'Papers please' for reporter at Texas capitol shooting investigation

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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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[stopglobalswarming]

I be axin you...

[MrCrf450xracer]

ahaah  yooooooooooo hommies

[OfGhostThe]

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[dodgezlaptop]

This is why people hate cops.

[AsystoleAngel]

Nicely done, DPS (both Troopers).

[Talljim01]

Thats why he has the stripes and the other cop didnt have stripes. The corporal knows how to deal with a situation

[Luzagal]

@fierylungs Oh right, this was filmed in the "US", where "Freedom" comes before "privacy". Thank god I live in Europe, where not just every creep can film ppl on the beach and but it in the internet.

[fierylungs]

@Luzagal That's just it, we all have the right to photograph and film anything so long as none of the subjects have a reason to expect privacy and it's not for certain commercial purposes. If you don't like it you can petition the government,but I promise you're going to lose as it's a 1st amendment issue (my right to express myself with photography specifically.)

Also, if you *don't* want to be filmed then you *don't* have to go out in public.

[pwnyomoma]

The guy with the camera kinda harassed the cop even if he was right., while its not mandatory, its awfully suspicious when someone refuses to identify themselves. But the cop, oh that cop had issues clearly overreacting, you can tell by his eyes hes not stable. This however is not police brutality, its police stupidity, if he took ur camera or even arrests you then THATS police brutality.

[Luzagal]

I just fucking love how ppl think they can film anything and anyone in the world and get away from it.

Oh, and put in on the internet like it is nobodies business. Jesus christ.

[Magurufukuru]

Check out Sean Penn with a six shooter

[electrohermit]

This is unacceptable.