Rochester, NY Police officers Threaten to Arrest Man if he Doesn’t Put his Cell Phone Down, In an Attempt to Get him to Stop Recording Them!

 

By Davy V.

Although the video is short, and the driver, who did not want his name published for fear of retaliation, should have recorded the entire traffic stop, it’s enough to clearly show the Rochester, NY Police department’s ‘gestapo like’ way of intimidating innocent citizens.

The man, who is African-American, was driving in Rochester’s South Ave. neighborhood, when RPD officers pulled him over for driving 5 miles over the speed limit.

RPD officers then told the man they smelled marijuana, which is a very well known tactic that the Rochester, NY Police department uses in order to justify illegal searches of motorist’s vehicles.

In the video, an RPD officer can be seen, and heard telling the man “You’re being detained right now”, while another officer tells the man “You’re going to be arrested right now if you don’t put it on the car… you’re interfering with our investigation.”

At the end of the video, one of the officers tells the man “This ain’t a big deal”, after the man questions why they are harassing him and telling him to put his phone down.

The officers were referring to the man’s cell phone.

This incident reminds me of Rochester, NY Police officer Mario Masic, who arrested Emily Good in May of 2011, because she videotaped Masic and other RPD officers conducting a racially-profiled traffic stop of an African-American motorist.

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Davy V.

Davy V. is a Cuban-American Filmmaker, Video Producer, Photographer and Freelance Writer, best known for using the power of video and film to expose Police Brutality, Corruption and Misconduct. The son of the late Mario Vara, a community activist who for years fought against Police Brutality and Misconduct in Rochester, New York, Davy V. got his start in Television and Video by tagging along and working camera for his father's cable access television show, "La Voz Del Pueblo" (The Voice of The People). Davy V. later went on to produce and host "KEEP IT ON THE REEL", a cable access TV show with a mix of Hip Hop as well as issues affecting African-Americans and Latinos in Rochester, NY, such as Police Brutality and Misconduct. Some guests on the show included Treach, KayGee and Vinnie of Naughty by Nature, Method Man, Funkdoobiest, Da Youngstas, and the Rottin' Razkals. Davy V. won the U.S. ACM Video Festival Award for his Documentary, "R.P.D. EXPOSED!" about the Rochester, New York Police Department and their long history of misconduct, corruption and unnecessary killings of unarmed innocent citizens. "R.P.D. EXPOSED!" and Davy V.'s follow up, "R.P.D.: Badges of DISHONOR, CORRUPTION and MURDER!" were both screened at the National Hip Hop Political Convention at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. Davy V.'s work has been featured in publications such as THE SOURCE Hip Hop Magazine, URBAN AMERICA Magazine, The Ave. Magazine, Insider Magazine, La Voz Newspaper, Minority Reporter Newspaper, CNY LATINO Newspaper, DOWN Magazine, as well as on television news stations, and programs such as CNN and Inside Edition. In addition to his freelance writing, Davy V. also writes a monthly Op/Ed Column for LA VOZ Magazine and Minority Reporter Newspaper. In June 2012, Davy V. joined Cop Block as a regular contributor.