Comments on: South Florida model jailed overnight for videotaping police officers

By: Steve Goldberg

Steve Goldberg — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:57:11 +0000

Well its a good thing no of this happened in Michigan. Or the County I live Berrien County It is a felony here to resists/obstruct. They try to charge people that are disorderly with a higher charge. Especially minorities!

By: david

david — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:15:40 +0000

you’re an idiot.im glad you got arrested.you’re looking for trouble, and you found it.i hope you film them again and they kick your ass.

By: People Power Hour

People Power Hour — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:01:45 +0000

I’d like to know the name of this half-witted judge; Christ, where do we get Mongoloids like these cops and this “judge” from anyway?

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:58:55 +0000

“Genewitch made an phoney-baloney assertion that the police couldn’t stop anyone “for investigative purposes based solely on a hunch” and I provided the brilliant analogy of the sobriety checkpoint. Yea for me.”

It’s called “Reasonable Articulable Suspicion”. And yup- you’re right. A officer may indeed stop and briefly detain a person provided he can state with specificity his reasons for believing that criminal activity may be afoot. The SCOTUS first upheld this in Terry v. Ohio, well over 30 years ago.

Checkpoints are constitutional if conducted in a “neutral” fashion which leaves very little, if any, discretion in the hands of the officers conducting the checkpoint.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:53:13 +0000

Assuming that the facts are as presented:

1)The cops were wrong from the start. There is no excuse for their behavior- regardless of how John tries to spin it.

2) The wiretap/filing laws apply only if there is a reasonable expectation of privacy. Filming people going about their business in public is NOT illegal. If used for commercial purposes, the persons filmed may have a CIVIL action, but no crime has been committed. I would expect LEOs to know this.

3) If filming LEOs doing their job is a crime- why aren’t news guys arrested daily? Because if that happens- the news media goes on the offensive immediately. And the LEO who stirred up that pot finds his ass looking for work.

4) Before anyone starts arguing with me about this, be aware of 2 facts: I am a prosecutor (not in FL) and 2 of my brothers are LEOs. Therefore, I have every reason to be sympathetic with and highly supportive of LEO, but when they do something as stupid and illegal as this– they should be held accountable.

By: BJ

BJ — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:03 +0000

Gradually the police educate themselves, so I’m hoping things will be better in a few years, instead of worse. Which direction they go depends on the citizenry holding them to task.
Hoping for the best . . .

By: terry

terry — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:05:39 +0000

Once agian boyton beach police get away with making something from nothing. That department is nothing but a legal gang. They are no differant than the real criminals. good luck tring to fight the system. Yes there are good police officers and they need to stand up to the bad ones. A bad police officer’s need to be weeded out and FDLE needs to do there job and watch the police.

By: jla1125

jla1125 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:23:36 +0000

There’s an old saying that says, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” That saying should be updated for the 21st century, “The camera is mightier than the gun.”

By: Alan Wilkinson

Alan Wilkinson — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:28:47 +0000

How do these low-life scum get to become judges? The US justice system is a disgrace to your constitution.