Comments on: Lafayette cops threaten to seize iPhone after questionable arrests http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/ It's a First Amendment Right Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Benjazen http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-30259 Benjazen Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:57:31 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-30259 don't know if you saw this: http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns I didn't comb your site but didn't see this article and thought you would want to see it if you hadn't Do you know about Witness.org ? don’t know if you saw this:
http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns
I didn’t comb your site but didn’t see this article and thought you would want to see it if you hadn’t

Do you know about Witness.org ?

]]> By: Rob Molecule http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-20049 Rob Molecule Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:55:53 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-20049 That's what I use. It just shows a blank square that only plays if I click on it. It's a good idea to have anyway to avoid sites using malicious script. That’s what I use. It just shows a blank square that only plays if I click on it. It’s a good idea to have anyway to avoid sites using malicious script.

]]> By: Anon http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-20047 Anon Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:02:40 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-20047 The man taking the video obviously felt the cops were wrong in the way they handled the alleged fight and that was his way of letting them know. He didn't break a law nor was he "creating a disturbance." Funny how the cop was going to walk away (and had walked away) until the man commented on the arrest... then it was time to play the cops favorite game of "cover your ass". I'm sure if the man had just handed over the phone and picked it up later at the department, all footage would have been deleted. How many times has that happened? Especially when it shows police acting in a questionable manner. The man taking the video obviously felt the cops were wrong in the way they handled the alleged fight and that was his way of letting them know. He didn’t break a law nor was he “creating a disturbance.” Funny how the cop was going to walk away (and had walked away) until the man commented on the arrest… then it was time to play the cops favorite game of “cover your ass”. I’m sure if the man had just handed over the phone and picked it up later at the department, all footage would have been deleted. How many times has that happened? Especially when it shows police acting in a questionable manner.

]]> By: Jody http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-20045 Jody Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:40:51 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-20045 I don't remember the cops being that nice in Louisiana, hahaha! Seriously, if the camera guy had just kept his mouth shut and not said the comment about how he has video of them tackling a girl that would have been it. I was shocked when the one cop asked if he had video of the fight, he said no, then the cop left, why the hell he kept beaking off puzzles me. I'm not trying to apology for the cops lack of constitutional knowledge. I am still in shock they were that nice and didn't taze him, it was in Louisiana after all, not exactly known as a hotbed of white cop/black citizen harmony. .-= Jody´s last blog ..<a href="http://freetalklive.com/content/snitch_your_pocket" rel="nofollow">The Snitch in Your Pocket</a> =-. I don’t remember the cops being that nice in Louisiana, hahaha! Seriously, if the camera guy had just kept his mouth shut and not said the comment about how he has video of them tackling a girl that would have been it. I was shocked when the one cop asked if he had video of the fight, he said no, then the cop left, why the hell he kept beaking off puzzles me. I’m not trying to apology for the cops lack of constitutional knowledge. I am still in shock they were that nice and didn’t taze him, it was in Louisiana after all, not exactly known as a hotbed of white cop/black citizen harmony.
Jody´s last blog ..The Snitch in Your Pocket My ComLuv Profile

]]> By: Bentor Tazenda http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-20043 Bentor Tazenda Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:36:37 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-20043 I think a good workaround would be to demand some sort of payment from the cops. If they just want to see the video, demand they give you cash, say $150.oo, or what ever they can muster. If they won't pay your price... well, then... ya' know... I think a good workaround would be to demand some sort of payment from the cops. If they just want to see the video, demand they give you cash, say $150.oo, or what ever they can muster. If they won’t pay your price… well, then… ya’ know…

]]> By: xdamousex http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-20037 xdamousex Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:41:44 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-20037 A reader claiming to be the guy who took the original video provides some additional context in the comment section: "Greetings, I am the person who took the video... I live in Houston. the incident was what appeared to be a fight but more of a yelling match.... I witnessed a police officer, the shaker, sprint a block and aggressively tackle this little girl in the middle of the street.... this is what prompted me to start my video.... the part that shocked me was the Lafayette Police attempt to arrest me. I was assaulted by Lafayette police who struggled to take my phone ( 32 gig ) in video the real struggle starts when I lock my grip on phone and it deactivated ... I was threatened repeatedly with arrest. Strangely, the police asked me what I was doing in Lafayette... I told then I was a tourist and desperately needed my phone and refused to give it up.... i was then told by these cops to leave Lafayette.... this has destroyed my perception of Lafayette as a safe city to have fun... and I will continue to discourage people from going there for any reason." A reader claiming to be the guy who took the original video provides some additional context in the comment section:

“Greetings,

I am the person who took the video… I live in Houston. the incident was what appeared to be a fight but more of a yelling match…. I witnessed a police officer, the shaker, sprint a block and aggressively tackle this little girl in the middle of the street…. this is what prompted me to start my video…. the part that shocked me was the Lafayette Police attempt to arrest me. I was assaulted by Lafayette police who struggled to take my phone ( 32 gig ) in video the real struggle starts when I lock my grip on phone and it deactivated … I was threatened repeatedly with arrest. Strangely, the police asked me what I was doing in Lafayette… I told then I was a tourist and desperately needed my phone and refused to give it up…. i was then told by these cops to leave Lafayette…. this has destroyed my perception of Lafayette as a safe city to have fun… and I will continue to discourage people from going there for any reason.”

]]> By: nick http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-20036 nick Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:44:05 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-20036 gentewich-NoScript extension for your browser(FireFox or Chrome) won't let anything do anything without your say so. gentewich-NoScript extension for your browser(FireFox or Chrome) won’t let anything do anything without your say so.

]]> By: Carlos Miller http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-20034 Carlos Miller Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:00:08 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-20034 Genewitch, I agree that it is very annoying but I haven't figured out how to turn it off. Maybe somebody has an idea. Genewitch,

I agree that it is very annoying but I haven’t figured out how to turn it off.

Maybe somebody has an idea.

]]> By: KBCraig http://carlosmiller.com/2010/02/23/lafayette-cops-threaten-to-seize-iphone-after-questionable-arrests/#comment-20033 KBCraig Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:50:34 +0000 http://carlosmiller.com/?p=9969#comment-20033 Mike, the technology you're looking for (live streaming and instant uploads to a server) is found at qik.com It's strongly suggested for video activists, because it makes it impossible for footage to be deleated -- they can take it off your phone, but it will still be on the server. Also, I'm no fan of "diversity" for its own sake, but I find it curious that in a city that is 29% black, we see 100% white officers in this video. Mike, the technology you’re looking for (live streaming and instant uploads to a server) is found at qik.com

It’s strongly suggested for video activists, because it makes it impossible for footage to be deleated — they can take it off your phone, but it will still be on the server.

Also, I’m no fan of “diversity” for its own sake, but I find it curious that in a city that is 29% black, we see 100% white officers in this video.

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