DN! Maryland Man Could Face 16 Years in Jail for Videotaping Traffic Stop

[jweezy16smp93]

Cops are cowards!

[jweezy16smp93]

Ditch the bitch ass faggot pigs!

[loyolaf]

That is such an abuse of power! To even try to associate wiretap laws with a guy who posted a video from a public place is not in the spirit of the law and is wrong.

[breezeman199]

These charges are an outrage. So much for the "land of the free". And that cop was way out of line in drawing his gun. He's lucky he didn't get popped.

[ProBonoz]

Police are public servants living off the public's money .. Using public issued cars ,weapons,and technology against that same public . We Can't Video Tape These Nazi's and their criminal behavior? And what's with these militant robots pigs always pulling weapon out over petty laws and violations when it is perfectly clear that the victims aren't even armed or trying to attack them. Cowards!

[gotobedandtickler]

The police don't want to be identified, I wonder why the don't get standard issue burkas and rucksacks. (that way you would know). The best way to stay anonymous is be discreet at all times. This policy man shows how it should not be done, he should be sacked for gross incompetence.

[whitepowerforever88]

Fuck this cop, Fuck him in the butt too! I bet he will enjoy it :) I hope a nigger with a 14 inch cock shoves it up that cops ass!

[2pacalypse25]

and what i dont get, say you get caught for something like production of drugs or someshit. and tthey cops offer you a lesser sentance if u help them catch the "bigger" guy. the guy still got caught he had his fucking chance at life.

[2pacalypse25]

wow haha this is a joke, and law system is so fucking FLAWED(i was watching the first48, some guy arranged a murder, basically brokered a hit. the brokerer' got more time then the murderer because the murderer wore a wire for the cops. what the fuck is that.) dude should of filed a lawsuit against this dumb fuck of a cop. he didnt produce and credentals, no sirens,no badge. it could of esaily been crazy fuck with a gun, man you never know now a days,and why cant you video tape the traffic stop?

[kinghoho2]

what a joke more jail time then a child rapist ...dont cops know cameras are everywhere? you telling me when a cop walks down the street all cameras must be turned off?what ever happened to accountability? the only reson for this stupid law is this.... "what comes out of a cops mouth is the truth,so you dont need to film us ! " what a joke

[jamil316]

Land of the Fucking Free...

[SuckMyDick12Assholes]

Nothing like the fucking east coast asshole cops pulling their Nazi bullshit on a citizen. It's time for this crazy shit to stop and for the states that pull this crazy shit to be penalized by removal of their federal money. Violations of the U.S. Constitution like this HAVE to be punished in a way states will remember...by taking away their federal funds.

[JLE102191]

@SuckMyDick12Assholes Violations of the constitution?? LOL You just talkin out your ass now

[KillerWalrus2845]

Im sure somebody told him not to post it

[zaq4267]

OK Americans are we ready to take OUR COUNTRY back yet?

If the police are not doing anything WRONG why do they care if they are being vidoe taped. Hmmmmm I am guessing it is because so many departments have LOST cases due to the VIDEO presented in court. This is WRONG and should not stand. You got a 25 year old guy in the reservs, facing 16 YEARS for this. The punishment for posting a video on You Tube should not even be 16 days, or 16 hours, or 16minutes , or 16 seconds.

Un-Fing-Real

[1337Flims]

I know where im not going to be living :)

[rusureuwant2know]

There is no "expectation of privacy" for anyone else in public - why are the police protected? So much for "equal protection under the law".

[mop9i40k]

What else do you want from nazi country?

[Shounenguy3]

wow looks like its time to get the fuck out of the united states. Ive never heard of such ridiculous bullshit charges.

[IconsOfTeleplay]

Cops don't ask/request, they demand/command.

[mhmarco1979]

charged for taping wow ok eat d...ck

[xPray3rx]

alright this is just beyond stupid.

[MrBillLumberg]

as much as i hate speeding dick heads on bikes, i think the guy getting charged for taping this is out of control. Not to mention the cop here should not have pulled the gun and should have identified himself with a badge or at least had more visible evidence that he was a cop. Fucking bullshit.

[woxow]

yea all cops fukin gays

[Xxxfindingemo123xxX]

pigs just dont want people to video type them doing shyt there not supposed to

[SmylesProduction]

So let me get this right, we cant video tape them harassing us, if we do we get punished and suffer up to 16 years for it.

If we attempt to disobey we will be threatened and the cops will raid our homes confiscate all of our stuff (Sell it if they want too) but we all know we dont get confiscated goods back.

Does this remind anyone of the good old Secret Police days? Where they could do whatever they wanted to people in Russia / Germany with no punishment.

[boinkz572]

i keep saying this, when civil unrest breaks out many, many cockps and their families will be in a bad situation! because of cock suckers like this! it is coming, and its gonna be bad!

[unrdl2]

Watch the original video of what happened, the cop is lucky he didn't get run over or shot, he took way too long to identify himself as a cop, at first he looks like a random driver with road rage trying to force someone off their motorcycle at gunpoint.

[usmcoth]

"Our librety depens on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." Thomas Jefferson

[heartfire451]

This is nothing but Nazi crap and anyone who supports such laws is an enemy of all humanity as weel as being guilty in my book of capital treason against American vaulues.

[danceswithdingos]

There is no way this guy will do 16 years jail time for filming and posting this behaviour. The fact is that the police are unlawfully trying to intimidate law abiding citizens to try and minimise any accountability they will face. The police need to understand that the public are not fools, and that the police are there to administer the law, not abuse it.

[batterygrunt]

Pigs tape us.. We have the right to do the same. F/U Marys. Asz raiders.

[zArmyofgodsniperz]

y cant they be on tape that bs

and + the cam on his head so they can see it

[zArmyofgodsniperz]

y cant they be on tape that bs

[rubabazeem]

This is nonsense! Why would they raid the man's house to confiscate his camera. It just doesn't make sense.

[DUCATIPUNK]

OINk.......OINK... but that would be an insult to pigs

[gizeh20000]

This is bullshit... If the cop gets taped and the video is spread, this is: JUSTICE!

[shorty13750]

This doesnt make any since to me. How come cops can video tape us during a police stop, but we cant video tape them?

[Kelvari7882]

How is it 'wiretapping' (defined as "the monitoring of [. . .] conversations by a third party, often by covert means" on Wikipedia) equatable to posting a video made with a CAMERA STRAPPED TO YOUR HELMET? He could have been ordered to shut off the camera when he got off of the motorcycle, but he wasn't. This is just ridiculous.

[richsolomon1]

What??????

[Kegath]

fuck the cops dude...and it's 100% LEGAL TO TAPE ANYONE IN A PUBLIC PLACE AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE DUTY OF AN OFFICER. ALL MOTORCYCLISTS SHOULD HAVE A CAMERA WITH THEM!

[LKdot007]

you cant put it on the internet? 

[basspig]

Cop? Looks like a lunatic with a gun, on drugs. An armed citizen would have shot him immediately in self-defence. No real cop would pull a gun on routine traffic stop.

[nathan40000]

Its illegal to stop an unmarked car in front of somebody. Someones reaction would be to speed off out of being scared shit-less. He should be found innocent and anyone that doesn't think so, kiss my ass.

[heroes91092]

What the fuck is wrong with uploading this?

[Kdog54902]

@thesentinelonline I agree.

[scdeanor]

up yours maryland

[Kdog54902]

The cops video tape us during a stop. We should be able to do the same!

[722erodz]

this is BULLSHIT!!! pig looks like the guy from "dirty jobs"

[hiryderAUD]

Selby v. Cumberland County maine (1997). sheriff officer draws his weapon on an 18 year old for bending over a stop sign exiting a parking lot. tries pulling him from the car wile hes reversing from the sign and says the driver tried  to run him over. 1 hour chase ends with the driver slamming a minivan at 90mph killing himself and the 2 in the van. the officer claims the chase ended before the accident but was there to extinguish burning vehicles. cops intimidated witnesses, case thrown out

[2xchrome]

Why pull a gun on a guy for just speeding? Is that protocall for all Maryland police? Pull a gun on a jaywalking grandmother? Fuck those power trip loser cops. Daddy didn't pay enough attention to them and now they're trigger happy cops.

[AAAF556]

Wow, I did not think Police would do such things to an Army veteran

[studpuppy69]

@AAAF556 1st, they DON'T know he was an Army Veteran when they stopped. After, they probably did. Still, there are perks but he pushed the envelope. Citizens need to stand up write their Congressman and over turn this shabby law to make it illegal to record police, you should be able to record anyone in public!

[odortiz]

bad cops like this make the good 1% look bad.

[inachu]

@odortiz

very true but I hate agressive bikers anyhow. one day they will end up with pizza face or erased face via dragged on road.

[GLOBALPOLITICALAWAKE]

Maryland "officials" are idiots!

[dartagnan926]

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

It's up to us.

[doddsalfa]

are you complaining, about Russia,Iraq or Iran?The real police state is the US.

[uchio]

These laws are ridiculous and they only people that benefit are criminal and crooked cops. The law requires consent of all people being filmed, even if it's in a public place. So this means you can't film cops unless they give you permission. Also security cameras may be illegal because clearly a mugger wouldn't consent to being filmed. All these laws create are loopholes which do not protect average citizens. Furthermore, 16 years? Come on, pedophiles get shorter sentences than that.

[sportbikeandhunter]

@uchio Dont forget to say, you're not allowed to record a cop while IN PUBLIC, but he can stop you and record you with out ever saying anything, even if you say no to the recording, you honestly think that he's going to walk his as back to car to shut it off? nope!

[ItachiSamathegreat]

Sure give the guy a speeding ticket,But jail time for a vid give me a break some law are crazy!!

[BanPhotoRadar]

Making a recording of a police traffic stop is not a crime in the opinion of Maryland's attorney general. In a ruling issued last month from the state's top law enforcement office, Chief Counsel Robert N. McDonald found the legal grounds weak for felony wiretapping charges of the type brought against a motorcyclist who posted a video of himself being arrested on YouTube.

[dosguy]

Why is this guy facing prosecution and not the cop? The cop pulled a gun on an obviously unarmed person - on a MOTORCYCLE! Did the cop think he had a stash of weapons somewhere in the bike??? In most jurisdictions it's against police procedure to draw a weapon unless it's in self-defense or in the pursuit of a heinous felon attempting to avoid arrest. The motorist deserves a medal for bringing attention to police abuse. I hope he sues their asses off!!!

[JohnBresl]

Nie mehr als Tourist nach USA. Als Videofilmer möchte ich nicht im Gefängniss landen!

John

[Longhammer37214]

I didn't see a badge when he jumped out of the car. You get out of a car with a gun you get shot in a lot of places. I would think he meant to do me bodily harm. How do I know if he is a cop? Looks like some psycho with a gun! Plain clothes, no badge, gun drawn, good way to assume room temperature.

[Biggerbyte]

Everything was fine until he uploaded the movie to YouTube. He was already filming, and it just so happened the police got filmed. He did not set out to film the bastards. Bogus charges. The kid pissed somebody off. Nothing more.

Let me piss them off some more.. Organizations like these need to learn what it is to protect and serve. He is guilty of speeding. Leave him alone.

Fuck U.

[rbeneski]

This cop reminds me of those volunteer fireman that throw up their little blue light and then speed through town, weaving in and out of traffic on their way to a fire they probably started.

[rbeneski]

Wow!!!!! In what country did this happen!!?? I hope there is a Maryland in some communists country somwhere.........because this surely cannot be in America!!! Okay so first of all why oh why in the world does this cop pull a gun? This is your prototypical ass of a cop who watches too many movies.....I'll bet the theme music from Starsky and Hutch was playin in his head during this TRAFFIC STOP!! But hearing how the authorities raided his house and confiscated all of his stuff!!! Can't be right

[adcenterbaka]

fukin police!

[karenbcz22]

THis is unbelievable.

And the news is reporting this AS IF THIS IS NORMAL!

[BoxerLife5150]

I have and always will stand by the NWA addage: "FUCK THA POLICE!!!!!!!"

[StartLoving3]

@BoxerLife5150, the only group in this country I respect are our men and women in uniform. Everyone else is parasites and lip service.

[BoxerLife5150]

@StartLoving3 True, very true.

[nickbiales]

@StartLoving3 the police are men in uniform

there guns not in military uniforms

[grasscat1977]

@StartLoving3 the SS used to wear nice uniforms too,dummy.

[TaLeNTSNiipEZ]

@StartLoving3 LOL except for the 90% of people who pay taxes which fund the government itself.

[squaggles1987]

@StartLoving3 parasites and lip service? You are a GODDAMN parasite. go fuck your bible

[s2ishinsen]

@StartLoving3 shut yo bitch ass up.

[nick10463]

Un-fucking-believable! What happened to our country? Who are these people roaming our country and doing crazy things to our people? Where did they come from? Why are we putting up with this?

.

P.S.

It was plain cloth gun touting guy, what if the cyclist got scared and shoot him in self defense? Then what?

[TheSovietSteel]

Very bad form on the cop's part. Civilian vehicle, plain clothes, and brandishing a firearm without presenting a badge. You can tell he is in a state that denies their citizens the right to carry. In many other states, including mine, he may not have been so fortunate using that technique. Stopping a speeder, armed in civilian clothing is never warranted. Stupid move.

[fonkymaster]

The world is fucking falling apart.

[NewTalent26]

NO ONE deserves the madness these trigger happy cops come up with. Thing is that for some reason I realized over the years that cops feel that they ALWAYS have to be right. Otherwise it's a crime!

[NewTalent26]

they video us, so why can't there be a reverse

[jmacx2334]

Why does a dancing cat have millions of views and this video of our rights being taken away have 217.sad sad sad.Time to wake up!!!!

[tovalady]

For one how did the speeder know this was a cop? WELL HE DIDN'T now did he.Abuse of the system by the "SYSTEM" is what we have become.IT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW TO VIDEO TAPE~NOR CAN YOU BE BULLIED INTO SHUTTING IT OFF WITH THE THREAT OF ARREST! IT IS NOT ILLEGAL......ASSHOLES~AND they wonder why they get no respect!

[aqinthe]

When do cops pull guns on speeders? What an asshole. I have been pulled over for speeding many times and never had a cop jup out with his gun pulled.

F%cking rookie trying to be a badass.

[grasscat1977]

@aqinthe this is what you get when you have multiple wars going on because warzones are awesome places to train superpigs.

[aqinthe]

@grasscat1977 I agree but many cops couldn't cut it in the military. That is one of the reasons they dress and act like they are in the military. Wannabees

[grasscat1977]

@aqinthe you might be surprised how many cops have military training/backgrounds.

[aqinthe]

@grasscat1977 I know alot do. But I also know of many cops that are wannabees. I just try to stay away from all cops. That is the best thing for anyone to do. You don't know which one are bad untill it's too late.

[grasscat1977]

@aqinthe hell yeah i avoid em like the plague.

[NIKKEIsix]

~•~

I can't believe that residents in Maryland, Illinois & Massachusetts put up with that law.

ALL other 47 states R FAiR game. That's right fair!!

UR phone's video camera is UR BEST witness. It provides an accurate electronic record of the events. & it is UR right!!

~•~

[justonefirefly1]

Police state

[RusselBertrand]

WTF is that some dude pulls up next to you and Whips out a Glock 19?  Since when can undercover or off duty police pull you over for speeding? The uc is obviously a douche bag with his under armor on.. What A prick did you see him try to hide the gun after intial trying to look like dirty harry! The cop is the one who should be facing censure!

[unrdl2]

@RusselBertrand Yea once he noticed the dude had a camera on his head he was like oh sh*t maybe that was a bad idea.

[monkeypeopleofearth]

How can a public official (who's salaries are paid by the citizens) be protected from being video taped. The states VIDEO TAPE us at every intersection, on the dashboards of most cop cars, on bridges, and along every highway. The COPS are hiding from lawsuits, The cops in the USA are nothing more than low level bullies and crooks

[ragenx]

This is Bullcrap, If they are public officer, doing public duty's, on public streets then we should be able to tape anything we want, just the same way they tape us.

[monkeypeopleofearth]

The citizens of Maryland, Illinois, and Massachusetts (where videoing police officers is illegal) SHOULD BE OUTRAGED. The government WILL slowly chip away at ALL your rights. STAND TOGETHER and fight

[monkeypeopleofearth]

The police in the US are out of fucking control. I am beginning to fear the police as much as I fear gang members and drug dealers. The method this plain-clothed cop exited his vehicle and immediatly produced a fire-arm is WRONG. The fact they searched his home, and confiscated his computer equipment is WRONG, and the fact the state would bring charges against videoing a police officer is WRONG. Maryland is one of three states where videoing a public official is prosecutable.