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Hassin Bin Sober

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19. Check again. Charges were dropped and they apologized.

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #16)

Wed Sep 28, 2016, 03:36 PM

Sep 2016

And no, I don't believe the police report.

I've seen hundreds of these videos. The pigs usually go apeshit about a person with a camera "encroaching on their traffic stop" while they ignore people without cameras walking by or standing even closer.

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There are legal and illegal ways to video the cops. ManiacJoe Sep 2016 #13

What "reporting" are you basing this on? Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #14

The link in the OP. ManiacJoe Sep 2016 #16

Check again. Charges were dropped and they apologized. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #19

Good to hear! ManiacJoe Sep 2016 #20

And there it is... LanternWaste Sep 2016 #17

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