Let the Cameras Roll
Two lessons here:
1. The government can use new technologies, but so can the people.
2. Always be careful around coppers, they can always escalate a situation.
2. Always be careful around coppers, they can always escalate a situation.
William
Norman Grigg reports:
[Coiln] Flitch and his friend Adam Roberts had left their locked
car in the parking lot of a closed business while attending a party. In an interview
with Photography Is Not A Crime, Roberts recalled that when they
left the party they were confronted by [Saratoga County, New York Sheriff’s
Deputy Shawn ]Glans and a comrade, who had spotted a legally-purchased .22
rifle in the backseat of the vehicle. Exercising his rights, Fitch refused to
consent to a warrantless search, which Glans perceived as a”contempt of cop.”
After Roberts posted the video to YouTube, and PINAC organized a
call-in campaign to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, Glans was placed
on unpaid vacation.
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