Missouri incident with a police officer

[Raineyrocks]

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2007/100907Motorist.htm  (this is the link for the video and the rest of the story)


Missouri: Police Threaten, Detain Motorist for Parking After Hours

The Newspaper
Monday September 10, 2007

A motorist who refused to discuss his personal business with a St. George, Missouri police officer was threatened with arrest last Friday. Brett Darrow, 20, no stranger to unconventional encounters with police, caught a St. George Police Sergeant named Kenline stating that he had the power to invent charges that would put Darrow behind bars.

"Try and talk back... to me again," yelled Sergeant Kenline. "I bet I could say you resisted arrest or something. You want to come up with something? I come up with nine things."

The incident began at around 2am. Darrow was to meet a friend who was working late and was going to pick him up. Darrow headed toward a 24-hour commuter parking lot in an unincorporated part of Saint Louis County in his 1997 Nissan Maxima. He put on his turn signal and entered the lot which, aside from Kenline's cruiser, was essentially vacant. After stopping the car, the police officer approached and began questioning Darrow about what he was doing. When Darrow declined to discuss his personal business, the police sergeant exploded. Although the video clearly shows Darrow driving properly and using his turn signal, the police officer insisted that Darrow had broken the law.

[Pat K]

This um officer sounds like a real nut job.

[kola]

That gooncop was a fricken sargeant? The nutjob is a ticking timebomb. A few copwatchers should get his workschedule and shadow him for awhile. I am sure his name will come up again.

Notice the lines he uses to justify the drivers rights? "you are impeding my investigation"...refusing to comply with a lawful request"...

The vid  was a very educational encounter . In order to fight these gooncops, we all need to have video/audio equipment on us at all times.


Kola

[KBCraig]

The kid needs to turn off the radar detector next time. My ears ache.

[Raineyrocks]

Listening to the video at first I thought okay the cop was sounding pretty nice and maybe there is a lot of car break ins at this place and it wouldn't have killed this guy to tell the cop he was waiting for a friend.  But then the cop got so vicious and almighty it made me sick.  This cop is on a major power trip that's for sure even though it didn't sound like it at first.  He blatantly said he'd make up phony charges to bust this driver.

I wonder where that guy got a video for his car that sounds like maybe a good thing to have in this day and age.  I wonder what will happen with this.  Will the guy be able to get this cop in trouble with his own video footage?   

[Nicholas Gilman]

PART 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8033SPavXEc 

PART 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP_Wy0iLZRc

   Darrow rocks.     Notice how the thug changes his demeanor when he realizes
who he has just stopped illegally.  Darrow is well known to police in St Louis for
exposing bad cops.   Incompetence is rampant in St George:

http://www.auditor.mo.gov/press/2002-51.htm

   Tell them what you think:

   

Saint George
9041 Southview Lane - St. George, MO  63123


Phone 314-631-1295 
Fax  314-631-2252 
Office Hours  9-4 Tu & Thu; 6-9 M 
Council Meeting  3rd Thursday - 7:30 p.m. 
Municipal Court  2nd Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. 
Population  1,288 

[Checkpoint]

Looks like the cop has been placed on unpaid leave while his department investigates. Any pending cases involving this cop should also be up for review. See:

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?At=023669

[KBCraig]

Here's a transcript of the latest encounter.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/19/1961.asp

The audio can be hard to hear, so this helps.

Darrow really didn't display any attitude. The cop just went from zero to rage in an instant.

[kola]

I would love to know what type of videocamera Darrow had.

Kola

[penguins4me]

I think the key here is getting a copy of the video OUT of the car and somewhere else where the cops can't smash it to bits.

Cell phone 'net connection? Any ideas on a reasonable, mostly-reliable way to upload almost 2MB/minute at any given moment's notice?

[mvpel]

Okay, I was close. Okay. I think I've been around, as a matter of fact, I've been a cop almost as long as you've been alive. Okay?

And that's what's REALLY scary about this video.

[Raineyrocks]

Here's one: http://cgi.ebay.com/CAR-DASHBOARD-MOUNT-SECURITY-LASER-VIDEO-CAMERA-SD-SLOT_W0QQitemZ120158780925QQihZ002QQcategoryZ98198QQcmdZViewItem

Now that's what I call finding out where to get one!   Next time I'm looking for something Scott I'm going to ask you!

Sjhipple - I hope I spelled that right, I can't see small print that good anymore.  Anyways, 2 hrs to go, beat you there!  Only kidding I'd probably get in trouble with one of those in my van.  I'm always talking about crazy stuff, I don't need it on tape.    My kids call the police, "the fuzz", I'm trying to preserve some of the old day language through my offspring!

[Rifkinn]

I saw this at a motorcycle accessories website.

http://www.cbxmanmotorcycles.com/Motocomm-Dsr-100-Motorcycle-Helmet-Bike-Camera-Digital-Recorder.aspx

"The MotoComm Motorcycle Helmet Camera & Digital Recorder is the most complete helmet camera and recording system available. The DSR-100 comes with everything required to start making videos of your next ride! Even records sound!"

I'm wanting to get something like that after I get me a motorcycle.

[Checkpoint]

Looks like the Saint George Chief of Police is also under investigation in an unrelated incident from several years ago as well:

http://www.beloblog.com/KMOV_Blogs/n4idailybriefing/

[KBCraig]

St. Louis news report, where the chief is weaseling and crawfishing and accusing Darrow of provoking the incident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsCiP4fvfPA

[youtube=425,350]XsCiP4fvfPA[/youtube]