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Sep. 12th, 2014 06:29 amJust because you can doesn't mean you should:
In the news today, a cyclist was questioned by police for videotaping an arrest (it appeared of 2 people who had been fighting outside MLK library). The police ALLOW videotaping, and are looking into the matter as a violation of policy.
That said, we all may be arrested rightly or wrongly at some point, and it is a degrading and humiliating experience. Arrest often results in injury. If you're never arrested, you may be in an accident or have other medical emergencies in public. I am 100% opposed to gawking at people in distress for any reason other than determining if they need assistance or providing assistance. If given the chance, I would kick the shit out of people for staring at me, my family, or my friends under such circumstances. If videotaped, I would pursue the equipment, destroy it, and assault the person who made it - bad, so someone could videotape their humiliating condition. That may not be legal, but I think it's right.
Now I know the person may be doing good by taping, and a lot of folks are questioning the police's actions (particularly white folk who think this is something new). If you mean well, great and that's acceptable even if a violation doesn't occur. But if you are just oogling someone else's unfortunate experience for pleasure, don't delete the recording if it appears nothing was wrong, and/or post it for entertainment or vicarious attention, you should be dragged on concrete and the experience filmed and posted.
This should not be considered legal advice.
In the news today, a cyclist was questioned by police for videotaping an arrest (it appeared of 2 people who had been fighting outside MLK library). The police ALLOW videotaping, and are looking into the matter as a violation of policy.
That said, we all may be arrested rightly or wrongly at some point, and it is a degrading and humiliating experience. Arrest often results in injury. If you're never arrested, you may be in an accident or have other medical emergencies in public. I am 100% opposed to gawking at people in distress for any reason other than determining if they need assistance or providing assistance. If given the chance, I would kick the shit out of people for staring at me, my family, or my friends under such circumstances. If videotaped, I would pursue the equipment, destroy it, and assault the person who made it - bad, so someone could videotape their humiliating condition. That may not be legal, but I think it's right.
Now I know the person may be doing good by taping, and a lot of folks are questioning the police's actions (particularly white folk who think this is something new). If you mean well, great and that's acceptable even if a violation doesn't occur. But if you are just oogling someone else's unfortunate experience for pleasure, don't delete the recording if it appears nothing was wrong, and/or post it for entertainment or vicarious attention, you should be dragged on concrete and the experience filmed and posted.
This should not be considered legal advice.
