Officer detains reporter at Texas State Capitol for filming in public. (repost)

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Like other reporters in the Austin-area, the Infowars team was immediately sent to the Texas Capitol building on news that a man, identified as Fausto Cardenas, had started shooting for no apparent reason.

There wasn't much else to discover once we got there. The suspect had apparently harmed no one and State Troopers were quietly combing over the South steps with their investigation.

I had catalogued everything going on behind the roped-off area and wandered around the other side of the Capitol to film another grouping of troopers who were combing the grounds with a (presumab
3:59 PM(presumably bomb-sniffing) dog. When a trooper noticed me filming their quiet investigation, everything suddenly changed.

Though the building itself was closed, the Capitol grounds remained open, and people were milling about freely. Only the area immediately surrounding the South steps was restricted by yellow tape.

Yet this officer approached me sternly, pointing his finger and commanding that I 'point the camera somewhere else' and provide ID. I refused.

For those who have forgotten, in the haze of post-9/11 paranoia, America is not a 'papers please' dictatorship or a corrupt banana republic, even if certain forces are might attempt to drag us in that direction.

So why did this officer feel the need to rush up and demand I justify myself? Were I suspected of a crime as benign as speeding such action might have been warranted, but I had literally done nothing but look in the wrong direction and catch the eye of the wrong person.

His name is known, but not important in this instance. He ceased being an officer, abandoning due process for arbitrary power. That is against the law-- the spirit of the law-- and thus I felt compelled not to go along with it. He asked if I had ID and I told him truthfully that I did, but did not feel I should give it.

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[strangerberry]

Cowboy hat party! :D

[rebelnomo]

Fucking pigs. That pig just had to start shit. He knew good a god damn well what the man was doing there. He just got pissed because the guy had him on film. That's obvious. These pigs love when shit like this happens so they can fuck with people with impunity.

[VirbiusMoon]

@bubbaroy73 - LoL... and why do you suppose he came up to ask for his ID? You need to wake up from that sleep your in

[VirbiusMoon]

@rtgoodson - It's about standing up for your rights, sheep. He wasn't committing a crime.

[rtgoodson]

Honestly, it would have been easier to just show your ID.

[TheSchimdawg]

what a subborn camera man.

[bell4fan]

Would it have been to easy to just show the DL? What if the camera guy was part of a criminal organization, taping the response to an active shooter at the capitol, to see the best way to plan a terrorist attack? Im not saying this guy was doing that, but you dont know until you talk to him. And if all he wanted was a statement, why stand there and film troopers talking? Would have been to hard to walk up and ask where to go for a statement?

[mattowos]

@bubbaroy73 You must have select eyesight. The cop fucked with him because he was filming. Did you not watch the clip?

[avocadopunk]

If he didn't have a camera on, I bet he probably would have gotten the shit beat out of him for not showing ID! lol

[bubbaroy73]

the cop didnt fuck with him because he was filming, he refused to show ID