Infernal Affairs or GBIB Part Three

This Wednesday I was approached by Lt. Boldizar of the SRPD regarding my Friday run-in. He was quite cordial & not a prick like some of his co-workers. Apparently someone made an anonymous call about my complaint, no idea if that is true but feel free to watch the action. Wonder if they listened in on their own mics? Which would be a case of CYA. This time the A620 got fired up right away, no mistakes this time. My favorite part is "privacy issues on a public street", thought the courts solved that issue but maybe I was wrong. Anyway I'll be in with my legal representative soon. My research shows that complaints & the out come are public record.

I just like to thank everyone that left a message, comment or an email on these issues. And thanks to who ever posted a link on carlosmiller.com. I'm getting mad hits & so you know, not one negative one to date. Once something gets going I'll leave responses, don't want to blow my plans by posting just yet. Now back to my paperwork, peace and watch this. Like it & share it!

Gang Bangers In Blue, Part Two

While out & about today, I once again had the pleasure of interacting with the South River Police Dept. This time it was only 3 cops that do not understand my first amendment rights. Apparently walking around a "High Crime Area" with cameras is a detainable excuse. One in which if you refuse to ID, you will go to jail & talk to the judge for obstruction.
So let me fill you in on my first minute or two with Officer Mario Pinto #54. He pulled up as I was walking down the street and said " What are you doing? I want to talk to you". Before I could ask if I was being detained, he said" Let me see your ID or you're going to jail for obstruction and you can tell it to a judge". I was then escorted to the cruiser and he rifled through my pockets looking for an ID. At this point I turned on my camera and started to record. Officer Chris Monek #21 (sp?) then showed up along with Sgt. Gartner #16. And you can see the fun here.

 

I was not on my liberty game today and didn't feel like challenging the obstruction idea, also I made a few mistakes by talking about complaint & info requests. Around here if one gets arrested on a Friday they usually have to wait in the "clink" till around Monday or Tuesday due to MLK day on Monday. Did you notice the part that Pinto asked Monek to make sure I was not recording? I did misquote the request from the DOJ to the judge, it was, if an Officer interferes & seizes a recording device without a warrant that would be unconstitutional. Read about it here.
Anyway if the SRPD thinks they can bully me into not photographing around town, they are mistaken. It has made me want to flex my rights even more and I found some interesting things about Officer Monek.
UPDATE: My inquisitive nature decided to check PTL. Pinto's claim that I was in a high crime rate area. This screen shot is from City Data and in my opinion he is full of it as you can see not much goes on around here.

SR Crime Rate