Pixiq

I wonder what the police report says? And how it differs from the videos..

'In this secretly taken footage, recently smuggled out of America we see the brutal crackdown carried out by police forces...' We're getting to the point where that kind of thing is becoming reality. It's becoming like a freaking 3rd-world country here. The main difference being that most of the population supports it. 'Behind the line'. Bastards.

Joe, oh my God, I've been beaten, laughed at, lied to, sexually abused (at age 17), harassed, falsely arrested, intimidated, humiliated, and failed to do their job by the cops in this country. So many cops are bullies, they have this sense power that they can do what ever they want when ever they want. It's getting out of control, and you're right, the majority of people in this country are either too scared or think they are on the side of the cops and will never be hurt by them. Go to: www.injusticeeverywhere.com and see just how bad this country is becoming 3rd-world and say "good-bye to what little rights you have left".

What fucking assholes listen around 1:02

Photographer- Why am I being arrested?
cop- We asked you to step back you didn't.
Photographer- I stepped back I stepped back I stepped back
Cop- Sideways into our patrol car.

Sadly this is why I really believe there is no such thing as a good cop.

Lying sacks of human shit. Give them a badge they become Gods. I don't know how he could have done anything differently, except perhaps to turn and run.

And, just to point out what the video shows, he never touched their fucking patrol car until they pushed him into it.

God almighty, how much shit do we have to take? I have more faith in the gang leaders than these armed felons. At least the gang leaders aren't going to lie to me and try to convince me they're going to "protect" me.

I've asked this before, and never get a satisfactory answer. If their mandate is to protect and serve, who in the hell protects me from them?

Boomer

You folks really need to drop the dramatics. The guy was deliberately being obtuse about where he was supposed to be. At the :24 mark the officer says they have dealt with him before. They kept pointing behind him. Maybe instead of walking backwards slowly and yelling, he should have just turned around and walked back to where he was supposed to be?

Nah that would be too easy.

What is this comedy hour with the Oakland PD

Photographer: Why and I being arrested?

Cop: Because we asked you to step back and you didn't (which is a flat out bald face, pants of fire, 100 percent, total complete, LIE)

From this clip, it appears the police officers were annoyed that the photographer continued to record them. Nowhere do they tell him to stop recording, but their body language, and subsequent arrest, imply that is what they wished.
The photographer is within his rights to record the officers. Police officers often have to do their jobs in the public eye, and I believe they are made aware of this in their training. Depending on the state, like Illinois, the subject needs to know they are being, or could be, recorded. This is a very low threshold, as it is assumed that anyone in public is generally being watched, even peripherally, and should not assume privacy. The photographer/videographer does not need permission to record if it is in a public place, though.
The sum of it: If you don't like people recording what you are doing, then stop doing it.