i read the basic story from the blog link, i tried to read the miller side of the story but the link/site was down, and i didn't want to read the miami herald side of it. i wanted to make a point (which is my personal opinion) but i didn't want to do it on his blog since i don't know him...my point...the blogger thought it was going too far to arrest miller over this incident - but he did think that the officers should lose their jobs at the least (if what they did was wrong)...this kind of thinking always gets to me. so it's going too far to arrest someone over a minor incident, but it's not going too far to want those cops to lose their jobs over it. long live equality for some, but not all.
My brother was hassled and ultimately had his camera confiscated by the police.
There was something particularaly interesting to my brother about the architecture of the prison in Miami and he was standing on the sidewalk across the street snapping some photos when the cops came up. I don't think they held him very long but they might have taken him in for questioning.
And here is where I'd put in a plug for my brother's website/art but unfortunately I'm at work and I can never remember the URL.
mike, i think it depends on if you think the treatment during the arrest was excessive, and worthy of punishment. because, if, and i do mean if, they were brutal w/him, then i do think the police should be punished and maybe even fired.
i especially think it's wrong that the police arrested the guy over taking a picture. there are some subtle nuances to what he could have been doing, and whether or not he actually violated any law. but, it's not illegal to take pictures of cops. now, if you actually interfere you can get in trouble.
Well my brother insists on eschewing the patriarchal naming traditions. I can never remember which of our ancestral family names he's working under these days.
Yesterday I was coming in to pick up lunch ffor everyone at our office (I'm a bitch, so you don't need to remind me) and as I passed "Justice Center Parkway" I saw a guy with a sign saying "I'm a victim of the Fremont County Sheriff" and another sign with (apparently) the story. I would be in a better position to read the story on my return, I thought.
Next to the guy with the sign was a police (not sheriff) cruiser with the lights flashing. The policeman was out of the car, and both the sign guy and the policeman were gesturing wildly towards each other, the car, and the road. I had local southwest/mexican cuisine on my mind, so I kept tooling over to the restaurant.
It didn't take much to remember to look for the guy. Three people were pulled over in my presence (my car's presence) between me and the restaurant and the guy, and when I showed up back there, what do you think? the guy was gone. I looked in the paper, but they don't report on hippies or anarchists around these parts.
What was I talking about? Oh well. I had a story...
I think it comes down to ticky tack shit. Cops are so paranoid about getting recorded doing something outside of protocol that they'll use whatever excuse they can come up with to remove the person recording.
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i read the basic story from the blog link, i tried to read the miller side of the story but the link/site was down, and i didn't want to read the miami herald side of it.
i wanted to make a point (which is my personal opinion) but i didn't want to do it on his blog since i don't know him...my point...the blogger thought it was going too far to arrest miller over this incident - but he did think that the officers should lose their jobs at the least (if what they did was wrong)...this kind of thinking always gets to me. so it's going too far to arrest someone over a minor incident, but it's not going too far to want those cops to lose their jobs over it.
long live equality for some, but not all.
My brother was hassled and ultimately had his camera confiscated by the police.
There was something particularaly interesting to my brother about the architecture of the prison in Miami and he was standing on the sidewalk across the street snapping some photos when the cops came up. I don't think they held him very long but they might have taken him in for questioning.
And here is where I'd put in a plug for my brother's website/art but unfortunately I'm at work and I can never remember the URL.
mike, i think it depends on if you think the treatment during the arrest was excessive, and worthy of punishment. because, if, and i do mean if, they were brutal w/him, then i do think the police should be punished and maybe even fired.
i especially think it's wrong that the police arrested the guy over taking a picture. there are some subtle nuances to what he could have been doing, and whether or not he actually violated any law. but, it's not illegal to take pictures of cops. now, if you actually interfere you can get in trouble.
and eleanore, it's funny that you forgot the url.
Well my brother insists on eschewing the patriarchal naming traditions. I can never remember which of our ancestral family names he's working under these days.
Lobo, apparently.
http://www.nickdlobo.com/
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Yesterday I was coming in to pick up lunch ffor everyone at our office (I'm a bitch, so you don't need to remind me) and as I passed "Justice Center Parkway" I saw a guy with a sign saying "I'm a victim of the Fremont County Sheriff" and another sign with (apparently) the story. I would be in a better position to read the story on my return, I thought.
Next to the guy with the sign was a police (not sheriff) cruiser with the lights flashing. The policeman was out of the car, and both the sign guy and the policeman were gesturing wildly towards each other, the car, and the road. I had local southwest/mexican cuisine on my mind, so I kept tooling over to the restaurant.
It didn't take much to remember to look for the guy. Three people were pulled over in my presence (my car's presence) between me and the restaurant and the guy, and when I showed up back there, what do you think? the guy was gone. I looked in the paper, but they don't report on hippies or anarchists around these parts.
What was I talking about? Oh well. I had a story...
word ver: MFHUR. are you kidding me?
I think it comes down to ticky tack shit. Cops are so paranoid about getting recorded doing something outside of protocol that they'll use whatever excuse they can come up with to remove the person recording.
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