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Not. The. Onion.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/video-family-assaulted-cops-suspicion-breast-feeding-dad-arrested-reason/
When the video begins, Prophitt is understandably aggravated by the stop and he was unafraid of voicing this emotion. As a deputy attempts to cite the couple for the non-existent breast feeding violation, Prophitt becomes even more upset....
At this point, the deputy then grabs the woman and forces her to the other side of the vehicle. He then begins to threaten her with arrest too....
When they ask why Prophitt is being arrested, the deputy asserts his authority, claiming that he is responsible for regulating how people should act in public. Theres a certain way to act in public my friend, and that is not it, spouts the deputy.
Wonder if they were on their way to Olive Garden?
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Harris also said that all three deputies testified that their dashcams were not working at the time.
Three patrol cars. Three dashcams. Not a single one working.
They also claimed the surveillance from the gas station was not working either, a video Harris tried to obtain the day after his arrest, only to be told he had to go through corporate, who, in turn, told him he needed to get a court order.
The employees at the Dash In also told him Charles County deputies had already obtained the footage, apparently not having to go through such hurdles.
https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2015/10/maryland-deputies-arrest-man-before-confiscating-girlfriends-phone-for-recording/
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Plus destruction of private property: The video that was on the Smartphone.
Rex
(65,616 posts)It is when you have to encounter the police state, it is not if you hide and never ask for help.
StandingInLeftField
(972 posts)but I've been drinking.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)you have to PROVE that you're even dumber than a Repig politician to be hired by any police agency these days. And that thought makes the mind shrivel.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)And why in the Hell is it a crime?
that's the whole point of this story. The oinker made up a fake crime in order to harass two (likely African American) people.
LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)When people do things that harm their health, execution is the only solution.