In article om>, N8N wrote:
>
> gpsman wrote:
>> Brent P wrote: <brevity snip>
>> > http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=17667
>> >
>> > (via fark.com)
>> >
>> > STUDENT BUSTED FOR TAKING COP PICTURES
>> > Friday, July 28, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com
>>
>> Uh... in the USA I remember... the cop would get away with that.
>>
>> In the USA you remember (the same one christian conservatives do, I
>> presume; the USA in "Leave It To Beaver", "Father Knows Best" and "My
>> Three Sons") I guess such things never occured.
>>
>> In the USA I live in now the cop won't get away with it. And the cop
>> will be fired and possibly face criminal charges. And the photographer
>> will be well compensated for such infringement of his rights. If the
>> event actually occured. That remains to be seen.
>>
>> But I understand your MO is to jump to a conclusion before the facts
>> are in.
>
> Perhaps not "The USA you remember" then. How about "the USA you were
> taught about in Civics class" which is some perfectly Constitutional
> ideal that has existed only for brief periods of time and in select
> places, if at all, but is the ideal that we have sworn to defend.

I was only refering as back as far the early 1990s when it was
still legal to film cops on the street.... A time where inexpensive video
cameras and the right to use them out in public was going to help bring
an end to police abuse. To help protect our rights. Now the police
have the cameras out in public watching us and when a member of the
public watches back, that person gets arrested.