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Aside: When
my son was about to buy his first car some years ago, I urged him to
consider a used Mercedes in lieu of the 4x4 with spiked hair and
piercings he was looking at. He did, and purchased a Mercedes
diesel that looked great, was built like a tank, and cheaper than what
he was looking at.
Skip forward about three years.
He is now a co-owner and manager of a restaurant in Harford county, a
DC bedroom community (chock full of government employees, e.g. democrat
voters) . He's pulling into a parking space at work when Harford
County police swoop down at him, guns pointed in his face, and
spread-eagled. His crime? He was driving a Mercedes, was
young, and ergo most likely trafficking in dope. That wasn't what
the police told him, but after it happened again (he, released each
time) it's what we reasonably surmised.
Nobody is more of a law and order guy than me. But, I've noticed
that more and more it seems to be people like me who are being
targeted. Traffic cams everywhere; more new laws than you can
shake a stick at (helmet laws, seatbelt laws, gun transport laws,
etc.). The police are doing what they're told to do, for the most
part, but their Maryland politician bosses are increasingly telling
them to do things that scare the shit out of me. It seems.
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This is insane. In public, anyone can film anyone with a camera. This is every bit as stupid as the British Police in this video:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dLf57DrAsk
Of course, the British Police in this video finally realized that they were wrong and were on their way. Pathetic.
In the west that cop stood a 50/50 chance of getting shot and/or ran over for acting like a criminal during the commission of a crime.
ReplyDelete5 years??? for catching a hyped up cop operating outside recognized sop??
Maryland= Police State.
RAK
I have been a Cop for 34 years. It is perfectly legal to video record the Police in the performance of their duties as long as the person taking the video does not obstruct the officer in any way or create a safety issue (ie. standing in the middle of a busy street to take the video). This is because of the Police are "Public Servants" and therefore have no expectation of privacy when performing their duties.
ReplyDeleteThe problem here is that this was in Maryland! That state passed some very restrictive "bugging" laws after the "Monica Lewinsky Scandal" when Lewinsky's friend taped and then released publicly those phone conversations with Lewinsky talking about her activities with Clinton.
The "Officer" in this incident was WRONG, period!!!! He should be disciplined by the agency.
I'm afraid what is happening now, with the charges, is nothing more than the Maryland State Police and the State itself intending on "getting back" at this man for embarassing them by putting this video on YouTube while intimidating others who might consider doing the same thing. They are applying a law beyond it's original intent for that purpose.
This too is WRONG!
This is a great, instructive comment. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWould it not be illegal then for the police to have cameras on the dashboard of their cruisers ? smibsid
ReplyDeleteYour question makes me wonder why every traffic cam does not display a warning that you're being photographed?
ReplyDeleteWhen someone in plain clothes runs you off the road and brandishes a gun at you, you're supposed to assume its the police.
ReplyDeleteIn the very blue states, it's illegal for anyone else to do that, after all.