NYC cyclist arrested for using cellphone to film cop, told iPhones are ‘being used as guns’

[IDemo]

A New York City cyclist was arrested, while attempting to film a police officer giving him a ticket for running a red light, with the explanation that “iPhones are being used as guns,” according to The Gothamist.

Will Paybarah,24, of Brooklyn, was stopped by a police officer in late March for – admittedly– running a red light while on his bike. As the officer approached him, Paybarah pulled out his cellphone to film the encounter only to have the officer immediately tell him to put his phone away.

According to Paybarah, “When I tried to record my interaction with the officer I was arrested… in 10 seconds flat.”

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“I was told by another officer while in the car that recording a police officer was illegal because people are using iPhones as guns and shooting cops through the camera lens…I told him that I have the right to be recording a cop and he said that there were incidents, specifically in uptown Manhattan where a kid shot a cop with his iPhone. Straight face. Very serious.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/02/nyc-cyclist-arrested-for-using-cellphone-to-film-cop-told-iphones-are-being-used-as-guns/

"Siri, reload"?

[damnedifIknow]

1. Dr. Phil where are you?

These cops have entered the twilight zone.

[MohRokTah]

2. Those cops belong behind bars. eom

[Savannahmann]

3. What an amazing liar the police are.

Yes there are cell phone guns. No they are not disguised to look like iphones. No, they don't fire out of the lens. The only thing coming out of the lens is the danger of being exposed as a liar and a member of the brute squad. Hell, the projectile on a .22 would be wider than the phone is thick. I want to ban guns, but this doesn't help, lying never does.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

7. Really? Can you link to one?

Cause that sounds like a totally bogus Snopes type thing to me.

I spotted 'cell phone tasers' in a quick search, but not smart phone guns.

[Bosonic]

10. real, but rather archaic looking

Certainly not thin smartphones



http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cell-phone-guns.shtml

[Savannahmann]

11. Cell phone gun, not smart phone gun.

It looks more like a walkie talkie, but was supposed to look like those candy bar phones of a few years ago.

Won't be long before the cops are claiming that shoes, belts, and flashlights are outlawed because....

http://www.lawdogs.8m.com/catalog.html

I thought cops were supposed to know about guns. At the very least, the officer in question should be terminated because of his incredible ignorance of what guns can be and how small the cartridge is. apparently he thinks, minuscule.

[Sunlei]

20. police should NOT be allowed to wear black color clothes.

[Springslips]

4. There's an app for that?

Wow.

[IDemo]

6. Yes, but it has an NSA backdoor to replace your ammo with blanks n/t

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

5. Snopes time.

I refuse to believe anyone has converted a smartphone into a gun until I actually see one, and a legitimate news story that shows any cop anywhere has been shot with a smartphone.

That cop sounds like either the stupidest person in the world, or like he believes that the guy getting arrested was the stupidest person ever.

[bobduca]

8. Wow those are some dumb ass cops

Don't you feel so safe with these dumb fucking thugs protecting you?

[CincyDem]

9. Easy way to know this is bullshit.

Wayne LaPierre is not screaming from the highest rooftops about our right to bear iPhones. Until I see that, I refuse to believe anyone has been shot with an iPhone.

[sarge43]

12. This is Onion, right?

Right?
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Jeebus

[Rozlee]

13. The only person who has a gun in his iphone is James Bond.

Idiots.

[L0oniX]

14. Google Glass has a gun add on too.

[Sunlei]

16. i want a glass!

[Sunlei]

15. we need giant jesus on the cross necklaces with a holder for our iphones so we can record easier.

someone invent please.

[Augiedog]

17. Whenever u see a cop..."tape" him! We do out number these pinheads

Every cop needs to understand that they work for the public! They are not a foreign occupation force. Once cops lose they confidence of the public, they are hosed. If people feel endangered by these criminals with badges, cops jobs will become harder and MUCH more dangerous. Every time you see a cop interacting with a citizen...record it! It's hard to believe that cops think fixed surveillance cameras are not recording what they are doing, and more effectively too. If you are abused by a cop, check to see if there are any surveillance systems in the area, there probably are, and most of them retain data for awhile.
In Milwaukee a woman was accused of crashing into a squad car. Arrested and charged with multiple counts she was sent a bill to pay for the damages. Turns out, two years later, surveillance footage concealed by the police dept shows that what happened was the squad car ran a stop sign and t-boned her. This incident is not an anomaly for the Milwaukee PD, they are famous for this kinda crap. And now it turns out the Milwaukee PD chief may be a"militia" type, big surprise there.

[Logical]

18. The "cellphone could be a gun" shit is the cops new way to lie. They get away with so many....

lies and bullshit that it is hard to keep track.

[Strelnikov_]

19. Cops . . . just because the dude rides a fixie in an urban environment . . .

doesn't mean he's so dumb you can tell him anything.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Cops always say: "If you have nothing to hide, don't worry about being exposed."

But, in fact all too often, they do have things to hide.

[gopiscrap]

22. Fucking Pigs

all cops are assholes, most become cops so that they can shoot and rough up people "legally" almost all of them have maladjusted anti social personality disorders

[Octafish]

23. CIA Camera Gun

Vintage 1966

[Lochloosa]

24. Think of the deer you could shoot with that....