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It seems to me that if somebody was badly injured or dying at the scene that the cops had a perfect right to stop the filming of it. If there was a medical emergency then the camera guy might have actually been obstructing.

They actually don’t have the right to stop him from filming.

The only way he could have been obstructing was if he was physically obstructing them from doing their jobs, but if he was off to the side of the road, which it appears he was, then there is no possible way he could have been obstructing.

From the video the photographer acted properly while the cop did not. A complaint should definitely be lodged.

In refusing to be identified the cop obviously knew she was wrong. Just the old power trip thing.

Well yes that was ovbiously wrong, but it seemed like a very stressfull situation. At the begining he was close enough to obstruct, the officer just pushed way too far.

Scott: With all due respect, “It seems to me” is irrelevant. The only question is what the situation is under the law, period. It’s not up to anyone’s personal interpretation, and not the officer’s personal opinion, not the “stressful situation,” but rather the law and proper procedures within the law.

I would also like to know, specifically, how you arrived at the conclusion, from the video, that “at the beginning he was close enough to obstruct.” Specifically, what in the video do you see as evidence of him obstructing officers or EMS in their duties?

Ah well for your first paragraph, I don’t actually know any Canadian law so my personal interpretation is all I have.
And secondly the fact that it was not shown in the video that he was obstructing does not mean that he was not. All I said that he was close enough to obstruct, not that he actually did.