The camera man is at the back of the van putting his stuff into the back when he sees the cop coming back and starts video taping again.
Wow! That is a truly warped perception. "starts video taping again." He never stopped video taping!
This was on another forum, honestly no cop on there, and there are alot stood up for this "cop", so tell me, since I don't know, what is the correct way the cop should of handled this?
There is maybe a better way to handle it, by being more verbal in his demands for the camera man to leave. Of course, if the cop used loud verbal commands then everybody would say the cop was being a jerk so he can't win either way. The cop told the camera man to leave. The camera man refused. The cop told the camera man where to go. The camera man refused again, staying where he was, yelling smart comments. This in itself tells me the camera man had no intention of leaving until he was ready.
The cop tells the camera man to put he camera down, the camera man verbally refuses! The cop effects the arrest. Any "cop" who would say the cop was wrong for making that arrest in my opinion is short sighted and in my opinion has not looked at the facts, but has been swayed by what has been said.
The only cops I have to go on are the two who have spoken up on this forum. Both, food critic and I have said the cop should have been more verbal, but neither have disagreed with the cops decision to take this guy down.
Pretty smart some of these cops are going after members of the media like they do with cameras rolling.
Just shows me cops are honest and act in accordance with their policies and procedures despite cameras rolling. We have nothing to hide!
