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One thing…I did not unlock scooter…I was hand cuffed, locked in police car, and told to shut-up while the police unlocked my scooter (illegal) and took my camera out (illegal) and started passing camera around pushing butons and deleting photos. The deletions were random because they got some of the crime and some of the paid shoot photos I had just finished before the accident.

Chris,

Thanks for the clarification. I will change it in the story. That makes it even worse because you had no say in the matter.

A lot of clarification is needed here, Carlos.

I imagine that you sourced your post from the news report to which you link. That report also implied that it was the photog who deleted the pics in an attempt to avoid jail.

Furthermore, in the video he is shown inside of the “yellow line”. Did the POs place that yellow line subsequent to the arrest/detention of the photog? Where was the crime scene initially?

mh,

I initially wrote that it was the photog who deleted the images, but the photog has since stated in the first comment of this thread that it was the cops who deleted the images.

I imagine he was inside the yellow line – or whatever you guys call it – after the cops placed him inside the car.

Have the photos (and possibly the video of him in the squad car) been uploaded somewhere?

OHP never apologizes, so the best bet is a federal civil rights complaint.

Had they simply tried to move the photographer, the “interfering” complaint might have made sense, but the act of deleting the photos says they were afraid he had photos of something they couldnt afford to have public. Thanks for bringing this to the attention of fellow journalists everywhere.

I live in Oklahoma, so this comes as no surprise to me. I about got arrested a month or two ago for stopping on the side of the road and asking if some people were okay after an accident.

I think this state is all jaked up it kind of reminds me of a Commenwealth State. I just recently moved here from Tx. I just wanna no my rights and wrongs around here

Chris, I hope you got your apology, and i really hope those cops got a civics, constitution, and bill of rights lesson along with smack up side the head.
So glad I no longer live there. Oklahoma is not OK

[...] the state notorious for overzealous cops. Not necessarily just eastern OK, but I expect that… Oklahoma State Troopers delete photographer’s images While an OKC police officer watched this happen, no [...]

Amazing what the OHP is getting away with. Is anyone going stand up and file suit, or are they just going to continue letting them violate the fundamental rights of Oklahoma’s citizens?

When will the people of Oklahoma stand up to these bullies with a badge? We all know what kind of disclipine the OHP hands out – NONE. Until the good people of Oklahoma stand up and expose these thugs for what they are, nothing will change. I hate to be dramatic, but the only way the LAPD changed was through federal lawsuits and tens of millions of dollars in payouts. Until OHP gets hit in the pocketbook, they will continue to do what they do and until you people realize they won’t appologize, nothing will change.

If anyone would like help with making sure this doesn’t happen to them I would be willing to offer a “redundency” as I have a website with a large amount of storage space and some personal servers in my home. I don’t have any run-ins of this kind but seeing this crap makes me sick. Just drop me an email if you’re interested. – makr@makrit.net