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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Glad I'm not the only one questioning the decency of bystanders filming drunks flailing around on the ground.
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Well that's not what happened. He was filming a Police arrest. If you watch the video he gives it context as well, states what happened before he started filming. At no point is he just filming a drunk "flailing around on the ground." It's your assumption the guy is drunk. At no point in the video does he say he was drunk or that's why he was kicked off of the train. Maybe you should check your own decency?
More context is the cameraman is Crackmacs, downtown dweller that films and records plenty of random stuff in the core. Including accidents, ctrain incidents (like this) etc etc. He's not out there to make cops look bad so I question anyones issue with this. Cameras are out there, we're being filmed, Police all over the world have body cameras to protect citizens and themselves. An officer should have zero problem with this.
Crackmacs didn't interfere with anything, he didn't leap in front of the police trying to get a shot of the "drunks" face, he was standing back being respectful recording the incident, that's all.
Pretty sure if buddy had a knife or took a punch at any of the cops they'd be thankful for the video.
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I mean, would everyone here be defending the guy doing the filming if there were no cops there, and he was just filming an extremely inebriated person struggling to stand up? Maybe put it up on Youtube later for the yuks?[
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Well that's not what's happening either, so why don't we focus on the actual event and not one of your patented Straw men.