almost daily. You're completely wrong. Journalism has an absolute exception to the rule that one must get rights to broadcast someone's image. Otherwise, everything you see on the nightly news or the newspaper would have to have the faces blurred out.
Even then, the courts have not found that public servants have the right to sue for having their images shown in a journalistic-style manner. I couldn't show their images on a TV ad, but this use is OK.
Tarhunta 10 months ago
As usual, this video has attracted a bunch of "the cops are always perfect angels and you're in the wrong" crowd. There's really no reasoning with them. They'd let the police rape children and then insist the children "had it coming" in the blink of an eye.
The fact is, the cops have to obey the law. The law says citizens have a right to film them (in most states) unless they interfere with the officers. Clearly you didn't. Clearly, these officers broke the law.
Tarhunta 10 months ago 2
@Tarhunta
I'm a member of a national motorcycle club forum. I was well liked until I started exposing the cop tyranny. There is a serious cop presence in that forum. I was pounced on by these LEOs. The truth must hurt or they would not react so violently!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
sooo... you think you should shove a camera in the cops face and interfere with the police? "OH but this IS my business, this is MY community" 0:30 Do you have any idea how crazy that sounds?
cops don't want their photos put all over the internet so someone can shoot them while they're enjoying a movie or baseball game. They need to relax too, and if everyone has their photo then they can never relax.
You deserved to be arrested, shame you where charged with obstruction.
lifehackertips 10 months ago 2
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@lifehackertips
Absolutely, it's my business, buster!! There are 800-900 thousand oath-taking law enforcement officers in the U.S. In 2010 there were 161 on-the-job deaths. A third due to their own failure to wear the seat-belts they force us to wear. Didn't even make the top ten most dangerous jobs in NY Times. Contrast that with the hundreds of thousands of people attacked by these thugs with badges and guns. If cuffing me for 56 min was their means to "be safe," they need to get another job.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
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lifehackertips 10 months ago
@lifehackertips
Google: "a premature alarm regarding police fatality rates" and see who's the babbler now?
Ass clown!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@lifehackertips
I apologize for my "ass clown" comment. I appreciate your deleted comment about working together and value your point of view. Our reactions on this issue are based on our own experiences. It was only a year ago I would have sided with YOU. Today, as reporter, I've awakened to what many have been saying. These cams help but can also backfire. I've even know retired cops that move to Vegas who say that what we have here in Vegas is true-blue is tyranny.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@TgrLilGzz so you're a reporter? Why didn't you identify yourself as such when the police asked?
lifehackertips 10 months ago
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@lifehackertips
If they have nothing to hide, what's the beef? Isn't that what they constantly tell us as they prepare to violate our 4th? Just because I have "nothing to hide" does not mean I'm going to give up my rights. The better question is, "What do YOU have to FIND? If you think you have something - get a warrant. Otherwise, I want to be FREE TO GO!
One more point: THEY DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS - THEY HAVE AUTHORITY. We the People have Rights and we must use them or lose them.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago 2
@lifehackertips Please define shoving a camera in a Cop's face.... From 30 " away? ? LOL
If the Cops want their lives to be private so they can "relax", it would make sense for them not to get a job in the "PUBLIC" sector. I do agree, that they shouold be able to go on about their business, but so should we.
GuerrillaLawfare 10 months ago
@GuerrillaLawfare and your business would be... following the cops and filming them? "shoving a camera in a cop's face" is recording them with their knowledge, whether you're 3 feet or 30 feet away.
but i love your argument that cops shouldn't have a private life because they have a job in the "PUBLIC" sector, that really makes sense.....
lifehackertips 10 months ago
OTOH, if you weren't pursuing this course as a credentialed journalist, remember the five open carry rules an activist wrote up:
1. Sterile Open Carry...no ID on your person
2. Always have voice recorder running
3. Electrical tape over your firearms serial #
4. Make sure your cell phone is locked
5. Practice the following: Am I being detained? What is your Reasonably Articulated Suspicion? I wish to exercise my 5th A right to remain silent and have my attorney present for any questioning.
02840 10 months ago 2
@02840
Excellent advice. I love the electrical tape but wouldn't they be able to peel it off?
I had quite the nasty encounter last night at the Laughlin River Run. Not only did I refuse to give up any rights (I wasn't open carrying but I was taking pics of LVMPD cops violating citizens) but I hollered out to the crowd that my rights were being violated. One young man got too close and the cops put him in cuffs. I'll be posting a story on my blog about that soon. OMG what a learning exper.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@TgrLilGzz "I love the electrical tape but wouldn't they be able to peel it off?"
Yes, but then it becomes a conscious decision (pulling off the tape) for which they are accountable if it turns out you were illegally detained. And by extension, your firearm's serial number was illegally obtained without your consent. Much harder to prove they obtained and ran the serial number illegally if they take your weapon for "officer protection." But a whole different step (legally) to pull off tape.
02840 10 months ago
@02840 ... Thats brilliant! But I wonder if they'd then turn it into a "manipulation, altering or desecration of the serial#" & try to make a fuss about that ...
Wrongway1965 10 months ago
So am I understanding this correctly...if you would have moved on and stopped recording when requested, this detention wouldn't have taken place?
Would seem to me to have been the prudent thing to do, unless you were trying to exert your rights as a credentialed journalist, in which case I'd think your employer would have an interest in pursuing this legally.
02840 10 months ago
@02840
Yes, if I had moved on, this detention would not have taken place. But given what I know about what many of these rogue cops do to Nevada Citizens, I stayed put and pushed a bit. It was good practice for what happened last night.
I'll be filing a complaint but have no aspiration to file suit. Eventually, when and if I get a number of complaints (I have several) it'll be time to consult with an attorney to file a 1983 civil suit for their abuse of their color of law.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@02840 You don't have to be a credentialed journalist. The first amendment right to freedom of the press is an individual right. If you are standing back and quietly recording, you are not breaking the law. the prudent thing to do would be for the police to leave her alone. They had no authority to detain her. There is no law against her filming, in fact there is a law that allows them to film. And holding public officials acountable is something every citizen should be doing.
diskman01 10 months ago
@02840
The Constitution does not categorize journalists as credentialed or non-credentialed. Look into it. You don't need credentials or permission to videotape anybody in public space, including police.
Also, credentialed journalists don't have any more rights than a non-credentialed citizen.
Do some research.
discarted 10 months ago
@discarted "Do some research."
With a misinformed comment like that, I take it you've never studied Zurcher v. Stanford Daily and the Federal Privacy Protection Act of 1980 (Journalistic Protection Privacy Laws) which restricts searches and seizures of credentialed journalistic work and materials used to document stories.
Get back in your lane.
02840 10 months ago
@02840
Very aware of both of those and you're still wrong because they have nothing to do with somebody taking/gathering pictures/video on public streets. Like you said they protect credentialed journalists from unlawful searches and seizures. In CA credentialed journalists are even more protected.
But again, the US Constitution does mentioned anything regarding credentialed journalists. It's says freedom of the press. Thats anybody.
"Get back in your lane."
You got me there!
discarted 10 months ago
I love how cops are always asking people to "do [them] a favor."
FrictionControl 10 months ago 2
@FrictionControl
Heard that several times last night. "Hey, do me a favor and stop taking pics." Did I stop NO! Did I get violated - YES! But this time I had quite an audience. People clapping and cheering me on at the Laughlin River Run Pioneer Parking lot. The asshole SGT GIFFORD took my purse away from me, went through my wallet, I SQUEALED TO BE FREE TO GO AND NEVER CONSENTED to anything! When he realized I was a legit reporter, he did the ol' damage control monkey move. Screw him!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago 3
Contempt of Cop! Can't you see how important those cops are? How dare you film them! Real tough guys...school police, I guess? Don't even get me started on the disturbing trend of having police in every school, even kindergartens.
Thanks for having the cajones to record these statist clowns. Make no mistake, the surveillance/police state is coming, and soon. We already have the world's largest population of prisoners, in the "land of the free." Learn your rights, and demand them.
dgareea31swtg 10 months ago 3
@dgareea31swtg
This exercise with the 56 minutes of being handcuffed, came in handy last night. I was surrounded by cops behind me and told to stop taking pics. I took a pic of my face with one of them behind me since I wasn't allowed to turn around. The sgt really LOATHED me. You could see the absolute SATANIC hatred in his eyes because I dared to NOT SUBMIT.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago 5
@TgrLilGzz It's not against the law to be taking pics, you need to set them straight and start filing complaint after complaint after complaint. Every instance you get on video of them telling you to put the camera down is a violation of the constitution. They have no authority to violate your rights and need to be made an example of to their blue line buddies that we the people will no longer tolerate their crap, either follow the law, or your done.
diskman01 10 months ago
@diskman01 Maybe not against the law, but they could sue for using their images without permission. Ever seen how some people's faces in public are blurred out on TV? That's because the TV crew didn't get signed releases to use their faces. This especially applies since you're using the video to embarrass the police officers while at work. I think they have a strong case, I wouldn't want to be your attorney. Google "filming without permission" for more information.
lifehackertips 10 months ago
@lifehackertips
Releases are needed for commercial purposes, not something like this.
discarted 10 months ago
I love how we're constantly told that "If you have nothing to hide, you shouldn't have a problem with the govt. spying on you." But when it comes to citizens videotaping police IN PUBLIC, privacy rights are suddenly of paramount importance. It's amazing that the same people often hold both these viewpoints simultaneously.
ZanyPete 10 months ago 3
@ZanyPete
I have an activist friend, founder of Guerrilla Lawfare. I consider him a genius. (Dave) When cops ask, "What do you have to hide?" He said the reply should be, "What do you have to find?" I'd kick it up a notch and add, "Get a search warrant!"
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago 2
@TgrLilGzz ... when they ask,"what do you have to hide !?" ... just reply,"my rights & my privacy, I'm a citizen of the U.S. not a subject under the U.S." ...
Wrongway1965 10 months ago
@Wrongway1965
Been criticized for being a tad flamboyant. I don't hide my rights which is why I open carry at every opportunity. thanks, Wrongway1965 !!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@ZanyPete Doublethink.
ddrhazy 10 months ago
Thank you for asserting your rights, even in the face of ignorant, violent fascists. I hope you nail their asses to the wall for what they did to you.
EndSocialism2012 10 months ago 2
@EndSocialism2012
Thank you for your support. My aim is not vengeance. It is to educate cops and citizens alike. We need to go back to the days of Mayberry RFD, where citizens looked up to law enforcers and they worked together as a team to uphold our Constitution. These days, when we see cops, we fear them. That is not the way life in America is supposed to be. Thanks for posting!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago 2
@TgrLilGzz I don't think citizens were video recording police in Mayberry, perhaps this is the problem, if we stopped trying to embarrass the police with camcorders and instead offered to help perhaps it would be easier to work as a team.
lifehackertips 10 months ago
@lifehackertips ... the LEO's embarrass themselves on camera either due to ignorance of the oaths they swore to uphold, OR a apathy to what their duty is, & just didn't like what the citizen was doing at the time, therefore, "damn the law & my oath, lets just mess her day up"..
that's NOT Mayberry in any way shape or form...
Wrongway1965 10 months ago
@lifehackertips
Cops are embarrassing themselves. Our footage is just showing that.
discarted 10 months ago
Interesting law you may want to look up: Title 18, Chapter 13, Sections 241 and 242 of the US Code. Those two cops in the video absolutely violated both Sections. Under the law, that makes them both guilty of a federal crime carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison without possibility of parole. Did they actually draw a weapon at any time? If so, the penalty jumps to life in prison, or execution.
Difdi 10 months ago 3
@Difdi
No, they did not draw their weapons at any time. They only had their hands on their gun and I believe they would have drawn had I not turned off my cam and submitted to their unlawful commands. I just provided my first draft of the story to the Injustice Everywhere blog - quick notes that I wrote about a week after the incident. Thanks for the post.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
It ended up being four cops and a firetruck stopped by to see what was going on. I felt safe - was just a block from home. I was open carrying, but as you can see, their issue was not my gun, it was my camera. They would have let me go much sooner had I "cooperated." But I didn't - I exercised every right I could. They violated my 1st, 2nd, 4th, and attempted to violate my 5th by forcing me to give up info "or else...". I am a reporter and post the entire story a few weeks from now.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@TgrLilGzz This video is about to get some attention (it's been posted on a couple high-traffic blogs) so don't take too long with the story. :) Did they tell you why they detained you? Have you or do you plan to file a complaint?
jibbityjab 10 months ago
@jibbityjab
I was detained for "officer safety." I am in the middle of an extremely important legislative Bill in Nevada - that is the delay. I will do my utmost to get the story posted on my blog exposing the only person that gave me his name - Sgt. Robert Valdez. He refused to identify the other officers to me and stated something to the effect that he was "in charge." Thank you for your support. We HAVE TO MAKE these rogue officers accountable to we the tax-paying people.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
@jibbityjab
Yes, a complaint is forthcoming. Technically I have one year from the date it happened and it took place on April 13th. But I know I need to move fast before these cops kill more people!
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago
The next time you go out walking, have 2 or 3 different people with camera's. When the cops "force" you to shutdown, then you'll have at least 2 others taping from a different angle. What these LEO's did was illegal!
TangoDown229 10 months ago
@TangoDown229
Since June of last year I have been learning my rights as part of my job as reporter for a national magazine. You may find this hard to believe, but I dominated all four of those cops - even while handcuffed. The power of our Constitution should not be underestimated. But perhaps more powerful is a person who understands how to implement those civil rights. When my husband showed up I think he felt a little sorry for those cops because I scared them.
TgrLilGzz 10 months ago 3
@TgrLilGzz They need to be afraid, as someone wrote on here. Good cops have no problem with being filmed, bad cops are afraid of the camera because they know that their actions will be made public! Keep hammering at them and keep them honest!
TangoDown229 10 months ago 8
Two mouth breathing thugs who should lose their jobs, pensions and anal virginity in a NV maximum security prison.
judgesarecorrupt 10 months ago
There was a good amount of distance...
There was no law being broken...
There was a camera rolling.
Good cops don't mind cameras because they can prove the cop did nothing wrong.
Bad cops hate cameras because cameras can prove the cop is bad.
BOLTofCalifornia 10 months ago 2
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I hate cops. Those Nazi storm trooper bastard. Fuck them all.
mem11977 10 months ago 3