Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; witness videos seized

[CJ]

From what I have seen, only if they are morally bankrupt enough to try to say the wiretap laws apply. Granted, plenty of idiots with badges have no problem going right along with that because paycheck.

I'm pretty sure there are states that have laws saying you cannot film police officers, right in the text of the law. No wiretap laws or anything like that.

I *believe* Pennsylvania may be one of them. I remember a case with a motorcycle rider a few years ago that had his camera taken and he was arrested for having it.

[Snatch Napkin]

Well, there's a lot of gray in there, but I will still video and retain my recording device wherever I am a witness to illegal police activity.

http://gizmodo.com/5900680/7-rules-for-recording-police

[SS Junk]

I *believe* Pennsylvania may be one of them. I remember a case with a motorcycle rider a few years ago that had his camera taken and he was arrested for having it.

There was an instance in MD where a motorcycle rider was stopped for being dumb, video taped the stop. Posted it on youtube and the cops raided his house the next day and arrested him on some wiretapping charge. Judge threw it out. There are no laws prohibiting recording in public.

[Forever_frost]

Update and surprise, they 'lost' the video on the phones.

Responding to what he called a case that “has consumed the media and our community,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Tuesday he has asked the FBI to conduct a “parallel” investigation into the death of Bakersfield father of four David Sal Silva, who died May 8 after he was beaten by deputies.

Youngblood’s call to the FBI — he termed it “unprecedented” — was made after it was discovered that video evidence expected to be found on one of two cell phones confiscated last week from witnesses was not present on the phone.


“Yesterday afternoon I was briefed by my staff that the two cell phones had been taken to the Bakersfield Police Department, and during the analysis, one cell phone had no video,” Youngblood said Tuesday at a press conference. “The second cell phone had a video.

“It immediately concerned me,” he said. “I met with my staff yesterday afternoon and I made a determination to do something that’s unprecedented. I called the FBI and I asked the FBI, number one, to take the phones and see … what’s on the phones, and number two, could something have been removed from these phones, and if so, can we show that something was removed.”

Witnesses to last week’s incident, and their lawyer, expressed outrage that video evidence was said to be missing or nonexistent on one of the phones. They said they watched the video following the incident to confirm that they had captured it intact.

http://libertycrier.com/government/video-now-missing-from-confiscated-phone-in-beating-and-murder-of-david-silva-by-police/

[helosailor]

[ ] Shocked

[03trubluGT]

They are fucked, and I'm glad.

The FBI lab in Quantico will be able to get the deleted video and all logs.

Those boys have access to the best computer forensics in the world.

[Forever_frost]

So, who wants to guess what is going to happen to the cops who deleted the videos? I mean, destroying evidence to cover up a crime is a crime right?

[Sean88gt]

Dirty cocksuckers.

[03trubluGT]

So, who wants to guess what is going to happen to the cops who deleted the videos? I mean, destroying evidence to cover up a crime is a crime right?

They will get some much deserved time off.


With pay!!!!

[Whiteboy]

I wouldnt hand my phone over to the police!!

[Machx2]

Everyone involved in this needs to be behind bars. From the beaters to the deleters. Such a shame.

[Unicorn Jeff]

Everyone involved in this needs to be behind bars. From the beaters to the deleters. Such a shame.

x2

[KBScobravert]

We use document and media exploitation (DOMEX) software and deleted or not.....it is still there. Shit is so easy to use a child can do it.

My money is on, the evidence was tampered with by the officer who first took possession of the phones.

[crapstang]

Pelican hit the cell phone.

[Bassics]

So some nutcase targets LA cops and becomes a hero to half the population.

At some point Al Qaeda is going to figure out "hey if we stop targeting the general population and concentrate on cops, maybe we'll do a little better in the public relations department"....

Suddenly they achieve in a strategic move what terrorism is all about; the division of the populace between the state and the public.

So it is just a matter of time before they figure this out and you know what? People will no longer give a fuck because they are targeting cops. In fact people will cheer them on. They will help them. Hell, cop haters will start attending mosque just to coordinate with them.

And then where will your god be? LOLOLOLOL