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 02/18/2007 02:05:44 AM · #1
//www.khou.com/news/local/galveston/stories/khou070216_jj_galvnewsarrest.7ffd161.html

They arrested him
Deleted 2 pictures
Took 10 pictures
Broke his camera
 02/18/2007 02:16:34 AM · #2
bastard cop...he couldn't even take clear pictures! The outrage!
 02/18/2007 02:22:48 AM · #3
as long as the guy was not interferring with thte arrest he did nothing wrong, any good cop would welcome video or stills of an arrest as it should prove to nothing but vendicate the arresting officers actions...what a dip. jus made himself a big hole to climb out of
 02/18/2007 02:30:01 AM · #4
Death Penalty to anyone who touched his delete button!
 02/18/2007 02:38:24 AM · #5
Unlawful arrest, breaking his camera, deleting photos which could be worth thousands...

Yup he can retire soon. :-)
 02/18/2007 02:44:16 AM · #6
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
deleting photos which could be worth thousands...


Well he can thank the cop for boosting the price. :P
 02/18/2007 02:47:58 AM · #7
Heh guy at work went to take a swing at me
I said "Go ahead"

Ill own your car,and your house and your daughter by the time im done!

Message edited by author 2007-02-18 02:48:25.
 02/18/2007 08:33:26 AM · #8
Good luck to him, these officers seem to think they know it all. At least he can try to use some recovery software to try to get the two shots back. I have used that in the past and was amazed at what it recovered on my cards!! Maybe the shots themselves will be worth a bit themselves.


02/18/2007 09:10:06 AM · #9
I get the feeling that the law in New Orleans thinks it's above the law.

This sheriff (that most folks here have already seen) was ready to kick my butt after I took this shot in a public park at a busy public event.

02/18/2007 09:23:39 AM · #10
The Galveston Daily News bailed out the 20-year-old and hired him prominent civil rights attorney, Anthony Griffin.
This was my LOL moment in that story! :) GOOOOOOO newspaper!!!

Message edited by author 2007-02-18 09:24:16.
 02/18/2007 09:27:39 AM · #11
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:
Heh guy at work went to take a swing at me
I said "Go ahead"

Ill own your car,and your house and your daughter by the time im done!


Ahh yes. The classic, "touch me and I'll sue" defense.
02/18/2007 09:27:41 AM · #12
Originally posted by TCGuru:
The Galveston Daily News bailed out the 20-year-old and hired him prominent civil rights attorney, Anthony Griffin.
This was my LOL moment in that story! :) GOOOOOOO newspaper!!!

Hopefully the lawyer will kick their collective butts, and the police will finally better educate themselves to the rights of their sober citizens.
 02/18/2007 02:42:55 PM · #13
Originally posted by nemesise1977:
as long as the guy was not interferring with thte arrest he did nothing wrong, any good cop would welcome video or stills of an arrest as it should prove to nothing but vendicate the arresting officers actions...what a dip. jus made himself a big hole to climb out of

While I agree the officer behaved poorly and made things much, much worse for himself; I don't agree with the first statement. The camera lies, saying whatever the photographer tells it to. Far too many jounalists and civil rights activists have made their careers through ventriloquism.

David
 02/18/2007 02:59:36 PM · #14
Originally posted by David.C:
Originally posted by nemesise1977:
as long as the guy was not interferring with thte arrest he did nothing wrong, any good cop would welcome video or stills of an arrest as it should prove to nothing but vendicate the arresting officers actions...what a dip. jus made himself a big hole to climb out of

While I agree the officer behaved poorly and made things much, much worse for himself; I don't agree with the first statement. The camera lies, saying whatever the photographer tells it to. Far too many jounalists and civil rights activists have made their careers through ventriloquism.

David


any cop worth his salt knows that deleting the pictures is deleting evidence which could help convict the person if they were in the way.
 02/18/2007 03:09:44 PM · #15
Originally posted by TCGuru:
The Galveston Daily News bailed out the 20-year-old and hired him prominent civil rights attorney, Anthony Griffin.
This was my LOL moment in that story! :) GOOOOOOO newspaper!!!


well u are aware he works for them right?
 02/18/2007 03:14:27 PM · #16
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
deleting photos which could be worth thousands...


Well he can thank the cop for boosting the price. :P


Exactly... and after I won the case... I would personally thank him :-)
 02/18/2007 03:28:40 PM · #17
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
any cop worth his salt knows that deleting the pictures is deleting evidence which could help convict the person if they were in the way.


It's not really evidence unless it showed the perp actually committing the crime. Photo of the arrest isn't evidence.

In any circumstance, it's destruction of private property by a city official, and a number of other violations mentioned by others.

Photographer's Rights.. always something worth keeping in your camera bag somewhere.
 02/18/2007 03:31:58 PM · #18
Originally posted by chimericvisions:
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
any cop worth his salt knows that deleting the pictures is deleting evidence which could help convict the person if they were in the way.


It's not really evidence unless it showed the perp actually committing the crime. Photo of the arrest isn't evidence.

In any circumstance, it's destruction of private property by a city official, and a number of other violations mentioned by others.

Photographer's Rights.. always something worth keeping in your camera bag somewhere.


all evidence is potentially damaging and should be treated as such. the photo could show nothing but the exif data could show what focal length it was taken at which could be used to prove how close he was which could prove he was close enough to be interfering.
 02/18/2007 03:44:59 PM · #19
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
all evidence is potentially damaging and should be treated as such. the photo could show nothing but the exif data could show what focal length it was taken at which could be used to prove how close he was which could prove he was close enough to be interfering.


Ahh, you mean evidence against the photographer. Still - The officers and officials who feel the need to harass photographers like this usually have the first intention of destroying whatever the photographer took because they feel it could be damning to themselves, not to him. I find that it's rare that any confrontation of this sort comes about unless the officers in question are feeling guilty, or think they're going to be punished for whatever the photographer takes. There are an untold number of stories of having police rip the film out of the back of a camera and expose it all.

The other major type of confrontation (the "you're not supposed to photograph that") is generally caused by private security who feel that it's their "duty" to destroy whatever you've taken because "you weren't supposed to take it in the first place".
 02/18/2007 03:54:51 PM · #20
Originally posted by chimericvisions:
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
all evidence is potentially damaging and should be treated as such. the photo could show nothing but the exif data could show what focal length it was taken at which could be used to prove how close he was which could prove he was close enough to be interfering.


Ahh, you mean evidence against the photographer. Still - The officers and officials who feel the need to harass photographers like this usually have the first intention of destroying whatever the photographer took because they feel it could be damning to themselves, not to him. I find that it's rare that any confrontation of this sort comes about unless the officers in question are feeling guilty, or think they're going to be punished for whatever the photographer takes. There are an untold number of stories of having police rip the film out of the back of a camera and expose it all.

The other major type of confrontation (the "you're not supposed to photograph that") is generally caused by private security who feel that it's their "duty" to destroy whatever you've taken because "you weren't supposed to take it in the first place".


agreed. I have actually had the film ripped out many years ago. I like the feature of some of the higher end canons that write to two cards at the same time.
 02/18/2007 03:57:53 PM · #21
You can pretty much assume a situation isn't going to end well when the word "Boy" gets thrown out there like that.
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