Law enforcements finest

[WWIIIDefender]

Haha I am sure the title brought all the cop bashers into this thread, but this is actually a video of a cop protecting peoples rights. This guy does an outstanding job and should be praised for a job well done. He basically tells the TSA to pack sand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1CjZN2H5-8&feature=g-all

 

[Kutnupe14]

What you bet the old guy called in a complaint?
No one ever gets how hard it is to be the guy in the middle. This vid shows it pretty well.

 

[Denny347]

This kind of stuff happens everyday where we actually protect rights...they just don't get recorded. I've done so myself. Good video BTW. The old guy was a dick.

 

[sepe]

That old guy was awesome. I'm guessing he gets paid fairly well to not know what he is talking about. Maybe someday I'll be as lucky. Good on the officer and those handing out the information but I'd prefer it go back to the day that we didn't have to be fondled by people to board a plane. Maybe everyone should just wear bicycle shorts or wrestling singlets so they can see the packages we're concealing.

 

[NYFelon]

What you bet the old guy called in a complaint?
No one ever gets how hard it is to be the guy in the middle. This vid shows it pretty well.

The old dude, Myers I think his name was, says right in the beginning when he first confronts them "Call the sheriff." He simply assumed the sheriff's deputy would take them away on his command. It was evident on his smug mug until the deputy shut him down. Good job deputy.

 

[donnie1581]

Imagine that! A cop doing his job! That never happens!

 

[jgreiner]

Nice to see a cop doing what is RIGHT, rather than what the powers that be ask of him.

Kudos to these two for raising public awareness.

 

[grahamsy2k]

Why is this so shocking?

 

[Denny347]

Why is this so shocking?

To be quite honest, these types of encounters either don't get recorded or when they do, they aren't sensational enough to post. A video of a cop screwing up will ALWAYS get more hits than one doing his/her job correctly...what fun is that to watch?

 

[GBuck]

So is this public property or something? I know Indy International is privately owned. Couldn't the guy have just asked them to leave? I'm glad the cop handled it well, but it seems to me, the old fart was so worried about the recording that he neglected to just ask them to leave.

 

[Denny347]

So is this public property or something? I know Indy International is privately owned. Couldn't the guy have just asked them to leave? I'm glad the cop handled it well, but it seems to me, the old fart was so worried about the recording that he neglected to just ask them to leave.

I was wondering the same thing. I was thinking it was publicly owned there.

 

[redneckmedic]

I'm calling it a fake, look at all the people, they appear ignorant to the ssituation around them. Impossible!


What I do see here though is were folks confuse the constitution with private sector. If the airport is privately ran and you break their rules, they can ask you to leave =trespassing if you don't... sound familiar? Now, being a check point and travel location and all that, I'm ignorant to how law works here. TSA = federal contracted employees or government employees? Does that still make it private property?

I'm not sure.

 

[N8RV]

What's truly amazing is that it explicitly reveals how the deputy -- with probably a high school education, perhaps a college degree in criminal justice -- is expected to know EVERY nuance of EVERY law, federal, state and local, and also function as a therapist and mediator between agressive parties. And they're expected to step into situations like this several times every day, and NEVER BE WRONG.

 

[redneckmedic]

What's truly amazing is that it explicitly reveals how the deputy -- with probably a high school education, perhaps a college degree in criminal justice -- is expected to know EVERY nuance of EVERY law, federal, state and local, and also function as a therapist and mediator between agressive parties. And they're expected to step into situations like this several times every day, and NEVER BE WRONG.

If folks really had any idea how true this really was!

I would be a curb stomper like my hero frank-in-stein too.

 

[drillsgt]

If folks really had any idea how true this really was!

I would be a curb stomper like my hero frank-in-stein too.

A good curb stompin now and then never hurt anybody-oh wait

 

[Expat]

The airport PR guy was a turd. I loved the wink at the officer about getting their ID.

 

[GBuck]

I don't think the old man was the PR guy that the deputy referred to. If it was, he is the worst PR guy in history.

 

[Expat]

He needed a suit on.... then he would have looked more in charge

 

[NYFelon]

As for the info with respect to Albany Int'l Airport, it is owned by Albany County and run by a pseudo-corporate entity called the Albany County Airport Authority. It is Public Property masquerading as private business. They could ask the filming citizens to leave, but have no lawful authority to make them. Remember when the deputy says "They aren't breaking any laws..." and rattles off a few legal codes? If this were private property, they would be trespassing. Since it's public, they're free to do just as they were.

 

[GBuck]

As for the info with respect to Albany Int'l Airport, it is owned by Albany County and run by a pseudo-corporate entity called the Albany County Airport Authority. It is Public Property masquerading as private business. They could ask the filming citizens to leave, but have no lawful authority to make them. Remember when the deputy says "They aren't breaking any laws..." and rattles off a few legal codes? If this were private property, they would be trespassing. Since it's public, they're free to do just as they were.

Thanks for the clarification. That's why I was asking.