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In all these videos, I see entitled live streamers who think it's the duty of the police to answer every silly question they ask. Borderline harassment. Playing

In all these videos, I see entitled live streamers who think it's the duty of the police to answer every silly question they ask. Borderline harassment. Playing copyrighted music doesn't prevent you from recording but it does get the annoying streamers to bugger off so mission accomplished.

xxpor 6y ago
Then write them a ticket. Don't be passive aggressive.
- sevenf0ur 6y ago
  Would you rather the police be aggressive? I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it if someone showed up at your place of work and harassed you for no good reason other than Internet clout.
  - jschwartzi 6y ago
    It's disingenuous to say we, as the public, have no interest in what the police do while discharging their duties. It is a public office, after all. And I think the activities of the police should be scrutinized heavily because they have an incredible amount of power and are accorded a very wide latitude. The police are the only people who can legally shoot you and not be tried. They can arrest you and throw you in jail. They can charge you with crimes, invade your house, and smear your reputation with the public. A police officer with a vendetta can absolutely ruin your life if not outright take it from you. So yes, I think it should be okay for people to video the police going about their business.
    - sevenf0ur 6y ago
      A cop playing a Beatles song in the background does not prevent you from recording. These live streamers are not recording the police to hold them accountable. They antagonize officers who can't do anything about it, then upload that interaction online for monetization.
      - jschwartzi 6y ago
        If that's the case, the cop can arrest them for harassment and use the video as evidence.
      - jawns 6y ago
        > They antagonize officers who can't do anything about it The officers can't do anything about it because it's not illegal to film police officers in public while carrying out their official duties. It's a constitutionally protected activity. Is it at times obnoxious? Sure. (Although in many cases, these videos capture police officers behaving badly, rather than live-streamers behaving badly.) A lot of First Amendment protected activity is irritating to at least some people. Cursing at police is, in general, a First Amendment protected activity, and I don't suspect a lot of officers appreciate that, either. But the entire point of the First Amendment is to protect activity that other people might not like.
        sevenf0ur 6y ago
        Precisely my point. The officers are required to sit there and take verbal abuse. I can't begrudge them for taking out their phone and playing a song. It doesn't hinder your ability to record the police and it gets annoying people to leave.
medium_burrito 6y ago
You could always offer stalking as a service a la William Gibson's "Followr". Police are sick of streamers, hire someone via app to stream the streamer!
toiletfuneral 6y ago
you sound like a massive bootlicker

xxpor 6y ago

Then write them a ticket. Don't be passive aggressive.

sevenf0ur 6y ago
Would you rather the police be aggressive? I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it if someone showed up at your place of work and harassed you for no good reason other than Internet clout.
- jschwartzi 6y ago
  It's disingenuous to say we, as the public, have no interest in what the police do while discharging their duties. It is a public office, after all. And I think the activities of the police should be scrutinized heavily because they have an incredible amount of power and are accorded a very wide latitude. The police are the only people who can legally shoot you and not be tried. They can arrest you and throw you in jail. They can charge you with crimes, invade your house, and smear your reputation with the public. A police officer with a vendetta can absolutely ruin your life if not outright take it from you. So yes, I think it should be okay for people to video the police going about their business.
  - sevenf0ur 6y ago
    A cop playing a Beatles song in the background does not prevent you from recording. These live streamers are not recording the police to hold them accountable. They antagonize officers who can't do anything about it, then upload that interaction online for monetization.
    - jschwartzi 6y ago
      If that's the case, the cop can arrest them for harassment and use the video as evidence.
    - jawns 6y ago
      > They antagonize officers who can't do anything about it The officers can't do anything about it because it's not illegal to film police officers in public while carrying out their official duties. It's a constitutionally protected activity. Is it at times obnoxious? Sure. (Although in many cases, these videos capture police officers behaving badly, rather than live-streamers behaving badly.) A lot of First Amendment protected activity is irritating to at least some people. Cursing at police is, in general, a First Amendment protected activity, and I don't suspect a lot of officers appreciate that, either. But the entire point of the First Amendment is to protect activity that other people might not like.
      - sevenf0ur 6y ago
        Precisely my point. The officers are required to sit there and take verbal abuse. I can't begrudge them for taking out their phone and playing a song. It doesn't hinder your ability to record the police and it gets annoying people to leave.

medium_burrito 6y ago

You could always offer stalking as a service a la William Gibson's "Followr". Police are sick of streamers, hire someone via app to stream the streamer!

toiletfuneral 6y ago

you sound like a massive bootlicker