Originally Posted by
yandosan
Phil Mocek is the only example I can recall of someone actually going to trial
over photography (in an airport) and he was acquitted. Sure, cops went way overboard there but they seem to be learning that when they are caught on camera misbehaving it's game over because their actions are subsequently internet fodder and seen all over the world, potentially for years to come. Sure, US police overstep their authority every day, but if we can't agree that sworn officers should be expected to know the law and act accordingly, and strive to be something other than sycophants for TSA, we might as well be living in North Korea.
What should happen and what actually happens is night and day when law enforcement is involved. Yes we expect police to know and obey the law yet we see to many cases where it just doesn't happen that way. It's not limited to Police/TSA involvement. There is more than one case in that arena. In Texas State Troopers did a body cavity search on the side of the road. Not just one trooper and one incident but two searches by different troopers that we know of. There is a video of a UC Davis cop pepper spraying students who sat quietly in demonstration. Mocek is another example, one where TSA and the cops lied to arrest and charge him.
I've never been to North Korea so can't speak for them but I do believe that our police here act in a manner that is not lawful in many more cases than should be tolerated. A quick google search for "Police Arrested for Misconduct" returned over one million hits
I believe that if TSA calls for police the odds are highly against the citizen at that point.