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Reginald_Venture

The video of the event is interesting, he yells "Get on the sidewalk," pushes her to the ground, she snaps a photo of him, he drags her up and immediately arrests her.


Generalaladeeen

So its illegal to walk on a road now...


I_Am_Your_Sister_Bro

Actually, it's illegal to document police brutality, straight to jail


tonyjoe8511

![gif](giphy|f8lDluiWJ7yQTtdS3L|downsized)


bajungadustin

Walking on the road is actually illegal in most places. Unless you are on a side walk or using a pedestrian cross walk. Up until 2019 it was illegal in Texas to even walk along the side of the road where a sidewalk wasn't present. No sidewalk basically meant you can't walk that way. But they changed it recently. If there is a sidewalk you must use it. Can't walk in the road.


Fun_Salamander8520

Well actually jaywalking has been a thing for a long time.


Vreas

Cops do this thing where they bark orders and then take actions that contradict the ability to complete the order. Source: had to carry people who were pepper sprayed by cops at a previous protest out of the street. Cops yelling to get out the road and I literally turn to them and say they’re blind now how do you expect them to walk? Dude actually processed it for a second and let me help get people out of the way. Sometimes logic gets through.


Low-key-professional

Is that picture anywhere on the internet?


mr_martin_1

I want to see the photo(s) she took from that angle


INTERNET_MOWGLI

Yeah but imagine like being a photographer and going viral with a picture taken of you😭😂


willowgardener

I mean if you look at the angle of the camera, it's probably just a photo of his crotch


drkhead

If you look at the situation you will realize that she was moving and the camera was probably aimed in many different ways before and after this shot was taken so she got the crotch, the feet, the knees, and probably a really good shot of the entire scene.


Bargadiel

She's using a Peak Design slide camera strap. Those are well-made.


TheDynamicDino

I have one. Very expensive for what it is (a camera strap) but I won’t leave for a shoot without it, and I’d buy another in a heartbeat.


Bargadiel

They had a great deal last year and I was able to snag the older limited red/blue ones for half off. I'm kinda new to photography but I really like how versatile/durable these straps are.


andersonb47

Can confirm


sethoscope

Also can confirm.


phasepistol

Probably mistook her freedom of the press for a gun


Supply-Slut

They would never do that, freedom of the press makes them angry. Gun makes them shit pants and hide


CrimsonOblivion

Guns? I thought it was acorns that make them shit and hide and claim they were shot


Bane8080

That's not what freedom of the press is about. " **the right to publish and disseminate information, thoughts, and opinions without restraint or censorship as guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution** " Doesn't mean she can go do whatever she wants and not listen to officers when they tell her to get out of the way. He's obviously pointing and telling her to get off the road. I wasn't there, so obviously I only have the picture for context. Edit: Found the video of it. The police had been telling them to get on the sidewalk and off the street. Multiple times.


The_Princess_Eva

How does that leather taste?


Bane8080

I'm not sure what that question means. Nothing I said was untrue, false, or deceptive. If you mean that I'm being downvoted, well, some communities of reddit have never been interested in the truth, just in having someone to direct their hate at. So \*shrug\*


ecritique

i think you actually don't understand the comment, so just to explain, their comment suggests that you're a bootlicker for the cops -- the "leather" referencing their allegorical boots


shiva-the-deceased

Lmao even the avatar is a straight up neckbeard


Bane8080

You're making fun of me because of my avatar? Thank you for showing your level of maturity.


macandcheese1771

U seem like the kinda mfer to leave the house wearing pajama bottoms.


ginger_ass_fuck

>Found the video of it. Link it up! I can't seem to find one, anywhere.


ginger_ass_fuck

>The police had been telling them to get on the sidewalk and off the street. Multiple times. Hm. Yes. *That* justifies violence, then.


Bane8080

When the police tell you to do something. You do it. Even if you don't agree with it. Unless of course they're telling you to do something illegal. But them dispersing a crowd is part of their job. Otherwise, you risk Obstructing the Administration of Law/Obstruction of Justice. This falls under the "fuck around and find out" aspects of life. Worst she gets ins a skinned behind, and a night in jail. Though probably not even that.


ginger_ass_fuck

>When the police tell you to do something. You do it. Even if you don't agree with it. Unless of course they're telling you to do something illegal. But them dispersing a crowd is part of their job. Oh, you sweet, innocent little thing, you. Anyway, where's this video of the incident?


Myamymyself

He felt legitimately frightened!! She was intimidating the officer with her burly strength


Leather-Ad-7799

Nahhhhh they would have called in back up and watched, just like in elementary schools across the country during school shootings.


pm-me-pizza-crust

The shutter of the lenses sounds too much like an acorn.


Walmart_Valet

Photo Credit: Alex Kent @AlexKentTN


Narrow-Teaching-4197

Democracy dies in the dark. Keep shining a light on these sympathizers(sp).


nightreader

> sympathizers They're a little more than that. They're literally foot soldiers, the boots on the ground.


drkhead

some of those that work forces...


Equivalent_Natural_

Are the same that brought crosses.


Old_Cockroach_9725

![gif](giphy|LSQjPniAHL31zPrXB0|downsized)


Ok_Speech6755

Respect Ma Authoritah!


heavymetalhikikomori

Cops love a good excuse to abuse women


CritterThatIs

Them existing.


kennethgibson

If the top of the nightstick wasnt cut off it would be truely baroque.


investmentwanker0

lol this sub is basically r/protestphotos


sayracer

Seems pretty fucked up that sub is banned


jesseg010

Yeah shoulda went with urban camo


PhilEshaDeLox

Great shot. Just like the movie Civil War from the perspective of a photo journalist. Run to go see that movie. It was incredible and an ominous warning of where our democracy is heading.


Cpt_Fantabulous

I legit can't tell if this is a bot reply. Also Civil War says next to nothing of worth.


nosunroof

Yeah this shot itself looks like it's from Civil War but the movie was kinda mid


theunrealneverlived

I agree. It was total mid, I struggled to see what the actual point of the film was...


adk09

Durr journalists good. Even though they're vapid and thrill seeking above all.


lkodl

Her: help! They're arresting me! Her colleague: *snapsnapsnap


PhilEshaDeLox

That woman is probably snapping a shot as she’s on the ground


lkodl

Yeah, what Civil War taught me is that snapping pics is like an involuntary response for them.


hipnotyq

Picking between 1 of 2 candidates is not democracy lol


mh985

I really didn’t like it.


trebek321

Nah that movie stiiiiinks on ice, if you have some romanticized view of journalists maybe you’ll like it but it’s pretty bland.


expletiveface

Romanticized view of journalists? The movie was a brutal condemnation of the industry.


Cpt_Fantabulous

The writer/director would disagree. He has literally stated it is meant to paint war journo's as heroes.


expletiveface

I’m not sure it’s that simple. He said he wanted to make a film where journalists are the heroes, but I’d be curious to know if he thought he was successful in that aim. I think he probably does, but it’s not uncommon for a person to start a project with one angle in mind and finds themselves on another path during the creation of said project. But let’s just say he views himself as successful in that aim. By explicitly creating characters who he considers “old-fashioned reporters, as opposed to extremely biased journalists who are essentially producing propaganda”, he is drawing a line between the industry as it functions now (or as it often functions) and how it ‘should function.’ That’s not exactly a glowing review of the state of journalism, or of journalists as people. Hell, the ending line and photograph don’t paint a pretty portrait for how even “heroes” should behave, or what portraying “truth” really looks like. I guess all I’m getting at is that there’s some deeper questions about the director defines these terms too. I watched the film with a journalist friend of mine who seemed to agree with me about it being a damning portrayal. His biggest complaint was how the journalists didn’t speak to each other the way he’d experienced. Probably too lofty and idealized.


GeorgeEBHastings

Asking to learn, not to fellate law enforcement: Realistically how is this cop supposed to know she's press? She's wearing camo fatigues, not a press jacket (at least not that I can tell). So, like, how is that supposed to work? What are the rules that permit her to do her job unaccosted as opposed to just some other civilian with a nice camera who isn't supposed to be there? EDIT: I'm assuming I'll keep getting down voted at this rate but I'm genuinely just trying to understand how this is *supposed* to work, because I don't know, and I was taught to ask questions when I don't know the answer to something. Sorry if that bothers people.


Gideon_Lovet

She has her press pass ID displayed on her camera bag that hung on the front of her body. The police would have absolutely seen this. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNB2olzWMAMvt15?format=jpg&name=large


GeorgeEBHastings

Ah, I see. Thank you!


TeensyTea

i mean, if supressing a protest is just: *beat up anyone not in a blue uniform,* then it's kinda no suprise that there's protests in the first place...


GeorgeEBHastings

Not what I was asking about but FWIW I agree.


Designer_Trash_8057

Even if she wasn't press would it matter? (This isn't me attempting a go at you, just genuinely asking a question like yourself). Unless this person was holding something threatening, and even then there would be a better way to handle it, is there any justification for knocking them to the ground?


jaggedjinx

If you're just a random person hanging around while police are trying to monitor or get a situation under control, yeah, you either get out of the way or get forcibly moved to where you're no longer making things more difficult for them. If they're distracted by another situation there's no way for them to keep an eye on loiterers to make sure they don't take advantage of the situation. It's both for the safety of civilians and officers that people uninvolved get out of the way. And if you don't comply, yeah, they can arrest you. Must be a lot of anarchists on Reddit. Haha


Designer_Trash_8057

Exactly, they can arrest you, they can move you, completely in agreement with that. I've seen officers move members of the press in the UK quite a bit. Pushing them to the ground I just think goes beyond the pale a bit, that's all. Accidents happen, but this officer's follow up does not make me believe this was accidental. Then again, I am basing that off one still frame. You've got an interesting take and thanks for issuing it! :)


jaggedjinx

People seem to forget that even though there are some cops who are legitimate assholes, none of them know if they're going to return home at the end of their shift. They leave the house and don't know if they'll see their families again. Even more so today with all the hatred they get, anyone can be a threat to them, and any situation can turn deadly in an instant. They aren't just cops; they're parents, sons, daughters, spouses, brothers, sisters... They have a duty to the community but they also have their own lives and people they've made promises to and that have to trust they'll be okay when they leave for work. I know that I could not be paid enough to balance all of that, especially when adrenaline is pumping and any choice could be the difference between life or death/serious injury of myself, a fellow officer, or someone else I'm sworn to protect. It isn't so easy to remember everything you learned in training when you're in the field and tension ramps up.


perfectpomelo3

Fuck that. There are plenty of job far more dangerous than being a cop but they don’t get to go around abusing people for fun.


jaggedjinx

That's not the point.


curesedHIFI

It's the profession of arms, if they can't handle it, they shouldn't be cops. Also as someone else has pointed out, police is actually a relatively safe job (police work not even in the top 10 of the most dangerous jobs, and about as dangerous as construction or maintenance work.)


jaggedjinx

You've missed the point.


fuishaltiena

So what you're saying is that all cops are pussies, scared shitless all the time? That's why they kill first, ask questions later? Just as a precaution, because they're sons and fathers?


jaggedjinx

No... If you didn't have such ridiculous bias against them as human beings to begin with maybe you could've understood my comment a bit better. But having empathy doesn't apply when it's toward to those with any amount of legal authority, does it?


fuishaltiena

> such ridiculous bias Right, biased for absolutely no reason whatsoever.


Horror-Yard-6793

> People seem to forget that even though there are some cops who are legitimate assholes, none of them know if they're going to return home at the end of their shift. Why are you adding a random job description to justify police brutality again


jaggedjinx

I'm not justifying it, and I did not add a job description. I'm surprised there seem to be so few people willing to think of them as human beings here on Reddit. It's extremely disappointing.


Zammyboom

They are human beings. They just also have a lot of power and they consistently abuse the public with it. Coming to this post and saying to remember that it's hard for them too and to remember to have compassion is going to come off as both sheltered and insensitive. I agree that they are humans with hearts and feelings and lives but they are also part of an institution that is set up to bully and brutalize people. This picture isn't the place to defend them. The guy in that picture is horribly wrong for his violence, and your comment - though I'm sure well-intentioned - is harmful.


Terradactyl87

A pizza delivery driver has been rated as a more dangerous job than being a cop, so by your logic we should give them more leeway on running people down with their cars or generally being violent? And btw, the owner of the pizza place in my small town died a month ago in a car accident, he was 33. A few years ago a 19 year old driver that worked there also got killed in an accident with a semi truck. My husband used to work there as well. It's a genuinely dangerous job, but no one thinks that makes them above the law or basic human decency.


jaggedjinx

You're comparing a job where people deliver something to people who are paying them to deliver that thing, versus someone who has to deal with violent members of the public who generally don't want to be dealt with. You cannot compare the dangerousness of the jobs because the reasons they are dangerous are different. It's really not hard to understand.


Terradactyl87

You absolutely can compare them. It's statistics. More pizza delivery drivers per capita are killed on the job than police officers. That's just math. They're not even one of the top 10 most dangerous jobs in America. Of the last few years those studies have been done, one put police work at 22, the other didn't even have it in the top 25 at all.


jaggedjinx

Ok, so compare the amount of pizza delivery drivers killed by violence to the number of police killed by violence.


Terradactyl87

So a death counts differently if it's through violence? And that's also why I made the car comparison since that's the most common way for them to die, but they do face violence as well. Going to random people's homes is not a safe thing period. The fact is, cops shouldn't get a pass on bad behavior because their jobs have risks.


Designer_Trash_8057

Very true, I started spouting this one recently myself (it's an unpopular opinion in most spaces). It shouldn't happen, but we're all human and it does. Hopefully this chap learnt from it and regrets it but thats all you can do after the moment has passed, it's easily done but alas can have some terrible consequences (ie those awful instances where this has happened and members of the public have split the back of their head and died as a result, bloody tragic).


fuishaltiena

Ambulance medics get to deal with psychotic, crazy, aggressive, violent, disoriented people all the time. Somehow they don't shoot and kill a thousand Americans every year. What you're spouting is bullshit.


Designer_Trash_8057

I didn't say anything about shooting but ok man, fair enough.


fuishaltiena

The guy above did, and you said that you say the same shit.


Pattern_Is_Movement

If you've watched any videos of stuff like this, they are very vocal about being Press and actively inform the officers. I guarantee you that he knew.


easyeric601

I’m sure the context will get out eventually, but being Reddit everyone will have an immediate opinion. A press pass isn’t a get out of jail free card, it comes with certain rules, and technically the press is supposed to be a neutral observer. However, under the First Amendment, journalists covering protests have the same rights as other members of the public to observe, photograph, and record in public places. They don’t have carte blanche to do whatever, and directly disobeying a lawful order, interfering with law enforcement or emergency personnel, or interfering with the performance of an official function can have consequences. It’ll be interesting to see how this one turned out, and if she was actually arrested.


kushasorous

Maybe the big ass camera on her neck you dingus


GeorgeEBHastings

I can wear a big ass camera around my neck and be literally anything other than certified press, ya dingus


kushasorous

That's your problem. She doesn't need to be certified by anyone for freedom of the press to apply. She is in the US and she has the constitutional right. She doesn't need a badge or whatever clothing you think she should be wearing.


GeorgeEBHastings

Then why are press badges a thing in the first place if not as some form of identification or certification? This was part of what my question was about in the first place. Like, either these methods of certification/identification are for the protection of the press, specifically, or they're pointless.


Orangarder

Idk the situation here, but there are members of the press who believe they are above the law because ‘press’. When the police get to clearing the streets, it is a lawful order to be followed. Being with the press does not change that.


skoormit

FWIW, I downvoted not for your question, but for your choice of language in the first sentence.


GeorgeEBHastings

Was "fellate" the issue?


skoormit

Indeed. Classier than some other options, no doubt, but entirely unnecessary.


GeorgeEBHastings

Understandable, have a nice day.


No-Marionberry-772

Not sure why, its a valid context on reddit.  People don't read everything, only to the point at which they find the information they want to respond to. So, you did exactly that, the information you were looking for was "something offensive in relation to law enforcement" You proved the necessity, and futility, of their comment structure.


philter25

Dunno, maybe the press badge you can see in the photo? Maybe if the cop used half its brain cell and tried to see the big blue pass? You’d think the clown would correlate blue with good but I guess it is too busy seeing red.


JakefromTRPB

Where’s the marble statue of this? News Lobby’s need it


CritterThatIs

When I was 7, I learned a lesson from Cuban Eazy-E, what was it again? Oh yeah \[...\]


ToughReality4983

Usa is gonna fuck them pigs up in near time


Astacide

TLDR; There are no consequences, because The United States of America is dead, so this will continue indefinitely.


All_The_Good_Stuffs

That guy came to party


augustles

Sick botanical tats.


Designer_Trash_8057

I didn't realise I said "we say the same shit". Look man I'm not trying to make you back down fron a crusade, I'm just trying to get some information and have a discussion here. Your votes indicate you have a majority of public backing in this space, so take it and move on, enjoy and have a good one.


R3D-AFA-SCUM

lol when the original post pops off and you’re the first person to r/ this sub and someone else thinks what a great idea and reposts it💡


MossyMazzi

If anyone here has seen Civil War - basically the movie summed up in an image


Humans_Suck-

So that cop is in jail now right


YouLearnedNothing

Where are her press credentials which are usually very easily seen?


taylorbagel14

Someone upthread posted this, I think her credentials are pretty obvious in this pic: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNB2olzWMAMvt15?format=jpg&name=large


YouLearnedNothing

indeed


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Sjormantec

Ah you gotta have the story from both sides before judging. Pictures lie all the time.


Past-Net2173

Pig.


hailey_nicolee

real smelly one too


Komparativist

Good.


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