Comments on: Texas deputies fail at intimidating man from taking photos of them

By: elvezz

elvezz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:07:46 +0000

I live in SA and was a TV photojournalist here for 15 years. Bexar County Deputies are a joke and always have been. My confrontations with SAPD and BCSD were many. Lesson learned, always always roll on everything. Never turn off your camera. I used to use the line, this camera is on for both our protection. That usually made them at least pause.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:39:05 +0000

“Two more deputies arrived, including a Sgt. Garza, who threatened him with arrest if he posted the pictures on the internet. I asked, ‘arrested for what?’ but he just turned and walked away.”

Sgt. Garza committed the felony crime of attempted extortion. Please make out an affidavit and submit it to a judge.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:40:48 +0000

Hey, I live in Bexar County, in San Antonio actually, and I’m actually disgusted that my tax money is going towards these policemen… Can we really no longer depend on them when it comes to our personal freedom?

By: Rizzin

Rizzin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:34:55 +0000

Assuming your talking to and about Carlos here, if not you need to be more clear in your posts.

Well USMC if you are what you are claiming to be with those initials then how much time did you “Waste” doing the same thing Carlos is, protecting the US Constitution?

What I see Carlos doing to trying to bring to as many peoples attention as he can the abuse of authority and undermining of the rights of the people protected (NOT you notice GRANTED) by the Bill of Rights. Thats worth a fair amount of time in my book.

By: usmc

usmc — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:52:18 +0000

to waste this much time, effort, and film to prove what? that you were convicted before a judge and jury,,lettt ittt goooo… find something better to do with your time.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:16:24 +0000

Here’s a fun thought, to give this incident another round of attention and fun:

Research any crimes or police calls that may have happened in the city that night. Better yet if you can find out if response time lagged on any serious calls that night.

Because, meanwhile, multiple cars were backing up a bs power trip against a photographer.

By: Curtis Copeland

Curtis Copeland — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:53:14 +0000

A similar incident occurred to me while photographing in South Florida. I was taking landscape and pictures on a public street and a police officer gave me a hard time. He actually fingerprinted me and said he was going to run them though interpol! A second officer showed up and threatened to arrest me multiple times. Hey, I know our Policemen are trying to protect us, but when I tell them I have business cards a website and that I am a professional photographer and they don’t even listen….
At some point I kept hoping common sense would kick in.
Ah, such is the life of a professional photographer….

By: Kim M.

Kim M. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:52:59 +0000

Hey Carlos, Way to go. We’ve covered several of your stories now on our SoCal Martial Law Alerts (SCMLA) Podcast. Let us know if you’d like to be listed as one of our sponsors. Keep up the good work! Peace, Kim M., Organizer, Carrie J., Co-Organizer

By: Simon Jester

Simon Jester — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:26:46 +0000

Unless the officers were in the process of investigating a crime, a Terry Stop, Joe N’s Constitutional rights were violated. In Hiibel Vs the State of Nevada, the Supreme Court decided that presenting your ID just on the whim of an officer is not allowed. The Supreme Court decided that the officer may ask your name, but not ID is required. If he was suspected of a crime, asking the officer about that should have rendered a crime name. This is blatant, illegal harassment.