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The police chief in Wilmington, North Carolina, has publicly lambasted one of his officers. The officer recently pulled over a local attorney moonlighting as an Uber driver and told the driver that he could not film the traffic stop.
"Taking photographs and videos of people that are in plain sight, including the police, is your legal right," Chief Ralph Evangelous said in a Wednesday statement published on the department's Facebook page. "As a matter of fact, we invite citizens to do so when they believe it is necessary. We believe that public videos help to protect the police as well as our citizens and provide critical information during police and citizen interaction."
The statement concluded: "A copy of this statement will be disseminated to every officer within the Wilmington Police Department."
During the February 26 traffic stop, Jesse Bright began filming Sgt. Kenneth Becker when he and other law enforcement officers approached his car. Sgt. Becker, who appeared to be wearing a VieVu body-worn camera, told Bright that a "new law" forbids citizens from filming encounters with police.
"Turn it off or I'll take you to jail," Becker said.
"For recording you?" Bright retorted. "What is the law?"
The officers were unable to cite him the "new law," as it does not exist.
Source: ArsTechnica
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Tuesday March 14 2017, @06:36PM (5 children)
Support the weakening of their single-word non-trademarked moniker by calling their Graphical OS "Windoze" instead.
Or one could not be childish and could talk like a grown-up instead.
And it doesn't matter much how Microsoft wants us to call it "Microsoft Windows." People say Windows, so say Windows.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday March 14 2017, @07:01PM (4 children)
Have you not noticed that people also call it "Windoze" - it's in both wiktionary and the Jargon File? It doesn't matter how much you want us to call it "Windows", people say "Windoze", so, using *your own logic*, say "Windoze".
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Tuesday March 14 2017, @07:16PM (1 child)
I half never herd someone say "Windoze", but I have scene them right it.
Wait, did I say something wrong?
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday March 14 2017, @07:32PM
In practice, to, or from, a moron in a hurry, they're indistinguishable, but it's not hard to make the difference clear if so desired.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Tuesday March 14 2017, @07:48PM (1 child)
Says the person who uses the term "grown-up" rather than "adult".
Grown-up means adult. Not sure what the problem is there.
Have you not noticed that people also call it "Windoze"
I've noticed that some people call it Windoze, and when they do it's childish.
Most people just say Windows.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 15 2017, @06:04PM
Hey, I've got an idea! Let's now argue which is better, TRS-80 or C-64!!!