smile for the camera, officer!! wait, wait, OUCH!!!

[Broncojohnny]

His countersuit isn't about making a point, its about a payday. I mean granted the cop went over board but he was ASKING for trouble. RIght when he said he didn't live there.

The easiest way you can make a point to local government is to sue their ass and win money.

[564826]

The guy should be allowed to kick the fucking cop in the face until his nose is broken. Eye for an eye.

Stevo

I like the way you think!

[Txstang1]

The guy should be allowed to kick the fucking cop in the face until his nose is broken. Eye for an eye.

Stevo

That's what I'm talking about !!

[line-em-up]

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Maybe we will get lucky and hear about how some crazed maniac gutted the cop while he was alive and then left him to slowly choke on his own blood.

[Brandon-k]

Were the cops responding to a burglary? Cop shows up, the guy is rolling tape, and lies about his residence and becomes squirrely when given orders by the officer. He could have been one of the burglars for all that the officer knew. He did not have to stop rolling, but he could have set the camera down and cleared his name instead of starting an argument. The ass whooping that ensued was a bit much, but if you are gonna bend over and grab your ankles in gay bar don't be surprised if you get poked.

Keep this mentality and there will be plenty of people and laws to protect you from yourself in the future. Dirty cops are afraid of video tape /thread

[stevo]

The guy should be allowed to kick the fucking cop in the face until his nose is broken. Eye for an eye.

Stevo

[347Mike]

Wow. Both were in the wrong in my opinion. The camera guy provoked the situation by being antagonistic and the cop was just an asshole.

I look at it completely different and I don't think the camera guy provoked anything. The officer drove over and didn't skip a beat the whole time. I can't stand people who jabber mouth about their rights and are more annoying in the process than actually proving a point but I didn't get the impression that this guy was annoying. The second time he asked he said he lived there.

The cop was a douche and should be dealt with.

[ARIX]

Is it a law that citizens have to answer cops? Maybe the guy didn't want the cops going into his house. Not sure what his motivation was but it didn't deserve the response that was generated.

Were the cops responding to a burglary? Cop shows up, the guy is rolling tape, and lies about his residence and becomes squirrely when given orders by the officer. He could have been one of the burglars for all that the officer knew. He did not have to stop rolling, but he could have set the camera down and cleared his name instead of starting an argument. The ass whooping that ensued was a bit much, but if you are gonna bend over and grab your ankles in gay bar don't be surprised if you get poked.

[wayne fontenot]

everyone is missing the BIGGER story here..... What kind of camera is that? it took a beating and never skipped a beat. I want me one of those

[Steve]

I am by no means saying the cops actions were right. But when he asked the guy if he lived there and he said no, that was all the cop needed to know in order to get suspicious of what they guys was up to. It has been said that the truth hurts. In this case, the truth wouldn't hurt.

Suspicious of what? The cop had an attitude problem from the start the moment he saw the camera. I would suspect it's a guilty conscience from his past activities for being an aggressive cop. His tresspassing exuse was bullshit. The only way it's tresspassing is if the owner of the property complains and asks him to leave. The cop doesn't own that property and can't arrest someone for tresspassing the way he did.

On the other side of the same coin, the camera guy had to know he was provoking them just with his presence with a camera. He should know the old "mess with the bull, you may get the horns" routine.

[Fst86gt]

I am by no means saying the cops actions were right. But when he asked the guy if he lived there and he said no, that was all the cop needed to know in order to get suspicious of what they guys was up to. It has been said that the truth hurts. In this case, the truth wouldn't hurt.

[JC316]

His countersuit isn't about making a point, its about a payday. I mean granted the cop went over board but he was ASKING for trouble. RIght when he said he didn't live there.

I agree that it's about a pay day. Asking for trouble does not warrant an ass kicking, especially from someone that is supposed to enforce the law. Look at any other video like this, they will detain the cameraman, get ID, maybe give him a bullshit ticket. They do not come up swinging.

[dumpycapri85]

Its attitudes like this that have us in the situation we're in now, with cops running amok.

Every situation is different and doesn't require a "shoot first ask questions later" mentality. The guy has a right to shoot film and the cop got butthurt when he told him he wouldn't stop filming. It's high time the overzealous cops were reigned in and brought back down to reality. They can't do whatever they please, even though they think they can. Technology is awesome! There was a time that it would have been this guys word against the cops, and he'd still be sitting in jail now.

EVERY interaction with law enforcement should be at a minimum sound recorded because of incidents like this, and don't rely on the recorders on police, or in their cruisers either. You'd be surprised how easy it is for stuff like that to get "damaged."

I found out after my incedent that the officer did not have a camera in his cruiser and was told by my lawer that he would not ride with one . This after reviewing a file 5 inches thick that my lawer had on this one leo . He lied on the stand , under oath , and this is why my case was dismissed . Not fun to be out alone at 2 am with a guy like this and no one around . I can honestly say if I new then what I know now it would have been a very different story .

[onemeangixxer7502]

The way I see it, he overstepped his bounds trying to beat some respect into that guy. They should make an example out of that cop, he should be fired and charged for assault. The problem is that if a random stranger walks up on to your yard and takes a swing, you can fight back. When a cop is having a bad day and does it, you can't do shit about it.

His countersuit isn't about making a point, its about a payday. I mean granted the cop went over board but he was ASKING for trouble. RIght when he said he didn't live there.

[JC316]

The way I see it, he overstepped his bounds trying to beat some respect into that guy. They should make an example out of that cop, he should be fired and charged for assault. The problem is that if a random stranger walks up on to your yard and takes a swing, you can fight back. When a cop is having a bad day and does it, you can't do shit about it.