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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: 4, Informative) by edIII on Friday September 23 2016, @01:07AM
Unless you're a police officer. Then you're a cowardly piece of shit that will shoot at your shadow, or any black man that looks remotely threatening. Of which, being black apparently seems threatening enough in of itself.
Seriously. They're cowards at this point. One of the last incidents in the past few months was a cop that shot a dude in the head simply because he had the audacity to leave his apartment complex in a motor vehicle. That was such a threat to the cop that pulled into the apartment complex looking for someone, that the officer simply had to shoot him in the head sitting in his front seat. Why? The cop felt threatened by a black man in a vehicle leaving the apartment complex to such an extent that a quick head shot was warranted. At least this particular cop has been charged with murder, and rightly so.
They're no brave cops left in America it seems.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by dyingtolive on Friday September 23 2016, @04:25AM
I dunno, I called the cops on the shitbag who was abusing his girlfriend next door back when I lived in Soulard, and I got to watch a (black, if it matters) cop fucking drop said (white, also, if it matters) shitbag on the pavement outside my front door for trying to walk away when he was talking to him. That shit made up for the fact that I was up until 3 am-ish in the morning answering questions about the situation.
Of course, now I live out in the 'burbs and since there's no crime a couple week out of date sticker on your plates means two patrol cars and a paddywagon show up behind you for a 'polite' warning, but I'm a nice white guy, so at least I don't get shot or arrested over it, I suppose. It's weird, the actual city cops in St. Louis seem like genuinely stand up guys, and I feel that's really under-reported. Anywhere outside is insufferable if you're white, and outright dangerous if you're black. I look forward to moving to further desolate places.
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