Cop Arrests Journalist

[Gizmo]

I don't know if any of you guys have seen this, but it's news here in El Paso and know it's making national headlines. Below the video is the link to the story on what happened.

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http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_12187667

[phillyfan23]

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oink oink

[baumy300]

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oink oink

This thread isn't about your girlfriend. Stay on topic.

[ChubbyBanana]

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Seems to me like the Sergeant was having a bad day, and made a bad decision.

Either way the cameraman followed rule 101 and kept rolling the entire time, even when the cop slammed his nice camera to the ground and placed him into custody even when he was walking to his truck to leave.

I've been in these situations before. Usually both parties can come to an agreement to leave or ease up on the "Bad Cop Attitude."

Sometimes though in extreme circumstances when you're rights are being completely violated you feel that you have to push it to the level that it reached here.

[bsb13]

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I see fault on both sides. When a cop ask you to leave, just leave without giving lip about "he can shoot if he wants too" and crap like that. I do think the cop was probably in an ill mood and went a little overboard though.

[phillyfan23]

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This thread isn't about your girlfriend. Stay on topic.

not nice to talk about your mother like that......

kids these days

[bsb13]

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Here we go

[deaduck]

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So hard to get the full story from the vid/news but looks like the TV guy was not helping the traffic back up. Cop said move.

And somewhere in journalism school this guy got the right to free speech confused with the right to do anything I want to.

After that, everybody gets trapped playing their roles out to the fullest.

[J0nnD0ugh]

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I agree both sides are at fault. Reporter shouldn't be interferring while an investigation is going on. Wait your turn. Then he mouthed off to the officer.

Cop looked like he had a bad day & his temper was on a hair trigger. I don't think he was wrong to arrest the reporter. The article says the Sgt's superior says he should have arrested all bystanders @ the scene if he was going to arrest one guy. But it looks like the bystanders were just watching. It was only the reporter who was getting in the way, talking to people involved.

I'd place most blame on the reporter. But the officer should have more control of his temper. I don't want people w/guns to not have control of their emotions.

[ChubbyBanana]

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I see fault on both sides. When a cop ask you to leave, just leave without giving lip about "he can shoot if he wants too" and crap like that. I do think the cop was probably in an ill mood and went a little overboard though.

I agree that in about 99.9% of situations like this as a journalist it's best to just listen to what the police say. Most of the time if you just move half a block down the street and shoot video from there no one will give you any more problems.

Seems there was another complaint filed against the Sergeant that scene:

http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=10224525

In a candid interview, El Paso Police Department Chief Greg Allen said that video of a police sergeant detaining an ABC-7 news crew is enough to prove that the sergeant behaved inappropriately. Allen described the images as "disturbing.

[Gizmo]

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I agree that in about 99.9% of situations like this as a journalist it's best to just listen to what the police say. Most of the time if you just move half a block down the street and shoot video from there no one will give you any more problems.

Seems there was another complaint filed against the Sergeant that scene:

http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=10224525

Yeah this cop has a long history of complaints and things don't look so good for him. And on top of it, my dad went to school with him and he told me he was cocky and still is. This cop deserves whatever they should do to him.

[RubenDouglas]

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I agree both sides are at fault. Reporter shouldn't be interferring while an investigation is going on. Wait your turn. Then he mouthed off to the officer.

Cop looked like he had a bad day & his temper was on a hair trigger. I don't think he was wrong to arrest the reporter. The article says the Sgt's superior says he should have arrested all bystanders @ the scene if he was going to arrest one guy. But it looks like the bystanders were just watching. It was only the reporter who was getting in the way, talking to people involved.

I'd place most blame on the reporter. But the officer should have more control of his temper. I don't want people w/guns to not have control of their emotions.

that's just great. a person given the authority to shoot people among other things with temper issues.. its true cops are humans like the rest of us but with his apparent attitude , a shooting and DEATH is not far off his resume. further mental evaluations should within done through the hiring process.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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Is that Ernie from the George Lopez show?

[SuperBowlNachos]

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So hard to get the full story from the vid/news but looks like the TV guy was not helping the traffic back up. Cop said move.

And somewhere in journalism school this guy got the right to free speech confused with the right to do anything I want to.

After that, everybody gets trapped playing their roles out to the fullest.

He has every right to be filming on the side of the road like he was. If you are on public property you can film or take pictures of anything you want and no body can do anything about it.

[GOD OF LIFE]

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He has every right to be filming on the side of the road like he was. If you are on public property you can film or take pictures of anything you want and no body can do anything about it.

not so fast he wasnt jus filmin they were interviewing the victims man, the police suppose to do that man