Man Arrested in NW for Filming National Guard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A video is going viral showing a citizen arrested in Washington D.C. after filming federal agents on public property and asking them to identify themselves.

I don't see any National Guard in the video, OP. I see Metropolis Police.

[Anonymous]

What an idiot. Standing real close filming. They probably told him back up. Yeah, its okay to video but it may not be okay to record conversations. Maybe he violated the wiretap law.

[Anonymous]

That's funny.

[Anonymous]

I heard they made 900 arrests so far. This makes 901.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The National Guard? I took a photo yesterday no issues with Guard. I think it was ICE and DC police. Bullies!!

I think that the NG is stuck following fascist orders for now. I am sort of glad that they are there because at some point they might have to save us from the Gestapo.

The NG is definitely not stopping us from the gestapo, and neither is MPD who makes this very disturbing arrest. I think the mayor needs to explain WTH is going on with MPD. We should feel safe with our police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is 100% why DC is unable to hire police. This guy could have filmed from a reasonable distance. But, he intended to become part of the story and boy did he succeed. The police have a dangerous job to do and are entitled to some space for their safety.

Why are 9 officers standing around? Why do I keep seeing mixed groups of 4-20 who look like they’re on vacation until they get bully. Shouldn’t they be on patrol or doing something instead of flexing on a corner?!?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard they made 900 arrests so far. This makes 901.

Only 900? I heard 9000.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The guy was clearly baiting them. He got exactly what he wanted, literally.

They shouldn't have taken the bait and been more professional.

Maybe so.
But one can see where actions of a guy like this only contributes to leftist-outrage fatigue.
If everything is a crisis, an injustice, and an example of facism—even law enforcement responding to guy who is deliberately trying to impede them from doing their job and bait them into arresting him—then nothing is.
I can get outraged over a lot of things. But I try to reserve my anger and resulting activism for situations where someone is actually being wronged. This guy is not a sympathetic character. And he knows it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What an idiot. Standing real close filming. They probably told him back up. Yeah, its okay to video but it may not be okay to record conversations. Maybe he violated the wiretap law.

DC is a one party consent jurisdiction. He can record anything he can hear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What an idiot. Standing real close filming. They probably told him back up. Yeah, its okay to video but it may not be okay to record conversations. Maybe he violated the wiretap law.

DC is a one party consent jurisdiction. He can record anything he can hear.

Yes, from a safe distance. He was arm’s length from law enforcement who were arresting some. Given the very real threat that law enforcement has faced in recent months it was completely reasonable for the MPD officer to direct the guy to move away. That’s how 80% of the country will see this. Stop stepping on the rake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What an idiot. Standing real close filming. They probably told him back up. Yeah, its okay to video but it may not be okay to record conversations. Maybe he violated the wiretap law.

DC is a one party consent jurisdiction. He can record anything he can hear.

Yes, from a safe distance. He was arm’s length from law enforcement who were arresting some. Given the very real threat that law enforcement has faced in recent months it was completely reasonable for the MPD officer to direct the guy to move away. That’s how 80% of the country will see this. Stop stepping on the rake.

How do you know they were arresting someone? I don't see that in the video.

The question has been asked several times here, but no one has yet to provide an answer about what the officers were doing.

[Anonymous]

"Courts have said recording police can be limited or ended when:

Recording would interf]ere with officers’ official duties – with courts often deferring to police judgment over such on-the-spot decisions.
Police set reasonable conditions, such as the distance the public must stand back..."

https://www.freedomforum.org/recording-police/

I assume that the stated reason for the arrest will not be the filming, but refusing to move.

The guy was stupid if he didn't obey a direct order (he was filming, so if it was illegal he would have evidence), and the police seem to have overreacted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The National Guard? I took a photo yesterday no issues with Guard. I think it was ICE and DC police. Bullies!!

I think that the NG is stuck following fascist orders for now. I am sort of glad that they are there because at some point they might have to save us from the Gestapo.

The NG is definitely not stopping us from the gestapo, and neither is MPD who makes this very disturbing arrest. I think the mayor needs to explain WTH is going on with MPD. We should feel safe with our police.

Ask your president— who very much wants at least some of us to feel not “safe with our (his) police”.
Ask Hegseth why the NG — so helpfully sent by governors of formerly confederate states — why NG members who spent last week chilling on the mall and near Union Station need to be visibly armed this week.
What could the mayor possibly say? At least some DC citizens have been fighting for meaningful home rule for decades, if not for centuries. What’s happening now is one of the reasons for this fight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A video is going viral showing a citizen arrested in Washington D.C. after filming federal agents on public property and asking them to identify themselves.

We actually do not know if they are really federal agents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The National Guard? I took a photo yesterday no issues with Guard. I think it was ICE and DC police. Bullies!!

I think that the NG is stuck following fascist orders for now. I am sort of glad that they are there because at some point they might have to save us from the Gestapo.

What makes you think they will save us??