Policeman arrests protestor for 'alleged' (made-up) DUI

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http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2014/02/polic...

Interesting video.

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Moonhawk said:

Actually - we don't know that from the video. The police officer clearly misheard the guy and interpreted "I had tea" as "I had two" then claimed the guy admitted to drinking (which he didn't).

Didn't realise that. Thank you. Though the officer adamantly refuses to hear any clarification, he possibly pretended to mishear.

Derek Smith said:

All I've suggested is that most of the criticism leveled at this police officer seems to be that he exceeded his powers when this is, quite clearly, despite the OP's title for this thread, not so. You might not like it but that doesn't matter.

I do not know whether he exceeds his powers or not. But my impression of him is that he is purposefully making up a 'drink driving' story to persecute the observer.

Interesting comments here.
http://www.policespecials.com/forum/index.php/topi...

The first name thing is interesting.

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slartibartfast said:

watch the video below and you'll come to the conclusion that Steven has been to the protest on many occasions and is known by name to the officer (Sergeant David Kehoe) and this very sergeant is in this very video uploaded 6th Jan.
http://youtu.be/iv-ZxDiQ6VM
seems not all is what it seems.

The cop was irritated by Lawful Observer and finally allowed himself to be spurred to get back at him in the only way he could?

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They were arguing over the minutiae of the status of being a 'lawful observer', the cop seems to think that LO was a protester as well. Though LO denies that.