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This is getting ridiculous. In a free country, the people should be able to hold the police accountable. If police officers did their jobs properly, having a vi

This is getting ridiculous. In a free country, the people should be able to hold the police accountable. If police officers did their jobs properly, having a video posted should not cause any distress.

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JPws_Prntr_Fngr 4y ago
> This is getting ridiculous. In a free country ... Yes, well ...
duxup 4y ago
The cops are also free to make their legal complaint… we will see what happens next.
- ryan_lane 4y ago
  This is a one-way system, and their legal complaint is to shut down the only avenue this person has to get any form of justice. If the police want to be able to sue us, then we should be able to sue them.
  - duxup 4y ago
    > the only avenue this person has to get any form of justice I think he could just post his videos and be more in the clear, the claim is he is using their images for commercial activities. I don’t agree with the cops but this is absolutely not his only route. Also we don’t yet know the outcome yet.
    - alwayslikethis 4y ago
      I don't think government officials should have the right to their personal image during performance of their jobs at all. Like, you should be able to make a YTP with Biden videos for profit.
- denton-scratch 4y ago
  I hope it goes to court; popcorn time. But I doubt the PD will let it get that far. I imagine there'll be a settlement (compensation to Afroman), with undisclosed terms. I love the dude with the hard-ass tough-guy haircut: all shaved except the top of the scalp. It looks like a marine haircut, I think.
  - duxup 4y ago
    I'm really curious to hear the arguments if it does. There's a lot of angles folks could take on this.
epistasis 4y ago
We had an entire summer of protests against the ability of police to kill innocent people, with zero changes to laws that I have heard about. Such a massive civil uprising, with no legislative response except to perhaps retrench qualified immunity, is not the sign of a free country.

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JPws_Prntr_Fngr 4y ago

> This is getting ridiculous. In a free country ... Yes, well ...

duxup 4y ago

The cops are also free to make their legal complaint… we will see what happens next.

ryan_lane 4y ago
This is a one-way system, and their legal complaint is to shut down the only avenue this person has to get any form of justice. If the police want to be able to sue us, then we should be able to sue them.
- duxup 4y ago
  > the only avenue this person has to get any form of justice I think he could just post his videos and be more in the clear, the claim is he is using their images for commercial activities. I don’t agree with the cops but this is absolutely not his only route. Also we don’t yet know the outcome yet.
  - alwayslikethis 4y ago
    I don't think government officials should have the right to their personal image during performance of their jobs at all. Like, you should be able to make a YTP with Biden videos for profit.
denton-scratch 4y ago
I hope it goes to court; popcorn time. But I doubt the PD will let it get that far. I imagine there'll be a settlement (compensation to Afroman), with undisclosed terms. I love the dude with the hard-ass tough-guy haircut: all shaved except the top of the scalp. It looks like a marine haircut, I think.
- duxup 4y ago
  I'm really curious to hear the arguments if it does. There's a lot of angles folks could take on this.

epistasis 4y ago

We had an entire summer of protests against the ability of police to kill innocent people, with zero changes to laws that I have heard about. Such a massive civil uprising, with no legislative response except to perhaps retrench qualified immunity, is not the sign of a free country.