Police Arrest Woman For Videotaping Them From Her Property

BRJR said:

And, all anti cop/security personnel and authority haters need take note: Don't hold yourself so high/mighty, goody-good/knowing it all and so righteous, such as a lot of folks tend to do when being among the first to criticize police ---- unless, you have your own house (self) in order first. In this regard, I would ticket the heck out of those cars, and find plenty of other violations too. In my town, this is also a good example of why you, "don't mess with people", who are simply out and about trying as best as they can to do (ours) the peoples business. :|

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hjr13 said:

There is more to the story.

http://www.pixiq.com/article/rochester-cops-resort-to-retalitory-tactics-against-citizens

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BrJr you are so unbelievably full of sh!t!
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no, it happens daily. We just have the pleasure of seeing it when it gets videotaped, or when the cop didn't turn his patrol car's camera off (several documented cases). There are cases daily and if you search them out, you'll see that for every one that hits the news, there are at least ten more stuck on youtube or elsewhere by sites that assemble such info from local news that doesn't make it national.

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DenWil said:

snake_b wrote:
This is becoming an increasingly pronounced problem with US police

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350 million citizens plus and this is happening at least once every three, four months. Surprising. I would have expected more often considering how many really, really dysfunctional people there are. And they're so entertaining.
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Is that no matter what any police person does there's always a group here ready to defend the actions of said person.

I'm willing to bet that if a police officer empties his service weapon into a 75 year old granny who's sitting in her wheel chair in her own front yard videotaping a police officer there would still be people defending the actions of the police officer.
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Of course, this reminds me of the time back home, there was a block party on the next street. I came home late and saw my neighbor's car, in front of the house, wrecked. So I figured they got into an accident nearby and drove it home. I went to a store the next day and heard the middle-aged cashier talking to her friend about how they were all blasted at this party and driving drunk, but it was a police party, so no one was afraid. I asked where it was and it turned out to be the one behind us, so I asked her which cop there wrecked the parked car in front of my house? I got the story: parked car, cop, DWI, charges later dropped, other officers showed later at the family's house to "convince them" to not go through with any further nonsense. He was so drunk, he drove into the parked car in front of the house, which was lucky, because if it wasn't there by chance, he would have gone into one of our bedrooms that was occupied. So the woman went from showing off and jubilant about how hungover she is to saying her son is a cop and she'll ask him if it's true. I told her to do it, gave her the address, and that was that.

These are the people that defend the cops, even when they are wrong. These are also the people that don't understand fully the role of the police and give them a greater burden and role in society than even their own charters give them.

wijnands said:

Is that no matter what any police person does there's always a group here ready to defend the actions of said person.

I'm willing to bet that if a police officer empties his service weapon into a 75 year old granny who's sitting in her wheel chair in her own front yard videotaping a police officer there would still be people defending the actions of the police officer.
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This is, exactly it, as the overwhelming majority of us have not, and are not experiencing any of this regarding our police.
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Them cigars got him in the end !
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http://www.ktvu.com/video/18554358/index.html

One Cop, the shooter was convicted of manslaughter, got two years and was out after 11 months. All of those who assisted him and cooperated in the murder suffered no penalty.

Dave
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snake_b:

It appears, some folks were dead wrong and sort of owe you and others here a bit of thanks, as well as some apologies, for pointing out this seemingly despicable behavior on the part of police:

1. First the coverage at the link you posted, has mysteriously been pulled. :|

2. But, even so, there's video coverage of what happened all over youtube, and even on CNN News now.

3. Here's, a link to just one such clip, of the coverage on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXA-KA-pEKw

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snake_b said:

http://www.pixiq.com/rochester-police-arrest-woman-for-videotaping-them.html

The cop completely elevated a non-situation from nothing into an arrest. This is becoming an increasingly pronounced problem with US police- their ability to escalate a situation from nothing, simply because they can.

Note the cop shutting his mouth when she informed him that she was on her own property. Then the cop comes back with some rhetoric about not being safe with her behind him and making "anti-police statements".

The person originally being taken into custody was even let go.

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BRJR said:

It appears, some folks were dead wrong and sort of owe you and others here a bit of thanks, as well as some apologies, for pointing out this seemingly despicable behavior on the part of police:

1. First the coverage at the link you posted, has mysteriously been pulled. :|

2. But, even so, there's video coverage of what happened all over youtube, and even on CNN News now.

3. Here's, a link to just one such clip, of the coverage on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXA-KA-pEKw

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snake_b said:

http://www.pixiq.com/rochester-police-arrest-woman-for-videotaping-them.html

The cop completely elevated a non-situation from nothing into an arrest. This is becoming an increasingly pronounced problem with US police- their ability to escalate a situation from nothing, simply because they can.

Note the cop shutting his mouth when she informed him that she was on her own property. Then the cop comes back with some rhetoric about not being safe with her behind him and making "anti-police statements".

The person originally being taken into custody was even let go.

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The Pixiq link is still there
http://www.pixiq.com/article/rochester-police-arrest-woman-for-videotaping-them
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http://www.pixiq.com/article/rochester-cops-resort-to-retalitory-tactics-against-citizens

"Basking in the viral glory bestowed upon one of its officers this week, the Rochester Police Department resorted to petty retaliatory and intimidation tactics against citizens attending a community meeting Thursday afternoon."

"The issue has sparked debate throughout the internet with most people supporting Good, including many officers on Police One."

The last statement made by the filmer of this latest video pretty much says it all. And mind you, she wasn't threatened with arrest now.

http://www.pixiq.com/article/rochester-police-arrest-woman-for-videotaping-them

"Mickey H. Osterreicher, attorney for the National Press Photographers Association, fired off a letter to Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard demanding that Good's charges be dropped.

Sheppard told Osterreicher and the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper that he has ordered an investigation, which normally is police talk for sweeping it under the carpet until the media attention dies down."

The official charge now is "obstructing governmental administration", not "making an officer uncomfortable".

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s2173466.shtml

Doesn't look good for the Rochester police, especially since they can be seen doing what can be construed as "intimidation and harassment" by ticketing the cars of people attending the community meeting about this. Looks like even when the situation is sensitive, the Rochester police don't care about escalating it, just as the cop in the video did. Now it's dragging the entire community into it.

Wow, stunning. One officer murdered a suspect there, on film, with no provokation, while the other cop got off with no charges at all for punching the suspect.

"The officer has committed a crime"

The first officer escalated the situation, leading to an escalation of the other officers, leading to the officer murdering the other suspect, according to the charges.

Chato said:

http://www.ktvu.com/video/18554358/index.html

One Cop, the shooter was convicted of manslaughter, got two years and was out after 11 months. All of those who assisted him and cooperated in the murder suffered no penalty.

Dave
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"Everyone who has ever lived, has lived in Modern Times"

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snake_b said:

Wow, stunning. One officer murdered a suspect there, on film, with no provokation, while the other cop got off with no charges at all for punching the suspect.

"The officer has committed a crime"

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Shocking, I agree, but hardly surprising. The police are policing the police, so it will never be "fair". Institutionalised corruption. Corrupt by definition. Not unlike most state institutions, by the way.

snake_b said:

The official charge now is "obstructing governmental administration", not "making an officer uncomfortable".

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s2173466.shtml

Doesn't look good for the Rochester police, especially since they can be seen doing what can be construed as "intimidation and harassment" by ticketing the cars of people attending the community meeting about this. Looks like even when the situation is sensitive, the Rochester police don't care about escalating it, just as the cop in the video did. Now it's dragging the entire community into it.

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Surely the charges will be dropped. The DA can't be that stupid.
Mz Good should be eventually getting a nice payday out of this.
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mikeval said:

snake_b said:

Wow, stunning. One officer murdered a suspect there, on film, with no provokation, while the other cop got off with no charges at all for punching the suspect.

"The officer has committed a crime"

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Shocking, I agree, but hardly surprising. The police are policing the police, so it will never be "fair". Institutionalised corruption. Corrupt by definition. Not unlike most state institutions, by the way.

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They all would have been awarded commendations.

Dave
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Lets hope so, as when it comes to obvious local or corporate USA-Style Sexism, Racism & Ignorance (as, is clearly suggested in the videos and actions of City officials, so far) we need to practice against the perpetrators, including these criminal police perpetrators, and their Chief/Deputy and City Mayor --- what General Sherman said of Atlanta, during his forthcoming "March To The Sea": "I Will Make Them Howl", or words to this effect. Now, it's time to make all involved in bringing about or cover up / hindering/delay of this Rochester Incident (and, any such other incidents that occurr anywhere in the USA), similarly "Howl"; and, the best way to make these kinds of people "Howl" in a capitalist country, such as the USA, is unfortunately, by awarding outrageoulsy high punitive/exemplary monetary damages against them and in this case those they worked for, to those that were done wrong. :|
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BRJR said:

Lets hope so, as when it comes to obvious local or corporate USA-Style Sexism, Racism & Ignorance (as, is clearly suggested in the videos and actions of City officials, so far) we need to practice against the perpetrators, including these criminal police perpetrators, and their Chief/Deputy and City Mayor --- what General Sherman said of Atlanta, during his forthcoming "March To The Sea": "I Will Make Them Howl", or words to this effect. Now, it's time to make all involved in bringing about or cover up / hindering/delay of this Rochester Incident (and, any such other incidents that occurr anywhere in the USA), similarly "Howl"; and, the best way to make these kinds of people "Howl" in a capitalist country, such as the USA, is unfortunately, by awarding outrageoulsy high punitive/exemplary monetary damages against them and in this case those they worked for, to those that were done wrong. :|
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Wow we agree on something, that's got to be a first eh?
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Brian D. Schneider said:

Wow we agree on something, that's got to be a first eh?

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To tell you the truth, while I am outraged over the arrest, that can be excused as one stupid Cop abusing his authority. But the follow up harrassment is a planned message to the people of Rochester - "Don't even think about protesting any of our actions or we will do this OR worse".

Nor could it happen without the approval of higher ups. It's a direct statement, "That we are above the law, we can do what we want to any of you, and that's just too bad."

This entire department needs to be cleaned out from top to bottom.

Dave

Brian D. Schneider said:

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A rally of support occured before today's court appearance.

Rochester police have initiatied an internal review.

"We support the decision of the Monroe County District Attorney's Office to dismiss the criminal charges against Emily Good. Whatever the specific circumstances that led to Ms. Good's arrest, we see no purpose in pursuing the criminal charges," said Mayor Thomas S. Richards, City Council President Lovely A. Warren and Chief James Sheppard in a joint statement.

"We believe that the incident that led to Ms. Good's arrest and the subsequent ticketing for parking violations of vehicles belonging to members of an organization associated with Ms. Good raise issues with respect to the conduct of Rochester Police Officers that require an internal review. A review into both matters has been initiated."

http://rochesterhomepage.net/fulltext/?nxd_id=258767

Dave

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As it's currently likely to be conducted (and, as most all police investigations are handled in the USA) such a review will be like having the fox with the key to the hen house, investigate where the chickens went. :|
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