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Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent

posted by CoolHand on Thursday September 22 2016, @07:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the keeping-an-eye-on-big-bro dept.

"exec" writes:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/09/cops-record-themselves-allegedly-fabricating-charges-with-suspects-camera/

In a US federal civil rights lawsuit, a Connecticut man has shared footage to bolster his claims that police illegally confronted the pedestrian because he was filming one of them. Authorities seized Michael Picard's camera and his permitted pistol, and the officers involved then accidentally recorded themselves allegedly fabricating charges against the man.

Picard's police encounter began as he was protesting a sobriety checkpoint while lawfully carrying a handgun in a holster. The plaintiff often protests near sobriety checkpoints in the Hartford region and is known by locals and police in the area, according to court documents. "Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent," read the 3-foot-by-2-foot sign Picard held up to motorists ahead of the checkpoint in West Hartford last year.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:59PM (#405302)

    > (not allegedly, but FACTUALLY, recorded on god damned video!)

    Please humor my inner autistic: it wasn't video, the camera was pointed at the sky, but it did record their conspiring on audio.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @10:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @10:07PM (#405304)

    My humor is not amused :P

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 22 2016, @11:51PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 22 2016, @11:51PM (#405339) Journal

    Please humor my inner autistic: it wasn't video, the camera was pointed at the sky, but it did record their conspiring on audio.

    So it was video.

    • (Score: 1) by Francis on Friday September 23 2016, @12:58AM

      by Francis (5544) on Friday September 23 2016, @12:58AM (#405355)

      No, it was audio. The video didn't record anything relevant.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday September 23 2016, @04:36AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday September 23 2016, @04:36AM (#405424) Journal
        Again, so it was video. Since we are being pedants here, it's worth noting that video is the medium that was recorded and it covers the audio track, but not the other way around.