Woman arrested for filming a traffic stop in front of her house

[jaycee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ZkFZkejv8&feature=player_embedded

[jaycee]

Now the cops are targeting the woman's supporters:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110624/NEWS01/110624016/Emily-Good-supporters-say-they-were-targeted-by-police?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home

Supporters of Emily Good, the woman arrested while videotaping police during a traffic stop, maintain that city police targeted a Thursday meeting of theirs with selective ticketing.

A video from outside the Thursday evening meeting on Clarissa Street shows police using a ruler to determine whether cars were illegally parked too far from the curb.

“I want the people of Rochester to see this is where their hard-earned taxpayer money is going,” said Davey Vara, a Rochester resident who was ticketed for parking more than a foot from the curb and videotaped the episode.

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[mouse]

She was filming a suspicious detainment and search of an innocent young black man. The police were accusing him of being in a gang, and of having drugs. As soon as they noticed Emily Good filming their suspicious acts, they went after her (and released the man with no charges). She backed up into her yard but they came after her. The cop stated, for benefit of her recording, that she said something to him before she began filming. Witnesses attest to the fact that she said nothing. She just began filming. After the cop started intimidating her, she did tell him that she had a right to film & to stand in her yard. They handcuffed her in her own front yard & put her in jail. Someone had to bail her out. The only crime that was committed was on the part of the police dept. Yesterday (Monday 6/27/11) the District Attorney withdrew the unlawful charges, & the judge dismissed the case. The Chief of Police in Rochester is calling for an investigation into the cops' behavior, both on the night of Emily's unlawful arrest, & on the day people met in support of her, & the cops went around with a pink ruler & ticketed their cars for being barely over 12 inches from the curb (on a very wide, lightly traveled street).

A joint statement issued by Mayor Tom Richards, City Council President Lovely Warren and Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard says they support the decision of the District Attorney’s Office to dismiss the charges against Good.

WE HAVE A RIGHT TO FILM PUBLIC SERVANTS PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES IN PUBLIC.

One loss for the Police State.
Liberty and Freedom win! 

[Monkeypox]

When exactly did the Police in the USA stop protecting citizens and start treating them like slaves?

[Paranoid Puppet Master]

Break-in at Emily Good's home an oddity
9:09 AM, Jun. 28, 2011  |  102Comments

While Emily Good visited the library on Thursday afternoon, someone broke into her home and stole the very iPod she had used to make the controversial videotape of a police stop, Good said Monday.

After court and the dismissal of the criminal charge against her Monday, Good revealed that her home was broken into during an hour-long period while she visited the library.

The thieves also stole money, Good said, but other items — such as her roommates' laptops, which were in plain view — were left. She said she thinks someone was watching the house because they knew when she was not there.

She did file a police report, Good said.


"The police took 25 minutes to come," she said. "They showed up with seven officers."

more:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110628/NEWS01/106280327/1002/NEWS

[mouse]

So someone watched her house with the intention of stealing that iPod. They kicked in the door to get in.
Hmmm...who likes to kick in doors? Who wanted that iPod? Who was pissed off & wanted to teach her a lesson?
Who was not interested in stealing anything else? (like an average thief would be)
Something smells like more police thuggery. I'm sure nothing will ever be proven. What a corrupt police dept that is in Rochester.
Emily is a brave woman.

[Paranoid Puppet Master]

How much do you want to bet that when she sues them for arresting her, the lawyer for the police uses this as an example of how she thinks the police are doing a great job, or she wouldn't have called them after the mysterious break-in.