dan_mcclain Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,407005,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Surely, above the law......where is my noose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_smith4 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 At least the officer had to apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolly1 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 ... and they wonder why nobody will co-operate with the police anymore? I would suggest a claim for damages for wrongful arrest except the cops now don't care about their reputations and the payout is only my taxes anyway! Which any of us dare to photograph one of our 'public servants' without expecting the camera to be punched into our face? How long until we have our very own Rodney King? (Google it) What have we come to? World's largest number of surveillance cameras ... World's largest DNA database ... Local councils using terror laws to spy on schoolkids and refuse bins ... Mother of democracy .... really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aether Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 The story says the cop admitted he was wrong and apologised. Think story like this does more to help than hinder photography. The photographer in this story stood his moral ground and won the day. The more publicity like this, the better behaved public servants should become. We need more photographers out there -- imagine if another photographer snapped the incident, would he also have been arrested? Imagine a club shoot, a whole gaggle of photographers ... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent_peri Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 "The story says the cop admitted he was wrong and apologised." I'd be more impressed by the apology if it came immediately after the incident and not as a result of the officer being threatened with a lawsuit and/or being fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkantor Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I'd be more impressed if the officer were fired and jailed for misuse of power, and the photographer got a few hundred thousand in damages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_henderson Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 "I'd be more impressed if the officer were fired and jailed for misuse of power, and the photographer got a few hundred thousand in damages." Agreed, but never mind the damages. Until we learn to come down really hard on people who are paid to uphold the law and abuse it - and the senior officers who protect them and brush issues like this under the carpet - there can be no blanket trust in the police. This guy's management structure should want to fire him and secure his conviction, not broker an easy settlement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_motskin Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I think the photographer should have gone all the way and sued the police. The case is clear cut. There is no crime scene, no photographer's interference in police work. This officer, Farook, should lose his badge and go to jail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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