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what a nasty "officer"!

If your from A&E "The First 48" you're allowed access in Overtown. I guess they are selective about the cameras they allow.

I'm curious how the officer would act if her 12 year old daughter was watching her mom at work via that video. Do as I say....

First off, they should not have grabbed his camera. Also, the sgt's excuse about stopping recording in case she wanted to go undercover was ridiculous. They should have just told him to move back and not gotten fixated on the camera.

With that being said, they had every reason to order the guy to move back. He wasn't outside the crime scene tape. It's obvious from watching the video that the officers weren't done putting up the tape. You can even hear one officer say he ran out of tape. It's silly to say that they expanded the scene just to keep the photographer away.

@ JL,

I will have to disagree with you on this incident. It appears from the video that Stretch was behind the police tape in both directions which were at a 90 degree angle at the intersection, which appears to run right to left, and forward and back, on the video. The officer did not seem to have a problem with the woman asking about a car, but was all over Stretch like white on rice. The male officer informed Stretch that he needed to move because the perimeter was being changed, and Stretch agreed to do so, and asked how to comply with an unclear exclusion zone. Instead of informing the reporter of the new perimeter limits, and giving him time to comply with their requests, she assaulted him without provocation. IMHO, she was rude, entirely too aggressive, and indeed committed assault and battery against Mr. Ledford. I for one hope he files an internal affairs complaint, a criminal complaint, and a civil lawsuit under TITLE 42 CHAPTER 21 SUBCHAPTER I § 1983.

Johnny, for the sake of argument, what would have happened if I grabbed your clipboard from your hand while writing me a ticket? Should the same standards also apply to LEO's? He had not committed a crime, was not about to commit a crime, and there was absolutely no reason to suspect him of committing a crime. So what gives this an embarrassment of an an officer, the right to use force against a peaceful citizen who was trying to comply with the crime scene perimeter, which was vague at best, and changed on his account because of photography at worst.

I hate Police, most of them do not fully understand the rules and laws that they are enforcing, there is always so much confusion with police about where and when you are aloud to use a camera. I hope that Ledford is going to be pressing charges of assault as that officer had no reason to touch him or his camera. Oh and nobody confuse what I said, I hate the Police as people as they are unreasonable and controlling but their Laws I do not hate.

maybe if they raised the intellectual standards of cops somewhere above "ameba"...?

maybe you should be more tolerant and less quick to "pull the trigger" and realize that its acceptable spelled both ways...

I don't think anyone disagrees that the police can ask you to step back, and you have to do so in the case of an investigation, but making a grab for the camera and giving orders to stop filming is inappropriate and unprofessional behavior.
As for "she's undercover" while the female cop was in uniform - ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Right right right right rights, OK fine, your Right, but how about considering the fact that two human beings had just been murdered, this women might have just had to view the worst thing a human being has to view, right right right so right your wrong. The officer is a human and the photographer is a human. The people who had just been murdered were humans. But sue sue sue sue, give me a break.

Wow, reminds me of what I deal with in Tampa. If the tape wasn't finished being put up, the first male officer should have done that rather than chit chat. After all... preservation of a crime scene is key right? They should have given him a clear place to stand rather than "back away." It always seems that some agencies put up more layers of tape only when the media arrives. What does that tell you?

Like all LEO's they have supreme authority do not question their lies do not do not stand up for your rights and dont expect internal affairs to do anything and most assuredly DO NOT expect JLto say anthing useful as he is a lying LEO and a admitted coward for not standing up to fellow officers and arresting them for known violations that he ignored because he is afraid of the blue wall and is only in it for the money not the grand illusion of serving the public as tho he is some hero. And missguided that they have a very dangerous job and put their life on the line when in fact the danger comes from their fellow officers if they don't play ball!

I hope he is ok after that vicious assault. Maybe next time he should back up when they tell him to.