When did NYPD get the right to steal and break peoples video cameras?

police are basically given the right to do anything they please. Think about it. every time a cop is even taken to court, they are always found not guilty. Police in Portland Oregon aren't much better. They like to shoot people... a lot...

"1984" may have dealt with the idea of Big Brother watching our every move, but in reality it isn't the government but our own citizenry who has turned into Big Brother. They film everything!

Post 911 there's been a definate surge in cops yanking phones and cameras from just about everybody who doesn't have a permit to shoot or film "sensitive" areas, be that area a consulate or a subway station. It is, perhaps, the terrorists most insidious weapon, the unleashing of paranoia which in turn hands over more rights to the police. Most police, however, are good people and most are NOT *******. Hell, look at what the police, not just in NYC but in every major city, are up against every single day, not just from the outside but from the inside. They bust their humps trying to catch people who break the law (even the stupid ones like not being able to film inside the subway; for that thank the lawyers and politicians, NOT the cops) and then are faced with a justice system which protects the rights of the criminal more than the rights of the victim OR the police. I'm surprised anyone would even want to BE a cop these days, but I'm thankful they do. I'll take a few bad apples in the bunch over no apples at all.

You could probably take it to the Supreme Court, but if the NYPD HAD to get rid of information or evidence just as the CIA would have to, it is easier to let a "Case on NYPD breaking private property", (In attempt to destroy evidence), since there is no evidence, you would have to state that the camera was destroyed out of spite, as it was property of it's owner.

It could not be proven that evidence was supposedly destroyed from the camera, since there is no evidence after the breaking of the camera. It would result in a WHO, identity, one person being prosecuted, rather than the whole entire police force. It would be an individual thing, not a conspired thing, therefore needing no law but a law against the destruction of private property, especially in the instance of authority figures.

However, if you believe in disclosure, classified information and local evidence interaction... You would want the NYPD to have the power of destruction of property which may be used to hold information or evidence against an authority of the United States. If you were to want to hold information or evidence against the United States, smiting it or creating unrest in its social sphere's, could be counted as treason.

If the CIA were to consider an event in the Supreme Court as wrongful by mis-interpretation of treason, they could over-rule the verdict punishable by death(secret imprisonment).

The CIA ONLY handles information it deems necessary, and keeps information from the National Government as much as possible. The information it has no desire or no interest in attending to, it passes on to the National Government and we deal with it.

If destroying evidence is important to the CIA, we will not be able to have any authority over our personal property, or identity. If the Central Government protects the rights of the NYPD or local authorities, then it is the same way... We cannot touch the information, we cannot sue or prosecute.

Who ever it is that said infowars is not a credible source PUT UP or SHUT UP! Show just one instance of a lie or even a question of a lie! This story is direct from the person it happened to and has massive back up collaboration! The cops were violating his first and fourth amendment rights and had absolutely no authority to do so on public property! All of them need to be drug into court to answer for their disregard for the law!

A police captain confiscated his camera.

That's the only part about the entire story that is true.

He may have First Amendment rights, but it looks as though he was attempting to film the Mexican Consulate. That piece of property belongs to Mexico, who does not have to honor our laws or acknowledge our Constitution.

In order to avoid an international incident, the camera was taken from him.

I'm sorry your friend has his camera stolen. That does not mean we are living in a 'police state'.

Unless they kick down your door and take your computer for posting this message. Then, I think we are.

I don't know? Isn't New Yosk a democratic strong hold? It should be a utopia for freedom of life liberty and the persuit of happiness

We don't live in a police state, but if the cops had their way we would, they cross the line many times and usually get away with it.

Ahhhhh.......you left out a really specific detail.....the incident was in mexico....and the law (as everyone knows), in mexico plays it as it goes along.....whatever they want to do is the law........good luck

That's so messed up thank go i don't live in NY, but i wanna move there once i'm in college so that would be bad since i'm going to be a filmmaker. :(