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Police try to prevent filming of man they pepper sprayed |
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by Copwatch of East Atlanta |
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August 30, 2011 9:10pm |
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Nearly a dozen officers and medics were surrounding a man |
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who was lying on the street in handcuffs and appeared to |
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be writhing in pain. |
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Officers poured water on the man's face and made comments |
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suggesting police had pepper sprayed him earlier. |
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Officers asked us to step back, and we complied. However |
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they then began to move us even further down the block, |
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using up to four officers and their bicycles to obstruct |
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our view of the person in custody. Officer Basile, told |
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us that it was illegal for us to film the man on the |
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ground. When we asked if he was ordering us to stop |
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filming, Basile replied "yes". |
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An ambulance arrived and further obstructed our view, so |
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we moved to the other side of the street. The four |
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officers followed us, continuing to obstruct our view and |
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attempt to intimidate us. At one point, officer T. |
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Dziamba asked if we had media credentials and told us to |
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stop filming if we didn't. |
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Although we were pushed to the end of the block, other |
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civilians were allowed to walk through the scene. |
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As a result of a lawsuit brought by Copwatch[1], APD now |
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has an official policy of not interfering with civilians |
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recording police. A recent federal ruling[2] reinforces |
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that right. However as this report shows, police on the |
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street are still determined to use intimidation, |
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interference, and lies to prevent the public from seeing |
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what they do. |
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http://www.CopwatchOEA.org |
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1. http://www.copwatchoea.org/content/apd-settles-lawsuit-over-cops-stealing-a… |
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2. http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Local-Man-Vindicated-by-Fed… |
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Date Published: 2011-09-01 18:48:42 |
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Identifier: PoliceTryToPreventFilmingOfManTheyPepperSprayed |
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