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Petition calls for DOJ investigation into police harassment of citizen journalists

The International Documentary Association has launched an online petition asking the Department of Justice to intervene when local police arrest or harass civilians who document and record police violence. Jose Lasalle, founder of Copwatch Patrol Unit, says these videos provide evidence of the “harassment and brutality” citizens face from police on a daily basis. RT correspondent Trinity Chavez has the report.

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    • America is and has been fascist for quite some time, it’s only now being realized by a greater number of people and exposed view alternative news. The mainstream “news” just serves to deliver the state dept line and protect the fascist establishment.

  1. Dont they know the WHOLE of the DOJ is corrupt.
    Lynch already proved that and the FBI letting clinton off the hook for her crimes.
    A clinton regime would make sure those filming police brutality will be dealt with, severely.
    Like Seth Rich and others who didnt comply.

  2. this story is so true i experience harassment everyday from the macomb county sheriff’s for confronting them and filing a complaint against them now they follow me everywhere i go and they are trying to get false charges against me so they can arrest me cause i know my rights.

  3. Many people, including this honorable US Navy retiree, have endured injury, injustice, theft, torture, persecution, & other harm by corrupt evil terrorist-ridden kleptocracies & institutions (including the Veterans Administration & others profiting from exploitation such as money-laundering NGOs, dubious non-profits, & fraud-ridden foundations) across ScAmerika especially in corrupt evil terrorist-ridden kleptocracy San Diego, CA where I’ve been physically harmed, injured, tortured, abused & violated worse than Al Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS/ISIL or any other supposed threat. Yet that has been indulged without exposure or protection. But these are among other harm & negligence I’ve endured that have been indulged upon this honorable US Navy retiree, which exposes much hypocrisy, ethical disparity & moral perversion across ScAmerika.
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  4. Law enforcement is completely corrupt…now we are arming these lunatics with military grade equipment…the FBI is giving them state of the art spying tech…cameras everywhere…airial surveillance. Does this seem like a very bad idea to anyone else? They are building a standing army and are using the police to do it.

    • They will use the surveillance and camera’s against you . Try to use cameras against them and they will try not to allow it in court. Try to use FOIA request to release their video to the public or E-mails they will deny you or release it 2 years later after the court date or settlement is reach. Makes no sense they are the servants and should be held more accountable then the public. Yet they seem above the law.

    • There’s a law that prevents the military from doing law enforcement inside the country, so to get around that, they are the police forces with military equipment. No surprise that fascists will break or go around the law to protect the fascist establishment.

  5. У нас менты конечно тоже ёбнутые, но у нас такого безпредела нет. Есть конечно отдельные случаи, но они редки по сравнению с США.

  6. As much as I want to support the Police departments, these videos make me sad and angry. I can’t wrap my head around why the courts don’t punish this type of behavior more openly. There are situations that are difficult to handle for sure but a lot of these incidents are just dudes with power that have gone out of control. Sad sad days when one man treats another this way.

  7. Take away their tasers, pistols and rifles and you find they are scared shirtless as they only have the same capacity as everyone else then. Who ultimately is instructing this kind of conduct from Police officers, does it go as far as President Obama? Someone is instigating the use of brute force for their own reasons.

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