(N.Morgan) In another case of police officer intimidation gone bad and trump up charges against someone who dares to question their questionable authority. Today’s cop cannot stand a citizen that knows their rights and can call them out on their misdeeds. The best defense against them is to know your rights. The men in the video are clearly within their rights to film the officer in question and clearly the officer doesn’t like it.
The following interaction took place early in the video after the cop initially confronted Schwenk about recording.
“I”m making sure my friend doesn’t get his rights violated,” Schwenk said.
“Oh, you don’t have to worry about that,” the cop said.
“This is for our protection,” Schwenk said.
“I thought that is what the police were for,” the cop said, still pushing the myth.
“No, sir, the police do not protect people.”
Within three minutes, the cop proved him right.
Call Norfolk Police Chief Michael Goldsmith at (757) 664-3277.
UPDATE: Judging by the following comment on their Facebook page from May 2, this is not the first time that a cop tried to interfere with a citizen’s right to record them in public.
UPDATE II: A PINAC spoke to the Norfolk Police Department today, confirming the officer’s name as Peele, stating that the officer is assigned to the Homeland Security Division, which means he gets paid with federal tax dollars to violate citizens’ rights.
The department also stated that Peele is now being investigated by internal affairs, which usually means they will ignore the incident until everybody else forgets about it.
The cop says: “I’m not required by law to do anything”, really?
This pig (bad cop) is definitely out of control on this video.