Police using selective enforcement of law to harass supporters of woman arrested for filming police

TalkingDog

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Fri Jun-24-11 01:34 PM
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Police using selective enforcement of law to harass supporters of woman arrested for filming police

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/24/rochester-police-use.html

A followup on Emily Good, the woman who was arrested for video-recording a police stop from her front yard: during a neighborhood meeting in support of Ms Good, Rochester Police came out with a ruler and measured the parking-distance of the attendees' cars. Cars that were more than 12 inches from the curb (even by half an inch) were ticketed. Needless to say, the 12 inch ordinance isn't normally enforced with this kind of vigor.

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MineralMan

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Fri Jun-24-11 01:36 PM
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1. Oh, for pete's sake.

How juvenile of those cops. Morons!

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zeemike

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Fri Jun-24-11 01:56 PM
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6. Not as dumb as you think.

they are sending the message here....you fuck with us and we will come down on you...and here is a ticket as an example of what we can and will do.
And next time people will be afraid....which is the whole point.

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truebrit71

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Fri Jun-24-11 01:39 PM
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2. I'll bet that's the first time those polite, intelligent gentlemen have measured anything that's 12"

...:evilgrin:

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EOTE

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Fri Jun-24-11 01:45 PM
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3. Turn about is fair play, pigs.

I can't wait until this video goes viral too and finally these awful pigs can start receiving some of what they've been dishing out. I hope these fucks are haunted by this for years to come.

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ZombieHorde

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Fri Jun-24-11 01:49 PM
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4. Seems like the department is filled with bullies and/or bully enablers.

If those in charge were not cool with the bullying, they would stop it.

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TalkingDog

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Fri Jun-24-11 01:52 PM
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5. City of Rochester Conact Web Page. Drop them a line, I'm sure they'd love to hear from you.

http://www.cityofrochester.gov/contactus/

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Imagevision

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Fri Jun-24-11 01:59 PM
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7. I'm truly surprised the cops didn't use mace...

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L0oniX

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Fri Jun-24-11 02:06 PM
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8. Control freaks and wife beaters.

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starroute

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Fri Jun-24-11 02:13 PM
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9. Where are Anonymous, LulzSec, and associates when you need them

Now that they've done Arizona, they might turn a little of that attention to the Rochester PD.

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toddwv

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Fri Jun-24-11 03:10 PM
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10. If they have 4 patrol cars out to measure and ticket parked cars...

I'd say that their department is a bit overstaffed.

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Downtown Hound

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Fri Jun-24-11 08:20 PM
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11. What cracks me up is that cops are always complaining that people don't respect them

Gee, why would that be, piggies?

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