Actually, it looked like he did not have probable cause or consent to search her. If he thought he saw something, he should have followed proper protocol. Instead he used intimidation and grabby hands, neither of which are proper.

Uh, which video are you watching? If there is no probably cause, the officer has no legal standing to touch her in any way. By “tap” her “pocket” you mean surreptitiously cop a feel, then yeah, you’re right. On clothes that tight, what could he possibly hope to find in a pocket that he couldn’t otherwise see?

He went…

I think the attitude of “Close Ranks, Say Nothing” is roughly equivalent of “No Snitches.” If you are no better than the gangs you police, how are you keeping the citizens safe? Even if ALL the other cops were good cops, the show that the union puts on of defending every last crooked/asshole/entitled cop is what makes…

Those cops are all patently guilty of felony assault and kidnapping. If DAs were genuinely tough on crime rather than members of the same gang as the criminals caught on tape here, they’d be rushing to put guys like these behind bars. It’s not just that they’ve committed an obvious crime, it’s that they’ve used the…

0:36 seconds he reaches into her pocket without her consent.

It's hilarious you're right. The scary thing is that some people will STILL defend him.

I never thought I’d reach a point where I was comforted knowing there are cameras everywhere.

Exactly. Even if you’re very calm when you reiterate your rights, they can be so quick to anger that it doesn’t even matter how you say it/comport yourself. It’s a losing game. If one more person posts some dumb “If you don’t want to get arrested/harassed by cops, don’t do anything illegal” shit on fb, I think I might…

And the cameras on them keep getting better and better, bitches.

This kind of shit has to be instant termination for the cop involved. It’s the only way we are ever going to get progress. Because currently, we as citizens are paying for the legal defense and salary of a cop that 1) unconstitutionally seized a phone being used to record potential misconduct; 2) unconstitutionally…

Given the recent events, he actually was pretty lucky he didn’t get shot 8 times and was then handcuffed.

His suit asserts that the department has a “de facto policy” of “making retaliatory arrests against people who lawfully photograph, document or record police activity.”

Knowing your rights doesn’t really help if they still seem to be able to arrest you regardless.

this sentence should be hyperbolic, but it isn’t. it’s just the straight up fucking truth.

Yeah, it’s pretty damn funny that he neglected to think about that. You done been caught, gropey asshole!

And yet that dumb dumb is filmed on three different cameras. I have to laugh at these cops that freak at cell phone video. Cameras are ALL OVER!!!

So this cop decides to abuse his power to poke at/harass a girl because he feels like it, her friend tries to legally film this behavior to get him to stop, three(!) cops attack him.

According to NBC 4, dozens of New Yorkers filed complaints last year charging that NYPD officers physically lashed out at citizens for attempting to film police confrontation, despite the fact that it is fully legal to film the police.

Looks like sexual assault in progress on the part of the cop. Total BS.

So let me get this straight...