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14. I suspect she won't be able to successfully sue due to her actions

Sat May 18, 2013, 05:13 PM

May 2013

Even the ACLU in New York say that you aren't allowed to interfere with the police when recording. She elected to continue to follow rather than record from a safe distance. If she had done so, I don't believe she would have been arrested.

If you're going to record the police, do so from a position of absolute legal protection. It doesn't guarantee your safety, but it does better secure your legal position after the fact in the scenario where things do go wrong.

Additionally use one of the apps that automatically uploads the video file. In New York, the ACLU has one that loads the file to the ACLU's servers. It's a lot more reliable than hoping the police don't understand how micro sd cards work.

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NYPD Cops Arrest Woman Recording Them, Apparently Stealing Wrong Memory Card [View all] Incitatus May 2013 OP

I smell a lawsuit! Rex May 2013 #1

Sure you do. cartach May 2013 #18

yay cops! KG May 2013 #2

Quick! Somebody post that video Cirque du So-What May 2013 #4

What? No picture of the cop with the milk jugs? The authoritarians are really backsliding! n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #6

Third one from the left. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #12

also. pretty sure you can upload to Youtube from a smartphone in realtime. KG May 2013 #3

How can you steal the wrong SD card? Quantess May 2013 #5

How many cell phones even have an SD card? n/t Bay Boy May 2013 #7

Some cameras have two SD cards. RC May 2013 #8

Aha, thanks. (no text) Quantess May 2013 #10

Very common here these days. Smarmie Doofus May 2013 #9

Maybe we should all carry extra phones that they can confiscate. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #11

Where's our resident "NYPD and Bloomie can do no wrong!" defender? X_Digger May 2013 #13

I want the Milk Jug photo posted! n-t Logical May 2013 #15

I suspect she won't be able to successfully sue due to her actions mythology May 2013 #14

The police would have to make a convincing arguement that she was obstructing Ash_F May 2013 #20

I think she crossed the line when she interrupted them verbally Cronus Protagonist May 2013 #23

(1) Speech alone, even though crude and vulgar Ash_F May 2013 #24

Speech is one thing Cronus Protagonist May 2013 #27

What an annoying narcissist. LuvLoogie May 2013 #16

She may have gotten more than she asked for, but she did ask for it. n/t A Simple Game May 2013 #19

I didn't think the authoritarians could resist and sit this one out. backscatter712 May 2013 #21

Hee hee. LuvLoogie May 2013 #17

Yay, Cops. They're the best! nt. MrScorpio May 2013 #22

And some folks apparently want the NYPD to be a model for the rest of America derby378 May 2013 #25

All God Damn pigs are out of control gopiscrap May 2013 #26