Interesting comment from another forum. I agree with it 100%. There is another tidbit that I am trying to confirm. This thug Cop might have been in his personally owned vehicle.
Here's a cop's point of view. It's worth what you paid for it.
The cop in the unmarked car is a prick. Not because he got out with his gun in his hand, but because he wanted payback for the kid posting the video of him looking stupid on youtube. The wiretapping charge will not hold water, and I bet the cop knew that when he sought the warrant. My money is on his mentality being "he might beat the charge, but he won't beat the ride".
The cop may have had a badge on his belt, but that is hardly what I would want to rely on to "identify" myself in a situation like this. The cop was driving an unmarked car, in civilian clothes, cutting a bike off in traffic, and stepping out with a gun drawn. Tunnel vision is a mother ####er, and I'll bet most people would have focused on the gun, and never even looked at the badge on his belt. The kid on the bike was not attempting to elude, as the video shows him exit the freeway, and sitting behind stopped traffic at a traffic light. The smart thing to do would be to tail the guy, and have the marked unit make the stop if he was so hell bent on getting this guy his tickets. Was he identified as a cop? Yes. Was he identified enough to risk his life on it? I wouldn't do it.
All of the dumb things this cop did aren't half as bad as him seeking prosecution because he's personally pissed at the guy. That makes him look like a chump.
The search warrant is a whole 'nother issue as well. The foundation of it was to search the computers for evidence of the youtube video, which was the basis of the wiretapping charge. It had nothing to do with bikers posting vids of their top speed runs. The judge that signed that warrant should have the gavel shoved up their ass sideways. There is almost nothing more intrusive than having the police show up and go through your house with a fine toothed comb. To have it done without just cause is a failure of justice. The judge and officer both should have known that the MD wiretapping statute did not apply to audio recorded in a place where there is no expectation of privacy. Because of this, the arrest warrant, and more importantly, the search warrant should not have been issued.
Bottom line, chump cop got pissed because he looked like what he is on the video, and decided to make life hell for this kid. No wonder people hate us cops.
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http://www.tallahasseegunforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=157683Now let's hear some more stories of "what happened to me when I was a stupid kid"' that has NO bearing on this incident.