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According to The Guardian:
The unnamed woman, a resident of Petrer in Alicante, south-east Spain, posted the photo on her Facebook page with the comment "Park where you bloody well please and you won't even be fined".
The police tracked her down within 48 hours and fined her.
Apparently, this is allowed in Spain so that police can "avenge their dishonor".
This is exactly the sort of behavior that leads to public distrust of police.
This story is a new take on online liberties in Spain:
A woman in Spain has been fined €800 (£570) [$886] after she took a picture of a police car parked in a disabled bay. She fell victim to a controversial new gagging law in the the country that prohibits 'the unauthorised use of images of police officers that might jeopardise their or their family's safety or that of protected facilities or police operations.'
Spanish story (more elaborate) here
I'd add a snarky comment here, but everything I came up with is just trolling.
Summing up my feelings: Spanish police: SRSLY, WTF?!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @10:55AM
To play devil's advocate here
What you say is irrelevant. The crucial point here is that freedom of speech is fundamental, and you should not be punished for posting photos of police.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @11:03AM
Sorry, but the Constitution says your freedom of speech is not absolute.
Freedom of ideology, religion and worship is guaranteed, to individuals and communities with no other restriction on their expression than may be necessary to maintain public order as protected by law.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @11:10AM
So posting an image of a wrong-parked police car is going to destroy public order?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @11:13AM
> Sorry, but the Constitution says your freedom of speech is not absolute.
(1) OP said it was fundamental, not absolute.
(2) The constitution is not above criticism
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @11:35AM
And if I were to tell you to suck a sack of nigger cocks, I will get modded down, even though my comment is fundamentally hypothetical.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @12:34PM
Sure you will get modded down. But you will not get fined.
(Score: 2) by Translation Error on Tuesday August 18 2015, @08:36PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @08:29PM
Which is exactly why its amendable.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by hendrikboom on Tuesday August 18 2015, @11:50AM
The constitution of the US is hardly relevant in Spain. Is that the Constitution you're talking about?
(Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Tuesday August 18 2015, @01:06PM
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @01:29PM
No they don't, not anything worth a damn atmuch.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @06:21PM
> The constitution of the US is hardly relevant in Spain. Is that the Constitution you're talking about?
He quoted the constitution he was citing. Is it too much to ask that you google the quote to verify where it came from before accusing him of being stupid?
Here's a hint, that quote does not exist in the US constitution.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @03:34AM
Oh no he didn't!
Hey dipshit, is it too much for YOU to practice what you preach and verify the quote [soylentnews.org] before you chastise someone else about it?
It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than it is to open it and prove them right.
(Score: 4, Informative) by FakeBeldin on Tuesday August 18 2015, @11:53AM
You're quoting the wrong document.
From the actual constitution [congreso.es] in effect in this story, article 20.1a expresses something equivalent...
...but that's modified by 20.4, which points back to article 10.1 on fundamental duties: "...respect for the law...".
So the Constitution you used is the wrong one, but the conclusion happens to turn out correctly.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Thexalon on Tuesday August 18 2015, @02:34PM
Also relevant in Spain is the EU Convention on Human Rights [coe.int], which is a lot more like the US Bill of Rights than many of the European constitutions. If you're travelling to Europe, it's worth familiarizing yourself with it just in case - and obviously, Wheaton's Law still applies.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 18 2015, @01:46PM
>Sorry, but the Constitution says your freedom of speech is not absolute.
What Constitution? We're talking about Spain here. Does Spain even have a Constitution? Does Spain protect freedom of speech?
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday August 18 2015, @05:00PM
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2011/spain#.VdNjOpfNLeg/ [freedomhouse.org] In fact it turns out that they do have Freedom of Speech. I'm sure it isn't exactly like the US, but they do have it.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 19 2015, @01:37AM
The law is not above criticism. It's against the law to speak out against the government in a number of countries, but people should oppose such restrictions. Likewise, forbidding people to post photos of cops is insane.