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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 04:49 AM Feb 2014

Indianapolis cops must allow themselves to be filmed in public after $200,000 settlement

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/27/indianapolis-cops-must-allow-themselves-to-be-filmed-in-public-after-200000-settlement/



Indianapolis cops must allow themselves to be filmed in public after $200,000 settlement
By Arturo Garcia
Thursday, February 27, 2014 18:43 EST

Police in Indianapolis will now be required to allow members of the public to film them while they are performing their duties, as part of a settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit against them, the Indiana Lawyer reported on Thursday.

The settlement also awards $200,000 to Willie King, who accused police of false arrest and malicious prosecution after forcefully arresting him during a February 2011 encounter. At the time, King was filming police with his phone from a neighbor’s front porch after spotting them handcuffing another man.

An officer then ordered King to hand the phone over. When King refused, the officer tackled him to the ground and confiscated his phone. King was arrested and charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

“Willie King was wronged when the officers stopped his videotaping and took away his cellphone,” King’s attorney, Richard Waples, was quoted as saying. “We want to make sure that in the future police officers understand that people have the right to video record their actions.”
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Indianapolis cops must allow themselves to be filmed in public after $200,000 settlement (Original Post) unhappycamper Feb 2014 OP
havent checked yet INdemo Feb 2014 #1
I just checked. nada. they do however have an article littlewolf Feb 2014 #4
Why would a person ever need "permission" to video record such an event? Owl Feb 2014 #2
this is great news ... shine a light and watch the cockroaches run. nt littlewolf Feb 2014 #3

littlewolf

(3,813 posts)
4. I just checked. nada. they do however have an article
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 07:50 AM
Feb 2014

that the indiana state police spent almost 400,000 dollars on a device that
can track cell phones.

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