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06/01/2011 09:53:39 AM · #1 |
Another story of photographer/videographer harassment. This time by the Maryland transit police, who also don't know the law:
//www.baltimoresun.com/features/commuting/bs-md-mta-aclu-20110531,0,3380358.story
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06/01/2011 09:58:16 AM · #2 |
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06/01/2011 10:06:27 AM · #3 |
| With YouTube Direct you can upload video from your camera to the internet, live. Even if the police take your cam, it''s too late. So what will be the point of harassing the videographer? |
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06/01/2011 10:08:58 AM · #4 |
More and more security cameras are being used to monitor citizens (catch criminals), while police and security personnel are cracking down on photographers. Seems a little one-sided to me.
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06/01/2011 10:10:26 AM · #5 |
Too bad the the MTA police were not aware of Judge Plitt's decision last September that recording your encounters with police was a-okay
//articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-09-27/news/bs-md-recorded-traffic-stop-20100927_1_police-officers-plitt-cell-phones
Message edited by author 2011-06-01 10:10:47. |
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06/01/2011 10:33:10 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by pixelpig:
With YouTube Direct you can upload video from your camera to the internet, live. Even if the police take your cam, it''s too late. So what will be the point of harassing the videographer? |
I don't believe that's what YouTube Direct does. |
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06/01/2011 10:40:42 AM · #7 |
feel sorry for the poor guy for putting up with over paranoid a**hole cops that dont know the law they are sworn to uphold. kudos to him for standing firm and standing up for his rights.
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06/01/2011 10:47:38 AM · #8 |
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06/01/2011 10:50:30 AM · #9 |
It seems to me, that the USA is increasingly moving toward a police state. It feels like the government is jumping with joy at what happened on 9/11 as an excuse allow it's gun-toting forces to do whatever they want to the people they are supposed to be working for.
Canada is envious, and wants to be like it's big brother to the south, so it's similar here, with the same cries of 9/11. Only Canada is still a bit more focused on collecting taxes and HST from its citizens at the border than fighting crime or terrorism.
It's too bad, but what can you do when the government employs the forces and they will do what it takes to support themselves and their families. It's just a job to the pion forces, who are nothing but shills for their paychecks.
It reminds me of an old computer game called "Civilization" I used play. You'd build cities and had the lengthy, expensive choice of building entertainment and/or "world-wonders" to keep the citizens happy and prevent revolt.... or, you could load the city up with armies to force the citizens to behave and remain productive.
Kudos to this guy for continuing to record, his balls are much bigger than mine. I would've backed down and cooperated right away, as I've done several times in the past, like a good little sheeple. Maybe I'll grow a pair someday.
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06/01/2011 11:00:49 AM · #10 |
Check out this ridiculousness taken from the 2nd link by the state attorney, "...warned that people armed with cameras"
Armed with cameras!! hHAHAHHAAHhahahahaha
"Gimmie your money or I'll shoot you with my Canon!" |
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06/01/2011 11:01:01 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by Louis:
Originally posted by pixelpig:
With YouTube Direct you can upload video from your camera to the internet, live. Even if the police take your cam, it''s too late. So what will be the point of harassing the videographer? |
I don't believe that's what YouTube Direct does. |
yes it does
all kinds of fun
you can use your iPhone
There's a lot of power in direct-to-the-internet video.
this was a direct upload to youtube
Message edited by author 2011-06-01 11:19:30. |
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06/01/2011 11:05:52 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
It seems to me, that the USA is increasingly moving toward a police state. It feels like the government is jumping with joy at what happened on 9/11 as an excuse allow it's gun-toting forces to do whatever they want to the people they are supposed to be working for.
Canada is envious, and wants to be like it's big brother to the south, so it's similar here, with the same cries of 9/11. Only Canada is still a bit more focused on collecting taxes and HST from its citizens at the border than fighting crime or terrorism.
It's too bad, but what can you do when the government employs the forces and they will do what it takes to support themselves and their families. It's just a job to the pion forces, who are nothing but shills for their paychecks.
It reminds me of an old computer game called "Civilization" I used play. You'd build cities and had the lengthy, expensive choice of building entertainment and/or "world-wonders" to keep the citizens happy and prevent revolt.... or, you could load the city up with armies to force the citizens to behave and remain productive.
Kudos to this guy for continuing to record, his balls are much bigger than mine. I would've backed down and cooperated right away, as I've done several times in the past, like a good little sheeple. Maybe I'll grow a pair someday. |
You've hit the nail on the head. You're free to do what you're told. |
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06/01/2011 11:14:03 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
It seems to me, that the USA is increasingly moving toward a police state. |
There's much thought along similar lines in the UK at the moment as well. If the police charged people, including schoolchildren and pregnant women, on horseback or pulled disabled protesters from their wheelchairs before beating them with batons at a demonstration in China, say, our Prime Minister and the western press would be up in arms and bleating on about Human Rights violations. It happens at home and the police are allowed to investigate themselves before finding themselves innocent of any wrong doing. In these days of camera phones and videos it really does show up how much the police are willing to lie and deceive the public.
Message edited by author 2011-06-01 11:16:11. |
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06/01/2011 09:21:30 PM · #14 |
That's the upload API. It isn't YouTube Direct.
Edit: oh wait, I see... They're calling two things "Direct"... how helpful.
Message edited by author 2011-06-01 21:23:30. |
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06/02/2011 12:06:39 PM · #15 |
The MTA acknowledges that additional training is in order.
Yeah. No kidding.
Message edited by author 2011-06-02 12:07:15. |
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06/02/2011 01:09:11 PM · #16 |
| So, bottom line...if I ever get a new camera, make sure it has video to ensure if I ever get stopped I can cover my butt! What next...I'm getting so-o-o-o tired of this type of misguided "authority". (I'm in a pissy mood, anyway!) :P |
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06/02/2011 03:04:57 PM · #17 |
Lesson 1: Assume there is NO LAW AGAINST something, unless you KNOW that there is and WHAT IT IS - not the other way around.
Class dismissed. |
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06/02/2011 03:34:33 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Lesson 1: Assume there is NO LAW AGAINST something, unless you KNOW that there is and WHAT IT IS - not the other way around.
Class dismissed. |
Lesson 2: GUILTY until proven innocent ;)
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06/02/2011 05:56:30 PM · #19 |
| It pisses me off that "the authorities" are being paid while they inconvenience people, and they really have nothing better to do. Meanwhile, the people are losing an hour (or whatever) of their life. >:-( |
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06/02/2011 06:27:45 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
It pisses me off that "the authorities" are being paid while they inconvenience people, and they really have nothing better to do. Meanwhile, the people are losing an hour (or whatever) of their life. >:-( |
Didn't you get the memo... every single murder and missing person has been solved so they have time on their hands for inane crap :-).... Shame you cannot rely on the person enforcing the law to know it :shrug: or to use some common sense and keep out of what is clearly nothing :-( |
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06/02/2011 06:59:49 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
It pisses me off that "the authorities" are being paid while they inconvenience people, and they really have nothing better to do. Meanwhile, the people are losing an hour (or whatever) of their life. >:-( |
Yes indeed, and having spent 30+ years working in the RCMPolice you have no idea how many times I had to risk my life to go save some idiot who decided that base jumping would be fun, or that he would enjoy sailing out to sea even after being told not to because it was too dangerous by the harbour master, or hiking out in the woods without a clue as to where they were going... yes all those "Nothing better to do things" you speak of most certainly kept me busy and wasted more than the odd hour of lost time you allude to.
...oh and you know what else, when I started working in the police environment I got paid a posh $4,800.00 per annum with no overtime and had he great fortune of working on several one man detachments in a row.
I most certainly do not agree with the actions done by the authorities in this instance, but sadly most participants in this thread would have little if any idea as to what a lot of officers have to contend with. Forget about knowing all of the laws, most people could not even remember the name of all the statutes police officers have to enforce.
There, I said my piece... no go back to your normal programming.
Ray
Message edited by author 2011-06-02 19:00:52. |
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06/02/2011 07:09:05 PM · #22 |
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06/02/2011 07:32:55 PM · #23 |
| Not to incur further huff from ray, I found the incident disturbing. Not surprising, but then that is part of the disturbing. When was it that government decided it was better to arm a larger number of policemen and soldiers than had the discretion to apply them? |
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06/09/2011 07:13:13 PM · #24 |
Hey, apparently the photographers aren't the only ones being harassed...
Two women ticketed for eating doughnuts in park without kids. |
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06/09/2011 07:23:42 PM · #25 |
âI donât believe in anything,â
I love that. Poor guy sounds clinically depressed. 'Sometimes I play basketball.' It's like a Beckett play. |
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