Comments on: Can’t We All Just Get Along? http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Keith Skinner http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-106 Keith Skinner Wed, 14 May 2008 17:28:11 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-106 I am a freelance who has been directly effected by abuse from Law Enforcement. I'm not speaking of just moving me from one side of the street, an all out assault on my right to gather images to support a story. In my case I shot a legal image from a legal vantage point with no officer around. Once the image was sold and used on a website that was speaking out about the rampant corruption I was targeted to be harassed to the point of slander. My Federal Civil Rights Bench Trial is set for Sept 08 and I can promise it will be explosive, the very thing these "officers" were trying to silence will now be on display for a Federal Judge in open court and entered into evidence as part of the "public record". Deputy Danny Acree with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office told me: "We were assigned a task that task led us to you. We were informed that you were out taking pictures of cops and you know we don't take too kindly of that" This was said during an illegal two hour interrogation, after all when someone invokes their right to a lawyer the questioning should have ceased at that point. Where does this abuse of rights end, if we as professionals do not take a stand? I am a freelance who has been directly effected by abuse from Law Enforcement. I’m not speaking of just moving me from one side of the street, an all out assault on my right to gather images to support a story. In my case I shot a legal image from a legal vantage point with no officer around. Once the image was sold and used on a website that was speaking out about the rampant corruption I was targeted to be harassed to the point of slander.

My Federal Civil Rights Bench Trial is set for Sept 08 and I can promise it will be explosive, the very thing these “officers” were trying to silence will now be on display for a Federal Judge in open court and entered into evidence as part of the “public record”.

Deputy Danny Acree with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office told me:
“We were assigned a task that task led us to you. We were informed that you were out taking pictures of cops and you know we don’t take too kindly of that” This was said during an illegal two hour interrogation, after all when someone invokes their right to a lawyer the questioning should have ceased at that point.

Where does this abuse of rights end, if we as professionals do not take a stand?

]]> By: Anonymous http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-63 Anonymous Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:01:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-63 did anyone clearly notice, jeff did go to the other side of the street when asked. he called someone who contacted the miami dade school police. someone who works at 10 was told jeff could go on the sidewalk. he never made it. he was arrested in the crosswalk!<br/> amazing, actually, it's scary. did anyone clearly notice, jeff did go to the other side of the street when asked. he called someone who contacted the miami dade school police. someone who works at 10 was told jeff could go on the sidewalk. he never made it. he was arrested in the crosswalk!
amazing, actually, it’s scary.

]]> By: Anonymous http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-62 Anonymous Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:56:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-62 I commend Jeff for standing up for his constitutional rights. That officer was out of line and obviously doesn't know what his job is. He needs to get schooled and his superiors should get reemed for it. But hey, this is what we get for hiring cops with only High School educations. Ignorant power mongols. I commend Jeff for standing up for his constitutional rights. That officer was out of line and obviously doesn’t know what his job is. He needs to get schooled and his superiors should get reemed for it. But hey, this is what we get for hiring cops with only High School educations. Ignorant power mongols.

]]> By: Jorge http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-61 Jorge Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:40:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-61 File a complaint? hahaha, don't make me laugh, please. Those go right into the garbage bin and will only earn you further scrutiny from the gentlemen you are complaining about. At least this way, he has it all on film and can get the matter settled in front of a court of law. I bet the prosecutor chickens out and throws the case out before it gets anywhere though. File a complaint? hahaha, don’t make me laugh, please. Those go right into the garbage bin and will only earn you further scrutiny from the gentlemen you are complaining about. At least this way, he has it all on film and can get the matter settled in front of a court of law. I bet the prosecutor chickens out and throws the case out before it gets anywhere though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-60 Anonymous Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:05:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-60 This is a sign of a much bigger problem in South Florida. It raises the bigger question of who owns who?? Who are the police really protecting?? It seems very clear that the police are oblivious to the first ammendment of the CONSTITUTION. Reporters have the right to report the story, they have the right to give us the news. This is just another sign of how dirty the police departments are. With South Florida crime the way it is, don't the police have something better to do??? This is a sign of a much bigger problem in South Florida. It raises the bigger question of who owns who?? Who are the police really protecting?? It seems very clear that the police are oblivious to the first ammendment of the CONSTITUTION. Reporters have the right to report the story, they have the right to give us the news. This is just another sign of how dirty the police departments are. With South Florida crime the way it is, don’t the police have something better to do???

]]> By: YOPD http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-59 YOPD Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:04:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-59 Too all of those that say the reporter should have just obeyed the officer:<br/><br/>Will you stand up when your rights are being violated by the government, or will you just shrink away and allow your abuser to win, while waiting for someone else to do something about it? The first amendment, folks, the very first amendment, was clearly violated here. Watch the raw footage and see that when arrested, the reporter was in the street, not even on the sidewalk! The only law broken that day might have been jaywalking, but there was no arrest for that!<br/><br/>For any of you that would blindly obey "to stay out of trouble" to call yourselves Americans would be disgusting to me. Have you all really lost your backbone? Your will to live as free citizens? Your desire to be free of the burden and bullying of government thugs? Can't you see the PIO for the school police back-pedaling? Is this what so many have sacrificed, fought and died for, you and everyone to just allow yourself to be pushed around when anyone is clearly within their rights?<br/><br/>SHAME!! Too all of those that say the reporter should have just obeyed the officer:

Will you stand up when your rights are being violated by the government, or will you just shrink away and allow your abuser to win, while waiting for someone else to do something about it? The first amendment, folks, the very first amendment, was clearly violated here. Watch the raw footage and see that when arrested, the reporter was in the street, not even on the sidewalk! The only law broken that day might have been jaywalking, but there was no arrest for that!

For any of you that would blindly obey “to stay out of trouble” to call yourselves Americans would be disgusting to me. Have you all really lost your backbone? Your will to live as free citizens? Your desire to be free of the burden and bullying of government thugs? Can’t you see the PIO for the school police back-pedaling? Is this what so many have sacrificed, fought and died for, you and everyone to just allow yourself to be pushed around when anyone is clearly within their rights?

SHAME!!

]]> By: JL Rich again http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-58 JL Rich again Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:59:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-58 Come on PostNews, why suspend the "GO Getter" for being concerned about his safety, et al; knowing that if he sought permission he'd probably be laughed at and sent to cover a serial killer. I hope it's suspension WITH PAY. Jeff, let's go to the casino and maybe we'll get mugged. Come on PostNews, why suspend the “GO Getter” for being concerned about his safety, et al; knowing that if he sought permission he’d probably be laughed at and sent to cover a serial killer. I hope it’s suspension WITH PAY. Jeff, let’s go to the casino and maybe we’ll get mugged.

]]> By: Kevin Fields http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-57 Kevin Fields Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:41:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-57 "I don't know what kind of idiot would challenge a cop after being told numerous times to leave an area."<br/> <br/>I do, it is the kind of idiot who knows that the law and the Constitution are 100% on his side. Whether or not this reporter was an idiot for confronting police, knowing he would be arrested, he had every right to be where he was. The police intentionally interfered with his First Amendment rights. <br/> <br/>Hopefully Local 10 will not bury this story, but will continue to report on it time and again until not only the police department and school district apologizes to the reporter and the station, but also to the entire public for the department's breach of authority. “I don’t know what kind of idiot would challenge a cop after being told numerous times to leave an area.”

I do, it is the kind of idiot who knows that the law and the Constitution are 100% on his side. Whether or not this reporter was an idiot for confronting police, knowing he would be arrested, he had every right to be where he was. The police intentionally interfered with his First Amendment rights.

Hopefully Local 10 will not bury this story, but will continue to report on it time and again until not only the police department and school district apologizes to the reporter and the station, but also to the entire public for the department’s breach of authority.

]]> By: Porcupine http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-56 Porcupine Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:38:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-56 The only "crime" this reporter did was "contempt of cop," which, as far the police are concerned, is their first priority.<br/><br/>This reporter was so amazingly courageous to stand up for his rights. Use 'em or lose 'em.<br/><br/>To all the cops on here setting up the blue wall of silence - as usual - you're not fooling anyone. We all know that we have rights and we don't have to follow orders and click our heels whenever some guy with a badge says so. The only “crime” this reporter did was “contempt of cop,” which, as far the police are concerned, is their first priority.

This reporter was so amazingly courageous to stand up for his rights. Use ‘em or lose ‘em.

To all the cops on here setting up the blue wall of silence – as usual – you’re not fooling anyone. We all know that we have rights and we don’t have to follow orders and click our heels whenever some guy with a badge says so.

]]> By: Anonymous http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-55 Anonymous Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:50:00 +0000 http://milbergsmusings.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/cant-we-all-just-get-along/#comment-55 As a police officer, I was embarrassed to see a fellow police officer behaving this way. It looked like the other officers were just following the big guys lead. They did seem to be weary of what he was doing. They just didnt stand up and say this was the wrong thing to be doing. <br/>One other thing. These officers appear to be School Resource Officers. SRO's are generally directed by the School District as to what laws the School District wants enforced. I've seen school districts prevent SRO's from reporting Sexual Assaults if it appears the assault may have occured on a campus. This may be another situation where the school district, which doesn't know the law, directed the officer to send the reporter across the street. As a police officer, I was embarrassed to see a fellow police officer behaving this way. It looked like the other officers were just following the big guys lead. They did seem to be weary of what he was doing. They just didnt stand up and say this was the wrong thing to be doing.
One other thing. These officers appear to be School Resource Officers. SRO’s are generally directed by the School District as to what laws the School District wants enforced. I’ve seen school districts prevent SRO’s from reporting Sexual Assaults if it appears the assault may have occured on a campus. This may be another situation where the school district, which doesn’t know the law, directed the officer to send the reporter across the street.

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