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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 324590" data-attributes="member: 1061">My observation was that this was at least the 2nd time the officers had been filmed that night. Officer McGrabby doesn't state that they had been followed around all night, but he doesn't say just how many times, either. Regardless...that has absolutely zero to do with anything. It could be the 2nd, 3rd, 15th, or 108th time. He wasn't committing a crime. There is no law against filming or photographing traffic stops. No law against filming or photographing police officers. My perspective on this comes from being a press photographer with a newspaper. I had several interactions with the police at accident and crime scenes, and while the majority of them are professional, there's always at least one overzealous jerk like Officer McGrabby here. Keep in mind that there is a press pass hanging around my neck, and some cops still act this way. I also have many law enforcement family, friends, and acquaintances. Yes, some of them are adrenaline-charged little boys who carry guns because they think it's cool to be in charge. How big of a jerk they are tends to be directly tied to the thickness of their mustache.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 324590, member: 1061"] My observation was that this was at least the 2nd time the officers had been filmed that night. Officer McGrabby doesn't state that they had been followed around all night, but he doesn't say just how many times, either. Regardless...that has absolutely zero to do with anything. It could be the 2nd, 3rd, 15th, or 108th time. He wasn't committing a crime. There is no law against filming or photographing traffic stops. No law against filming or photographing police officers. My perspective on this comes from being a press photographer with a newspaper. I had several interactions with the police at accident and crime scenes, and while the majority of them are professional, there's always at least one overzealous jerk like Officer McGrabby here. Keep in mind that there is a press pass hanging around my neck, and some cops [I]still[/I] act this way. I also have many law enforcement family, friends, and acquaintances. Yes, some of them are adrenaline-charged little boys who carry guns because they think it's cool to be in charge. How big of a jerk they are tends to be directly tied to the thickness of their mustache. [/QUOTE]

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