Teen arrested for taking picture from his backyard of police officers on the street
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hvp05
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That, in of itself, doesn't make sense to me either. Simply taking a picture of an officer, or group thereof? What if an officer is walking down the street?
Now, the part about "impeding an investigation" I can fathom, because the police may not want the suspect's identity to be released yet. Especially since this is a drug case and they may want this dealer as an informant.
:shrug:
sounds like 
to me...
interesting how the American criminal liberties union takes advantage of the fact that police will not comment in detail on an ongoing investigation.
The cops said the guy was off his property. My guess is he was in the street, in the way, and they told him to beat it. When he didn't, he got locked up...
to me...interesting how the American criminal liberties union takes advantage of the fact that police will not comment in detail on an ongoing investigation.
The cops said the guy was off his property. My guess is he was in the street, in the way, and they told him to beat it. When he didn't, he got locked up...
Otter
Nothing to see here
beavis said:sounds like
interesting how the American criminal liberties union takes advantage of the fact that police will not comment in detail on an ongoing investigation.
The cops said the guy was off his property. My guess is he was in the street, in the way, and they told him to beat it. When he didn't, he got locked up...
Doubtful..Police do as they want to do, seen it way too many times.
Ponytail
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Philadelphia has been a hotbed for quite sometime. There is a rule on the street against narks. If you see a crime, and you give the police any info, you are a target.
Philly Police have also been targets of police brutality reports, thanks to "innocent bystanders" with cameras. Cameras never tell whole story. I'm not saying that police brutality never happens. But in Philly, the Police Dept is fighting an uphill battle against crime and folks with cameras inhibit their abilty to prosecute especially if a police brutality or similar disruptive charge is filed.
What's to stop Cruz from sending that photo on to the home owner or other possible drug suspects involved with that house? The police don't know what he's doing with that photo. If that photo was of any decent quality and any of the poilce officers could have been identified, they would have been at serious risk in the future as "targets".
The fact that he was released without being charged after only being in custody for an hour leads me to believe that the police officers acted as they felt necessary to protect themselves, and the individual taking the photo, given the situation. They questioned him, saw that the photo had not been sent anywhere, probably deleted it and sent him on his way. Had he not been a Senior at Penn State, and just another convenience store cashier or something, he'd probably still be in custody.
The idiot should have realized what danger he was putting himself and family into, by taking that photo. You can't live across from a drug dealer in those neighborhoods and not know it. You don't take a picture of any activity if you don't want to get involved somehow.
Philly Police have also been targets of police brutality reports, thanks to "innocent bystanders" with cameras. Cameras never tell whole story. I'm not saying that police brutality never happens. But in Philly, the Police Dept is fighting an uphill battle against crime and folks with cameras inhibit their abilty to prosecute especially if a police brutality or similar disruptive charge is filed.
What's to stop Cruz from sending that photo on to the home owner or other possible drug suspects involved with that house? The police don't know what he's doing with that photo. If that photo was of any decent quality and any of the poilce officers could have been identified, they would have been at serious risk in the future as "targets".
The fact that he was released without being charged after only being in custody for an hour leads me to believe that the police officers acted as they felt necessary to protect themselves, and the individual taking the photo, given the situation. They questioned him, saw that the photo had not been sent anywhere, probably deleted it and sent him on his way. Had he not been a Senior at Penn State, and just another convenience store cashier or something, he'd probably still be in custody.
The idiot should have realized what danger he was putting himself and family into, by taking that photo. You can't live across from a drug dealer in those neighborhoods and not know it. You don't take a picture of any activity if you don't want to get involved somehow.
Ponytail said:
Like the commotion of multiple police cars wouldn't have tipped anyone off, it is what brought the young man out of his house in the first place so it wasn't like it was a covert operation. And if they are undercover type cops they would have concealed their identities prior to deploying at the scene so the targeting theory doesn't wash either. This was simply thuggish behavior by the cops, no wonder they are being investigated for brutality.