re: Long Island Audit Returns to Baton Rouge

The hypocrisy of the government knows no bounds. And the low IQs in this thread have no problem with the government recording us everywhere.

And before one of you Neanderthals says “if you aren’t doing anything wrong you shouldn’t care if the government records you” go drown yourself in a septic tank.

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But that's not how his videos go, though. He does something legal such as recording in a public library and they, not knowing the law, start harassing him.

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right - but he needs to be careful if children are in there bc he cannot record children - and I hate when he says ‘it’s ok for them to record us but we can’t record.’ By walking into the library you are giving consent to being recorded by the library’s cameras, not his. Plus what the library records isn’t posted to YouTube - it’s to catch serial flashers and masturbators

And I’ve watched some of his videos - by going into places and recording, he looks suspicious - so I’m not saying he’s instigating but it’s suspicious - and he’s looking for a confrontation

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but he needs to be careful if children are in there bc he cannot record children

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Link? Anyone in a public space is subject to being recorded.

Per a quick google:

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It is not illegal to record other people, including minors, if you are doing it from a public place or your own property. By showing the video to others, it could be considered an invasion of privacy (this would be for a court to determine)

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Public space is all that needs to be said

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By walking into the library you are giving consent to being recorded by the library’s cameras, not his.

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By your logic the Government can record children in public spaces but no one else. That is false. Age doesn't matter in public spaces.

FYI simply by being in a public building or space, you are giving anyone consent to record you. It's assumed and no notice has to be given.

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by going into places and recording, he looks suspicious - so I’m not saying he’s instigating but it’s suspicious

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Suspicious doesn't justify his rights being trampled.

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and he’s looking for a confrontation

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If something good comes from it, like officers learning a lesson, being fired for being tyrants, etc then who cares if he is?

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It is not illegal to record other people, including minors, if you are doing it from a public place or your own property

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so that’s crazy - when I worked at the library I had to get parental consent to take pictures of children and post them - but anyone can walk in and take them - so weird

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Suspicious doesn't justify his rights being trampled

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until he becomes uncooperative and caused a scene which is disturbing the peace

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If something good comes from it, like officers learning a lesson, being fired for being tyrants, etc then who cares if he is?

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bc it’s really not necessary - there aren’t that many people going into public places and having their ‘rights trampled upon’

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so that’s crazy - when I worked at the library I had to get parental consent to take pictures of children and post them - but anyone can walk in and take them - so weird

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Probably library policy for employees

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so that’s crazy - when I worked at the library I had to get parental consent to take pictures of children and post them - but anyone can walk in and take them - so weird

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Just because the library had a policy for its workers doesn't take away someone's rights. I can go record in any public library I want to tomorrow no matter if there are 1000 kids there.

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until he becomes uncooperative and caused a scene which is disturbing the peace

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You are moving the goal post. He doesn't make a scene until the cops or public employees do.

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bc it’s really not necessary

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Sure it is.

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there aren’t that many people going into public places and having their ‘rights trampled upon’

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Speak for yourself. I had a run-in with a cop with little man syndrome earlier this year. That interaction changed my perception of cops at 43 years old. A lot of them don't care about trampling on your rights.

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It’s amazing how many cops that are paid to enforce the law, don’t know the law

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That's what I get out of most of these types of audit videos. IMO a lot of the audit guys are doing the public a service by weeding out the idiots. Some of them are jackasses looking for a payday but even that isn't a bad thing as something positive for the public can still come out of it.

These guys expose what we all know - that LEO’s and many others have no clue that if you are in public or work for the public that you can be recorded all day long and it doesn’t become harassment just because you don’t like it. I come from a LEO family and they actually like these auditors because they show the large amount of meatheads who take no pride in their profession.

People have no idea that most of the BS charges that LEO’s bring like the all encompassing “harassment” or “interference” are dropped by the prosecutors office usually in short order because prosecutors actually know the law while uniformed cops are lightly trained. The working Detective in my family who spent years in uniform uses these videos to train the uniformed guys because the videos are huge proof in lawsuits. And children have no exemption under the law to being recorded. Disney World records children probably more than anyone in the country yet they aren’t called on it because it’s totally legal if you are in public or enter private property where recording takes place. And one of the most recorded buildings in the world is the White House which is a government building and highly protected yet you don’t see the Secret Service snatching cameras out of the hands of tourists either outside the fence or on the inside tours. Restricted areas have to be clearly marked and secured. Cops can’t just say a public place is restricted because they don’t like you. Private property is a different story but you can absolutely record private property if you can see it from public, ala someone standing on the sidewalk recording your house. You may not like it but it’s totally legal which is why someone invented blinds and fences.

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You do know the recordings are subject to FOIA requests and someone absolutely could request the footage and post it on Youtube?

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not necessarily, some library records require a subpoena