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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: 2) by bob_super on Friday September 23 2016, @04:45PM
> I know it makes you feel good and smug to have been right all along
No, it makes me angry that people who have had all the world's information at their fingertips for well over a decade are still falling for basic "our system is the best/strongest/bravest, the other are jealous retarded idiots" blinders-on worldviews. And I'm not just talking about an excessively vocal minority of a specific country.
So many humans are dumb and selfish, yours truly included, that it's amazing we ever get to know about toxic clouds shimmering in the sun on Titan.
Point taken on educating rather than mocking. Have a +1.