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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.
by 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 agoIf 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 agoPrecisely 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.