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I've had a number of positive interactions with the police. Many, many times I've been let off, warned, been given advice, etc.

I bet I could film the police and it'd be fine.

I am, of course, a straight, white, wealthy male. So sad that's how it goes.




> I bet I could film the police and it'd be fine.

Here's a YouTube channel chock full of videos of straight white males (and others) getting arrested (or threatened with arrest) for video recording police (and other constitutionally-protected activities). [0]

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbEPXqDvej-3mciZxwYmdew


...those people are doing a lot more than, "just video recording police."


I didn't say "just video recording". I said "video recording", which is where most of those videos come from: the public video recording police. There is some body cam footage (which are public records) on that channel, too.

And the "a lot more" they're doing is all constitutionally-protected activity.

For example, here's a recent video of a straight white male who is holding a protest sign on a public sidewalk getting arrested. [0]

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87opWHYxwh0


Okay? I did say "just video recording" (or at least nothing more than "video recording"). I was the one you replied to, I was the one saying what I think I could do.

This link isn't really relevant to what I said.

Honestly, this feels like a bout of violent agreement.




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