Cops asked him "Do you live here" and he responded "No". That would be tresspassing.
Cops were investigating a burglary the whole night. While I do think the cops actions were a little much, why does the guy lie at first about not living there?
I agree, he probably should of just said it was house. The Cop might of done something similar either way though.
Even if it wasnt his house the Cop wouldnt know if he was "tresspassing" or not. It could of been a family/friends home or he could of just had permission from the homeowner.
Neither Colling nor Crooks are strangers to controversy.
Colling has been involved in two fatal shootings in his 5½ years as a Las Vegas police officer. In 2006, he and four other officers shot Shawn Jacob Collins after the 43-year-old man pulled a gun at an east valley gas station.
In 2009, he confronted a mentally ill 15-year-old Tanner Chamberlain, who was holding a knife in front of his mother and waving it in the direction of officers. Colling shot him in the head.
Both shootings were ruled justified by Clark County coroner's juries.
Crooks made headlines in 2002 when he videotaped two Inglewood, Calif., police officers beating a 16-year-old boy. One officer was fired and criminally charged but was not convicted after two trials ended with hung juries. The incident strained race relations in Southern California -- the police officer was white, the teenager black.
Crooks first tried to sell that tape and then declined to give it to prosecutors. He was then jailed on old warrants from unrelated drunken driving and petty theft charges. Civil rights advocates decried it as retribution.
In 2003 he moved to Las Vegas, where he makes a living, among other things, shooting video for nightclubs, and says he kept out of trouble right up until the night he met officer Colling.
Cops asked him "Do you live here" and he responded "No". That would be tresspassing.
Cops were investigating a burglary the whole night. While I do think the cops actions were a little much, why does the guy lie at first about not living there?
Yeah I found that strange too. If that was his place as he said, and the address was on his ID, maybe he just mis-heard the cop the first time he asked?? Don't know.....
It seems to me that he was standing in a parking lot. Trespassing is a stretch.
Either way, the assault was unwarranted, as well as kicking the camera, and yelling "stop resisting" while beating the guy senseless. Interesting past that officer has.....
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Cops asked him "Do you live here" and he responded "No". That would be tresspassing.
Cops were investigating a burglary the whole night. While I do think the cops actions were a little much, why does the guy lie at first about not living there?
Except for the whole little inconvenience of the police not being able to make a trespassing arrest without a complaint by the owner of the property. His saying no to that question doesn't change a thing.
so the cop shot dead a mentally ill 15 year old kid a few years ago, to me that's a little more extreme than this video. this latest story just confirms that he's an unremorseful ######bag
so the cop shot dead a mentally ill 15 year old kid who was waving a knife around at officers and his mother a few years ago, to me that's a little more extreme than this video. This latest story just confirms that he's an unremorseful ######bag
Except for the whole little inconvenience of the police not being able to make a trespassing arrest without a complaint by the owner of the property. His saying no to that question doesn't change a thing.
I'm no expert, but when the police are investigating a robbery across the street at a home, and they see someone in a driveway and they ask him if he lives there and the guy says "no" the cops have every right to investigate. He then said "I live here", so now the cop knows he's lying one way or another. And honestly do we know if the guy was resisting or not? All we had was audio during the scuffle. But it did sound like the cop was overly aggresive and wasn't acting professional at all when he mocked him about being in a world of pain.
Reading stuff like this...I'd hate to be a cop, and I used to want to be when I was younger. Every decision you do questioned, always having to be perfect and spot on and not having a bad day.
I'd hate that kind of pressure.
Yeah, there are power hungry, tin pot tyrant, jerkwad cops out there, but the majority aren't. It's a job I can't imagine doing, and wouldn't want anymore.
I'm no expert, but when the police are investigating a robbery across the street at a home, and they see someone in a driveway and they ask him if he lives there and the guy says "no" the cops have every right to investigate. He then said "I live here", so now the cop knows he's lying one way or another. And honestly do we know if the guy was resisting or not? All we had was audio during the scuffle. But it did sound like the cop was overly aggresive and wasn't acting professional at all when he mocked him about being in a world of pain.
They have a right to question, they have no right to arrest, and absolutely no right to request that he stop filming. For trespassing to occur a complaint must be made by the property owner, simply saying you don't live there does not equal trespassing.
We may have only audio during the scuffle, but we have video of the cop engaging in a physical confrontation with absolutely no cause. The upside is this guy will be getting a hefty paycheck from the police. The bad news is that scumbag with a badge will still be working.
It seems Mr. Kokesh enjoys going around trying to get himself arrested. I'm just sayin'.
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