07.05.2014 - 05:34 [ Techdirt ]

NYPD Officers Expect Public To Be Stupider Than They Are; Justify Shutting Down Recording With ‚iPhones Are Guns‘ Claim

When the appeal to authority fallacy doesn‘t work, try appealing to ludicrousness. That seems to be the M.O. in play here. NYPD officers arrested a bicyclist for running a red light, but that arrest wasn‘t effected until the bicyclist attempted to film the interaction. Here‘s all ten seconds of it before the cop shut the arrestee‘s impromptu shooting down.