AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer

[destey]

If you have it out and using it, absolutely.

They should be checked at the door because you cannot tell if someone is recording. Obviously they'll be concealing it. I wonder sometimes if people think before they post

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Do you bring cellphones into the theater? Maybe you should be harassed and interrogated.

If you leave your cell phone on so that it can ring during the movie and disturb other people, then yes, you should be harassed and interrogated <g>.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

He waived them. You cannot waive your rights and then say they were violated.

What do you mean when you say that he "waived them"? Are you saying that he was free to leave the FBI's custody with his property the entire time?

 

[Vaux]

If you leave your cell phone on so that it can ring during the movie and disturb other people, then yes, you should be harassed and interrogated <g>.

And possibly even shot.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Ok, just looked up how the Homeland Security aspect fits in and discovered that apparently intellectual property and cultural crimes are considered a threat to the 'homeland'.

Action-packed movies is one of the few items that we have to export to other countries, so it's important to protect that intellectual property.

 

[rudeguy]

What do you mean when you say that he "waived them"? Are you saying that he was free to leave the FBI's custody with his property the entire time?

He answered their questions, gave them permission to search him and his property and never asked if he was free to go. The courts have been very clear that unless you invoke your rights, its assumed you waive them.

 

[HumblePie]

What do you mean when you say that he "waived them"? Are you saying that he was free to leave the FBI's custody with his property the entire time?

As rudeguy said, yes.

Unless they have a warrant they can not seize his property or detain him. All the guy had to do was say, "No, I am not pirating anything. If you have any more questions I can direct you to my legal counsel. Can I please have my property back? Now am I free to go?"

Without a warrant they would by law be forced to let him go. If they refused to return his property, he would have them huge for a civil suit for a rights violation. But he didn't. He scared like a rabbit and then complained of "gestapo" tactics which they weren't once he basically consented to letting them search his stuff.

This is why you never talk to cops beyond the friendly polite phrases of thanking them for their work, telling them you have done nothing wrong, asking what they are investigating, and asking if you are free to go or asking them to speak with your lawyer. It's the civilian equivalent of name/serial number answers only.

 

[Wreckem]

Ok, just looked up how the Homeland Security aspect fits in and discovered that apparently intellectual property and cultural crimes are considered a threat to the 'homeland'.

Slowly but surely the world becomes ever more corporatized.

ICE(and formerly US Customs Service) were responsible for this before DHS was ever created.