Footage taken by Ryan Reilly (Huffington Post) after his release in Ferguson

[Vattel]

Reilly was physically assaulted, illegally detained, denied his right to videotape police, and denied his right to have the names of the officers that assaulted and illegally detained him.

[merrily]

1. I wonder how many African Americans who are released ask for a ride back to their car.

And what would happen if they did.

[Vattel]

2. Good point, but at least the abuse of reporters gets out there and can be used against police.

[merrily]

3. I am not faulting him for asking, not in the least.

Media are often my target, but this time, I am making different points.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. "I want the name of the officer that arrested me."

"It wasn't me."

[Vattel]

5. And there is no paper work pertaining to is arrest or detention.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. So I guess it didn't happen.

[freebrew]

11. That's the way they lose people...

and stay out of lawsuits.

Paperwork? We don't need no stinking paperwork..

[tomm2thumbs]

7. guess they'll have to file a request for information via paper to the department

guess that was the take-away from that video

[DhhD]

8. Job applications and resumes of officers are public documents because they are paid by taxpayers.

[JDPriestly]

12. Laws in some states used to protect them from publication in order to protect the officers.

I don't know whether that is still the case, but you cannot take for granted that job applications, resumes and other work records of police officers are considered to be documents that the public can obtain.
To be sure they can be obtained may require some changes in the law.

[Dustlawyer]

9. "Protect and Serve", yeah right!

[W T F]

10. Ferguson PD is riddled with corruption, They need to be disbanded and replaced