Comments by "" (@redtela) on "ARMED Police Overreact to Being Filmed and make Threats of Seizure!" video.

  1. Interesting debate here. I once was the vehicle immediately behind a drunk driver, who had a head on collision with traffic coming the other way. My dash cam caught everything very clearly. Once officers arrived, I invited them into the car to view the footage, and they accepted, viewed it and then said "ok, I'm going to need to seize your camera for evidence." I countered with "Really? I'd rather keep it... I can burn a copy to DVD for you this evening, and deliver it anywhere you want, by hand, tomorrow." Initially, the officer said that was OK, and took my details as a witness. Once it was possible, I then drove one of the (innocent) people to the hospital (by agreement with the attending paramedics)... and about 5 minutes after I got home, the same officer knocked on the door with a "Sorry, tomorrow isn't soon enough, any chance you can burn the DVD now?" He was quite happy when I said "yep, no issues, come in, I'll make you a brew while you wait."
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  2. Incidentally, I can say "drunk driver" and "innocent" etc - because I know the outcome of the case (and it involved a jail term).
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