Why are the us cops such raging douche nozzles? After every interaction I've had with a cop in the us, I left hoping they get shot soon.
I've never seen cops in other countries be like this.
CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police
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#12So has anybody written an app for streaming video directly into cloud storage?
I believe there was an app called Quic that shut down, but I heard that Facebook has some sort of live feature for streaming video.
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#13This sounds very much like one side of the story.
"I was essentially arrested for filming a police checkpoint in Manchester, New Hampshire"
I don't want to defend the police, but that sounds like there is a lot of information missing here. Why was he filming the police? What did other people do at/to/near the checkpoint? Was he alone or part of a group or even a mob?
Re: CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police
#14This sounds very much like one side of the story. "I was essentially arrested for filming a police checkpoint in Manchester, New Hampshire" I don't want to defend the police, but that sounds like there is a lot of information missing here. Why was he filming the police? What did other people do at/to/near the checkpoint? Was he alone or part of a group or even a mob?
A commenter in the post suggests the CEO was verbally instigating in one of the linked videos. I didn't watch it so I don't have an opinion.
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#15In my county they opened fire on someone filming the police recently. Turns out having video evidence is the ONLY way a policeman can be wrong.
Source?
Re: CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police
#16This sounds very much like one side of the story. "I was essentially arrested for filming a police checkpoint in Manchester, New Hampshire" I don't want to defend the police, but that sounds like there is a lot of information missing here. Why was he filming the police? What did other people do at/to/near the checkpoint? Was he alone or part of a group or even a mob?
Some New England states do random police checkpoints to try to curb drunk driving. Many people think this is illegal (stopping without cause) and try to fight against it, film their interactions at the checkpoints, etc.
Re: CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police
#17This sounds very much like one side of the story. "I was essentially arrested for filming a police checkpoint in Manchester, New Hampshire" I don't want to defend the police, but that sounds like there is a lot of information missing here. Why was he filming the police? What did other people do at/to/near the checkpoint? Was he alone or part of a group or even a mob?
A commenter in the post suggests the CEO was verbally instigating in one of the linked videos. I didn't watch it so I don't have an opinion.
Yet you'll happily repeat a bit of hearsay that is contradicted by in fact watching the video.
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#18There are very few details in this forum post, just some nonspecific mentions of an individual recording a police checkpoint of some kind. What type of checkpoint? Why did this person feel it necessary to record the police? Why did a confrontation start? What were the circumstances of the escalation?
In general, if you interfere with the police (even if you disagree with whatever it is they're doing) you can expect some trouble. I will be the first to acknowledge that sometimes the police (especially small town cops) can get a little too full of their own authority and take it too far.
On the other hand, their job is to keep the community safe, and save for the very worst cops (which are in the minority), they take the job seriously. There is (and should be) a pretty high bar to harassing or interfering with the police.
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#19Why are the us cops such raging douche nozzles? After every interaction I've had with a cop in the us, I left hoping they get shot soon. I've never seen cops in other countries be like this.
I only met cool cops in the US (perhaps because they saw I was a foreigner).
However, I do agree that in Europe you don't feel threatened at all by them, and that doesn't seem to be true in the States.
There seems to be a trend in the US to treat everyone like criminals by default, while in Europe until they think you've done something wrong they're extremely nice (as they should).
Although you were downvoted, it would be interesting to understand why that is. For sure the fact that anyone Police stop could have a gun has something to do with it.
Re: CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police
#20In my county they opened fire on someone filming the police recently. Turns out having video evidence is the ONLY way a policeman can be wrong.
Source?
Guy videotaping from his garage.
[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/dad-im-shot-man-...