Comments on: [News/Video] Police Diligence or Harassment?

By: Tom Rietveld

Tom Rietveld — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:22:00 +0000

Totally agree, this is what you get for being an ass… And posting your vid in order to gain some cheap fame makes you an even bigger ass imo… In the wise words of Jules Winnfield: “Jolanda, Be Cool!”

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:55:00 +0000

this video would have been a hell of 30 sec’s long if this Photographer would have not been a Dick and actually cooperated with the officer, but 90% of Photographers think they have a right to act like dick’s cause a COP is simply doing their job… .. if after all cooperation fails, then you state your rights, alot of cops are just uniformed or investigating a report made by uniformed citizens..

By: Elliott G Montello

Elliott G Montello — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:00:00 +0000

He was being a bit of a dick about it all really, they where asking him for his I.D so they could write it down in there paper work as everything they do has to be logged. All he had to do was say “here it is” and then explained what he was doing and they would have left him alone.

By: ★✰★Mr. December★✰★

★✰★Mr. December★✰★ — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:48:00 +0000

lucky he wasn’t black he would of got the shit beat out of him and thrown onto the highway.

By: wannabe_likemike

wannabe_likemike — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:11:00 +0000

That video was alright, but is at least somewhat propagandish.

They aren’t taking these from little children. This is incredibly out of order. Of course this shit isn’t true in France. He can’t get away with pepper spraying minorities? While he’s spraying a white guy? Fail ACLU.

I know they like to stand for freedom, but sometimes, the world isn’t as black and white as they’d like. They have great ideas, but I feel, just like Peta, an extreme of anything, (is the quickest way to divide our country) is no extreme for me.

Any kind of extreme, is the quickest way to divide our country.

By: wannabe_likemike

wannabe_likemike — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:35:00 +0000

This guy’s just being a douchebag.

Of course they treat him like that.
Being a fucking dickhead.

And he turns on Approval Only comments, of course he knows he’s a self righteous douchebag.

If he showed the officer his ID, and gave a more clear answer of what he was doing, then he wouldn’t sound like such a flaming asshat.

newb asshole: 0
innocent photographers who actually create art: -1
cops +2 for actually looking reasonable in this video.

By: SPG

SPG — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:03:00 +0000

Sure, everyone can handle every situation better in retrospect, but if we all just give up our rights out of convenience now, then we won’t have any left to give up soon.

By: SPG

SPG — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Dave, Was that the radar gun scene that wound up in the Absinthe movie?
Anyway…Dave’s right about attitude making a big difference, but sometimes no matter how nice you are you’re going to have problems with some cops. Knowing your rights is important if the kindness part doesn’t work.

By: Eric Fialkowski

Eric Fialkowski — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000

It sounds to me like the garage is a private garage that is open to the public. In that case, the guard probably does have the right to tell you to stop & leave (but not to delete your images.) Around here the garages have notices in them saying that the facilities are for parking only and other uses are prohibited. Mainly to keep out skater boarders but it can apply to photography, too.

By: wannabe_likemike

wannabe_likemike — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:56:00 +0000

I agree.

It sucks, but I used to watch *every* video.

Now, it’s maybe 1/10. Sometimes 2. They just can’t keep up having 10+ people working here. Too many cooks spoil the kitchen.