San Francisco Cop Attacks Man for Recording, Jails him Overnight on No Charges

rudeguy · Dec 10, 2014

TL;DR: Guy asks cop for his name after cop kicks him out of airport for no reason. Guy offers to shake cop's hand, cop refuses. Guy tells the cop he is a "real standup individual" and the cop tackles him, breaks his iPad and MacBook, jails him overnight with no charges.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6JYGNg2oo

This guy was just standing in line to go home. He did nothing wrong.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2014/12/san-francisco-cop-attacks-man/

glenn1 · Dec 10, 2014

Going to take a SWAG and say this might be related to counter-terrorism efforts. Taking photos or video at airports and other high-profile locations like that is a highly inadvisable hobby in today's post-9/11, PATRIOT Act world.

rudeguy · Dec 10, 2014

glenn1 said:
Going to take a SWAG and say this might be related to counter-terrorism efforts. Taking photos or video at airports and other high-profile locations like that is a highly inadvisable hobby in today's post-9/11, PATRIOT Act world.

However, it is completely legal.

The PATRIOT Act has nothing to do with this.

Mai72 · Dec 10, 2014

Thank god for smartphone cameras.

The police need to be on their guard, or else they will get caught redhanded. Hope the victim sues and gets compensated.

More taxpayer money wasted.

dmcowen674 · Dec 10, 2014

rudeguy said:
San Francisco Cop Attacks Man for Recording, Jails him Overnight on No Charges

Motion number 1,385 to rename P&N to Police Out of Control

MrPickins · Dec 10, 2014

He shouldn't have been walking away so aggressively!

Pipeline 1010 · Dec 10, 2014

MrPickins said:
He shouldn't have been walking away so aggressively!

Remember, the Earth is round. Walking directly away from someone is technically also walking toward them.

MrPickins · Dec 10, 2014

Pipeline 1010 said:
Remember, the Earth is round. Walking directly away from someone is technically also walking toward them.

Hell, in that case, he's lucky he didn't get shot!

Tweak155 · Dec 10, 2014

Dang I was expecting the guy to be a real douche and deserve it, but I can't say I blame the guy in this case. Sure, it was probably somewhat annoying for the cop, but the cop went wayyyy overboard.

Raizinman · Dec 10, 2014

Just goes to show that ANY interaction with the police can lead to a beating and/or death.

Best not to interact with the police unless you want a beating or death. Very simple.

rudeguy · Dec 10, 2014

Raizinman said:
Just goes to show that ANY interaction with the police can lead to a beating and/or death.

Best not to interact with the police unless you want a beating or death. Very simple.

The guy didn't want to interact with the cop. The cop kicked him out of the airport for no reason. The guy wanted to get the cop's name in case he needed it later on.

Tweak155 · Dec 10, 2014

Raizinman said:
Just goes to show that ANY interaction with the police can lead to a beating and/or death.

Best not to interact with the police unless you want a beating or death. Very simple.

Lmao.

Kadarin · Dec 10, 2014

Tweak155 said:
Lmao.

It's really not that funny.

xBiffx · Dec 10, 2014

The man was ordered to leave the airport. The cop didn't need anymore reason to arrest him after he failed to comply. The guy is a moron for coming back and then even stupider for walking up to the cop who ordered him to leave. Why did this guy even walk up to that cop while recording? He expected something to happen and something happened. Pretty silly.

To be sure, the cop was being a dick, however.

The only question I really had about the story, is what police department was 40 miles away? That doesn't seem correct.

piasabird · Dec 10, 2014

Sounds like he was harassing a police officer in the performance of his duty.

maddogchen · Dec 10, 2014

xBiffx said:
The only question I really had about the story, is what police department was 40 miles away? That doesn't seem correct.

I see SFPD driving people to the main jail in Redwood City which is about 40 miles south of SF. So that is correct.

BoberFett · Dec 10, 2014

xBiffx said:
The man was ordered to leave the airport. The cop didn't need anymore reason to arrest him after he failed to comply. The guy is a moron for coming back and then even stupider for walking up to the cop who ordered him to leave. Why did this guy even walk up to that cop while recording? He expected something to happen and something happened. Pretty silly.

To be sure, the cop was being a dick, however.

The only question I really had about the story, is what police department was 40 miles away? That doesn't seem correct.

We always here about "obey a lawful order", you seem to be implying that we should be obeying an unlawful order too. Why was this getting kicked out of the airport? Being a cop doesn't give you a right to do anything you want, but cops don't seem to see it that way, bunch of roid freak power tripping assholes.

piasabird · Dec 10, 2014

In certain parts of the airport homeland security doesn't allow for this kind of radical behavior.

BoberFett · Dec 10, 2014

piasabird said:
Sounds like he was harassing a police officer in the performance of his duty.

Sounds like the pig was harassing a law abiding citizen just going about his business.

piasabird · Dec 10, 2014

He should have left him in jail for up to 72 hours.

Zargon · Dec 10, 2014

xBiffx said:
The man was ordered to leave the airport. The cop didn't need anymore reason to arrest him after he failed to comply. The guy is a moron for coming back and then even stupider for walking up to the cop who ordered him to leave. Why did this guy even walk up to that cop while recording? He expected something to happen and something happened. Pretty silly.

To be sure, the cop was being a dick, however.

The only question I really had about the story, is what police department was 40 miles away? That doesn't seem correct.

getting the name and badge # is a good idea.

asking an officer for that information is generally not considered an arrestable offense.

xBiffx · Dec 10, 2014

maddogchen said:
I see SFPD driving people to the main jail in Redwood City which is about 40 miles south of SF. So that is correct.

That's the jail for San Mateo county right? Why wouldn't they go to the one located in San Fran? That seems rather stupid, especially since these guys are likely San Fran cops and not sheriffs.

I'm not saying you aren't correct, you probably are since SFO is in San Mateo county. Anyways, thanks for pointing that out.

xBiffx · Dec 10, 2014

Zargon said:
getting the name and badge # is a good idea.

asking an officer for that information is generally not considered an arrestable offense.

It is arrestable when you not complying with their order to leave by doing so. If he wanted that info, he should have gotten it on the original encounter. Just because he forgot or thought about it later does not give him the right to fail to comply with a lawful order by police.

rudeguy · Dec 10, 2014

piasabird said:
In certain parts of the airport homeland security doesn't allow for this kind of radical behavior.

Please show any proof to your statement.

Here is proof that you are 100% wrong:

http://www.tsa.gov/pressroom-channel/photographyfilming

TSA does not prohibit the public, passengers or press from photographing, videotaping or filming at security checkpoints

Do you people ever not just talk out of your asses?

bradley · Dec 10, 2014

More proof that one shouldn't interact with any law enforcement official, period. They simply should not exist in your purview.

And when LEOs do unreasonably impose themselves upon you, be sure to fully comply (pretend they are an alleged serial rapist like Bill Cosby) and pray they dismount you asap.

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