Written by: Nathan Cox
Edited by Meg McLain & Chris Staples
On Memorial Day weekend,May 26th, I was coming home from a side-job I had picked up. Quickly noticed that Interstate 295 was being HEAVILY Policed by State Troopers. Here is a brief summary of what happened (description from “Virginia State Trooper McKenney is CRAZY – Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Stop” Video):
“I passed 3 state troopers just 50 meters from the Pole Green Road Exit on 295. They were conducting a traffic stop, funny thing was, 2 of them were conducting the stop, while a third was on the opposite shoulder. As I drove by one of the cops stared me, or my vehicle down. The next thing I knew one of those cops came up fast behind me while I was still on the phone. She moved over the adjacent lane and proceeded to pass me, just enough to see my State Inspection sticker which expired March 1. Then she pulled behind me and blue lighted me. She came up to my door, opened the door and aggressively asked to get out of the car. After I complied and stepped out of my car, she had her hands all over me trying to prevent me from recording her. After I signed the tickets she claimed my muffler sounded loud (it’s a stock muffler on a 08 civic Si). As I tried to capture some video of all the cruisers that came to the scene, she threatened me with a citation for being a “pedestrian on the highway” you can see that in the next video. 3 more cops came to the scene. The entire stop was not caught on MY phone because one of the male cops turned my phone upside down when they noticed it filming. I’m hoping to get the dashboard cam via FOIA after the criminal charges are dealt with.”
After going to court about this, I was able to get the inspection sticker citation dismissed but was found “guilty” on the charge “Failure to Display Front License Plate”. Following these court proceedings over these charges, I filed an official complaint with the Virginia State Police concerning the aggressive nature of State Trooper McKenney. I also filed a Freedom Of Information Act Request in hopes to obtain Trooper McKenney’s Dashboard Camera, as well as any other communication about me via, phone, text, email and radio. Also, I tried to recover previous complaints Trooper McKenney may have received, but was denied that request. Approximately August 22nd I received the FOIA Request Package from the Virginia State Police. After reviewing the information we received, being the Dashboard Camera and text messages that was sent to/received from McKenney validated my account of what happened and provides enough evidence that could make a case for a 4th Amendment Rights Violation. If you have not yet seen MY video of the traffic stop yet, you can watch the video here and you will notice at the 7:27 mark someone violates my 4th Amendment Rights by trespassing against my property (My Phone). As well as a short clip here of trying to get footage of the cop cars after recovering my phone, she then threatened to cite me for “being a pedestrian on a highway”.
What you’ve been waiting for – State Trooper McKenney’s Dashboard Camera:
Points of Interest/ Concern:
- At approximately the 1:20 mark Trooper McKenney approaches my car and proceeds to open my door; within a second or two of her opening my door, “Driver Perspective”.
- At approximately the 1:50 mark Trooper McKenney begins to prevent me from recording her by trying to grab my smart-phone, claims it could be a gun at the 2:30 mark.
- At approximately 2:50 mark in the video I comply and put my phone while recording against the spoiler on my car point towards the front of her car, while telling her I am still recording, she replies “That’s fine.”
- At approximately the 3:22 mark, she continues her refusal of me recording her all while saying it could be a gun, and she has no problem recording her saying “You can record all you want”.
*NOTE* The TIME of 3:36pm was written on both citations – noted for purposes of Text Message time-frame. The Text Message that Trooper McKenney sent/ received begin to play on the bottom of the screen in chronological order beginning around the 3:48 minute mark in the video. (All text messages appear to be sent/ received after completion of the traffic stop)
- At approximately the 5:02 mark she is alerted by her computer that I have a concealed weapons permit.
- At approximately the 6:05 mark she finally admits it’s a phone (but then says she doesn’t know what it is), but refuses to let me record her. I point out she is the one with a gun on her hip and that my firearm is not on me. Question: Do Police officers have the “legal right” to disarm individuals they encounter? Maybe only in the case of someone being detained/ arrested? Why is an individual likely required to be disarmed and not the police officer? It’s the police who’ve proved to be over-aggressive, liars, thieves, murderers, incompetent, inept, violent, etc and there our thousands of videos on YouTube to prove it. It’s the police who need to be disarmed and given maybe a rubber-band gun as a replacement.
- At Approximately the 6:50 mark three more State Troopers arrive.
- At approximately the 7:25 mark she finally finishes explaining why she pulls me over – and I ask her to show me a victim.
- At approximately the 8:00 mark I again make a plea to retain my smart-phone, so I can record the scene, request denied. “You don’t have a right to your property on a traffic stop”.
- At approximately the 8:40 mark she attempts to get me to incriminate myself by hoping I’d say I wasn’t wearing my seat belt – I didn’t intentionally did not answer her.
- At approximately the 9:00 mark trooper McKenney Trespasses against my property (smart-phone) and lays my phone down on my car camera facing the sky – Seen in my video here. I initially thought my phone was touched by one of the Troopers guarding me. I pleaded with them off and on through the length of the detainment to allow me to retain my property because it was 100+ degrees that day and I was in fear that a combination of the direct sunlight & heated metal of my car would damage my phone. They refused to let me obtain my property or even move my property to a safer location and even said they weren’t responsible for it if it ended up getting damaged by the heat.
- At approximately the 10:10 mark one of the Troopers approaches McKenney’s vehicle and questions her about the stop and makes first mention of CopBlock.org
- At approximately the 10:48 mark she acknowledges I was recording to her colleague and said, “I asked him to get out of the car and he puts a camera in my face” and goes on to say “I don’t want myself on any type of YouTube or whatever.” (She knew very well it wasn’t a weapon and simply did not want to be recorded. Public Servants like her self have no reasonable expectation of privacy.
- At approximately the 11:14 mark another Trooper approaches her car to let her know I’m “from the online Cop Block thing”.
- At approximately the 11:55 mark Trooper McKenney explains to colleague that I was wanting to retain my phone to record the scene, she goes on to say, “I don’t want his cell phone in my face, it could be a gun.” (Maybe that’s why there are so many “accidental” shootings?)
- At approximately the 12:10 mark McKenney’s colleague says, “he calls for a supervisor every time he gets pulled over” (That’s not true first of all, secondly that proves he’s seen the VCU traffic stop video).
- At approximately the 16:06 mark The officer who had been sneering at me began attempting to search the inside of my car. He peered into the windows, walked around the car, even tried to get in it at one point. What is the purpose of this search? Who knows. I made it very clear I was not giving anyone consent to search my car.
- At approximately the 20:09 mark Trooper McKenney continues to try and find reasons to extort more money from me (for doing no harm to anyone life, liberty or property).
- At approximately the 25:28 mark she finally gets out of her car to give me the citations – colleague says “Be aware he may not sign.”
As you will see in the picture(s) provided, RE: Freedom of Information Act Request, each piece of information I requested was addressed in paragraph’s numbered 1-7. You’ll notice in paragraph 6 and 7 the information I requested any possible records concerning McKenney’s [history of] behavior or conduct. I was denied that information. Furthermore as you can see noted in paragraph 7 that there are a total of 806 “Public Records as of that date of your request, which are being withheld under this exemption”, the exemption being specifically, “Virginia Code Sections 2.2-3704 (B) (1), personnel records and/or complaints and internal and/or administrative investigative records are exempt from disclosure pursuant to 2.2-3706 (F)(11)(ii) and the department is exercising its discretion not to release these records.” My question is, why the secrecy? 806 “Public Records” are being withheld? Why is there a lack of transparency? Is it really a “public record” if the public can’t view it? This experience illustrates the issue of law enforcement or other government officials behaving without regard for the law. Preventing the release of public records allows some officials to behave like they are unaccountable and exempt from the law.
Also, included in the pictures is the TEXT MESSAGES transcripts Trooper McKenney and her colleagues were sending/ receiving after the stop about me. A couple of the message in particular concern me. From Officer with Badge # 881, “THIS WAS THE SAME REASON HE GOT PULLED AT VCU”. That is a FALSE. I was pulled over for saying, “Stop harassing people, we pay your pay checks.” Another concerning text message says, “NEED TO LET THE JUDGE KNOW ABOUT THAT GUY”. These types of statements are serious red flags. We’re supposed to have a “fair” Judicial System, but instead you have the police, judges and prosecutors all working on the same team and collaborating together to ruin people’s lives. 1. There are 2.1 MILLION people caged up in a Prison or in Jail, awaiting trial. The U.S has about 5% of the WORLD population but yet 25% of the world’s PRISON POPULATION. Nonviolent “Offenders” make up more than 60 percent of the prison and jail population. Nonviolent drug offenders now account for about one-fourth of all inmates, up from less than 10 percent in 1980. And maybe THE MOST concerning text message out of them all, “YEAH I AM GONNA GIVE YOU ALL DETAILS AND HE LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 360 FROM ME SO YOU CAN BET THAT I WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM STOPPING HIM AGAIN IF HE DOESN’T CORRECT IT…. EVERY 24 HOURS HE CAN GET A TICKET FOR IT.” Sure enough I’ve been cited for it again since then by a Hanover Deputy, I go to court for that in October with some great defense techniques up my sleeve. Can’t forget the “YOU GO GIRL” TO END THE TRANSMISSION OF TEXTS SENT/ RECEIVED. Have Police forgotten whom they work for and whom they are supposed to serve and protect? I believe they have, and here is a wonderful message to law enforcement & military personnel all across the world. We live in a world in which are “legislators” have literally criminalized us alland the Police have a duty to use their common sense, conscious and discretion when choosing which laws to enforce.
Lastly you will see the receipt of my FOIA Request, in order to get my “public records”, I had to pay $80.13. You will see it itemized on the receipt, $73.99 being towards, “research and copying of public documents”. Although I disagree with being charged that much, specifically because that is their job, to provide information when FOIA Requests are submitted. Apparently that is some how not covered using the money that’s taxpayers pay to provide their salaries, vehicles, computers, guns, tanks and other toys.
In the end, I regret putting down my phone during the traffic stop. I understand that I might have been arrested or cited for some offence like “Failure to Obey a Lawful Order”. No individual has any idea how a police stop will end, but I know that I have a right to record the actions of a public official, and I know that it is unreasonable that the officer would have mistaken my phone for a weapon. Had the officer honestly believed the phone was a weapon, I would have been made to lie prone on the pavement in order to search my person and my car. This officer overreacted, a mistake that could result in the needless injury or death of someone during a future stop. I recommend that the officer be retrained to prevent a future, possibly dangerous, mistake. Ultimately, it is my hope that everyone, especially “law enforcement” embrace the Non-Aggression Principle, that no one has the right to initiate force against anyone else. I challenge anyone who has taken an oath that police and military take,which I took when I enlisted in the Army in 2006, to visit the Oath Keepers website to learn more about the standards expect of people who wear the uniform.
if she isn’t smart enough to know that you have a phone, she shouldn’t be allowed to be a cop. She obviously doesn’t have the brain capacity to handle complex situations.
Man, don’t you understand? Being a cop is all that’s left. She couldn’t handle a complex job, such as cooking french fries.
SInce you have charges against you and need to defend yourself, can’t you just subpoena the records instead of paying for a FOIA request?
I already dealt with the charges. I mentioned it near the top of the story.
Next time, don’t do an FOIA. Do a request for discoverable evidence. They can’t charge you for materials they are required by law to disclose. Only do an FOIA if they are withholding evidence.
Also pitchess motions will get you all the records of disciplinary actions and complaints against the officer. They HATE getting hit up for pitchess motions and 9-10 times will drop charges to avoid giving up their personal information
Guess what, Troopers of Virginia, you’re fay-moose!
Suggestion: If you don’t know if someone has a gun, or has a bad day AND a gun, probably not the best idea to be walking up and opening someone’s car door and reaching in the car, ya know what I’m saying? Safety first!
Greetings from Northern Idaho, Virginia State Troopers.
I agree with this. She went about the whole stop unprofessional and without any safety in mind.
Look at it from the LEO’s perspective, in today’s world a cell phone/smart phone is a weapon. Not a “gun” per say, but can be used as a weapon against them when you are recording them! That being said, it became about establishing authority over you once she knew it was a phone. If a LEO sees you digging around your car while being pulled over they are trained to be suspicious & rightfully so. You could be hiding something or grabbing a weapon. Once it was established you were unarmed and you’re separated from the interior of your car, where there may be a weapon, then it became more about making you submit to her “authority”! To me she was pretty foolish rushing up, opening your door & getting right in your face demanding you exit the car. If you were grabbing a gun, she just left herself very vulnerable to being shot. So her actions don’t line up with her words or else she needs retrained on how to approach a car if you suspect a weapon is in it!
LEO’s need to do several things if they want our trust. First is stop covering for the bad ones, the abusive ones, the ones that we do see on YouTube at an increasing amount. Police themselves first and do what you supposedly signed up to do, serve and protect! Second, they can make sure they are aware of our Constitutional rights and respect those rights! Third is treat us with the respect due us. Fourth is understand because the first three points I just stated are not being done & daily we are seeing more & more police abuse, we no longer trust or respect you bc we never know when we are being pulled over by a good LEO or a bad LEO!
LEO’s need to understand that they are to serve & protect US, not the corporations, not the NWO, the UN or the local power structure! If they continue to abuse their power or follow unlawful orders, the criminals in charge will eventually turn on them out of fear for their power being taken away by them. The NWO seeks to enslave & destroy us all. They detest us, including the LEO’s & fear the LEO’s, especially the good ones. The bad ones will be used for destructive purposes, then those they serve will turn on them. I hope the LEO’s wake up & choose to clean house & choose to stand on the side of freedom & righteousness before its too late. Last time I checked, they & their families are being fed GMO food & fluoridated water also, so one way or another, we are in the same boat & we the people could sure use the LEOs to be for us & not against us :)
I was attending engineering classes at community college. We shared the small building with law enforcement trainees. They are taught this behavior. We heard them role-playing many scenerios with them being the violent ones. Had to close our doors many times to hear our instructor. So, sending her back to re-training isn’t the answer. Maybe rewrite the training manuals.
Great job Nathan. keep up the good work..
If someone scores too high on an exam, they are passed over if there are other applicants from which to choose. They do not want intelligent free thinkers. They just need to be smart enough to follow orders. I’m sure it’s very tempting to go on a power trip. Their ego takes control and they no longer think objectively. I have been highly impressed by some officers, but appalled at others. They are trained to think of it as “their highway,” or “their town,” and everything becomes personal after that.
Training needs to be improved… but, will it?
Remain civil and keep up the effort.
I want to know if I can request this type of information from an Illinois State Trooper who put drugs in my vehicle??!! Can anyone help or know anyone in the Chicago land area that can assist me with a bogus arrest when I was 7 months pregnant!? PLEASE! This arrest happened in 2008 and it still bothers me every single day of my life and I want actions to be done!
I was pulled over for “obstruction of view”. Everything was thrown out in court but I feel the State Trooper should be held accountable for detaining an innocent pregnant woman! A judge believed me in court and dismissed traffic violations and the drug charge!
Come on! Let me wrap my mind around this. You were pregnant and innocent? Before stopping you for having an obstructed view how was the trooper to know anything about you? If you had an obstructed view you should have been stopped. Besides, I’ve never met a woman who was pregnant AND innocent. Hunny Bunny, the whole world is NOT about you and your rights! First, it’s about everyone else. THEN, it might be about you, maybe. Again, like the person who started all this by detaining four Virginia State Troopers, you probably grew up without enough parental discipline.
Dale Meyer on November 5, 2012 at 10:38 pm..
You sound like another one of those who think “Cops Can Do NO Wrong!” Why not go some other place and spout your nonsense.
Anti Cop
Nice try, cop.
You are either one of those ignorant retarded cops, or a complete and UTTER MORON. To say it is not about a persons rights, but about everyone elses..???? You can’t make an excuse for everyone elses rights while dismissing another persons. Seriously, Get bent!
In this case, the leo has the right to get you out of the car, pat you down for weapons, handcuff you and make you sit on the side of the highway because of your actions and ridiculous street lawyer rantings.
Plus the decal on your rear window can get you pulled over anywhere because it is obstructing your vision. Better to have the smart phone on but resting on the console or passenger seat, it will still record the audio and her camera will record the video, in this case it recorded both. You probably wouldn’t have gotten any tickets if you hadn’t have acted like a complete fool.
I agree. Were I in the shoes of this Trooper I would have pulled you from the car as well because of your delay in pulling over and your abnormal movements. Better to be safe and go home to your family than risk being shot in the face by a seated driver with who knows what. Then you start spouting stupid things like your military service which has no bearing on the risk your current behavior presented. Add to that your ignorance of stealth weapons, like a stun gun that looks like a cell phone, and this video just validates what a tool you really are. I have been stopped many times and rarely get a ticket because I treat each officer with respect until they deserve to be treated differently. I can guarantee that if you needed help you would not hesitate to call 911….and they would not hesitate to respond.
If a cop can’t tell a cell phone from a weapon, is she actually quallified to pat someone down for a weapon?
Phone: (804) 674-2000 Call and ask if Trooper McKenney has been disciplined ….
Bonehead cop of the year goes to Trooper McKenney. Lying about a phone being a gun to keep from getting recorded is not a very good quality to have if your job is to uphold the law. Making up reasons to write tickets (loud muffler) is not a good quality if your job is to uphold the law. Lecturing someone and making rude gestures toward them is extremely disrespectful to adults, especially if you are supposed to be a professional peace keeper. You might want to consider another line of work, like elementary school teacher. You can lecture bad little boys and girls all you want in that line of work.
Thank you. I wish there were more people like you in every state.
This reminds me of the “Pull over!” scene in Super Troopers.
“Please step out of the vehicle. Now I’m going to have to cite you with being a pedestrian on the highway.”
I see nothing illegal or any rights that have been violated. Yes she can order you out of the car. Yes she can demand you leave all your personal items alone. Yes there are fake cell phones that are working guns (look it up). And yes when you are told to leave you must. You may not stand on the interstate and take photos. I think she did a good job. I just wonder why she didn’t cuff you until the stop was over?
She violated my 4th amendment rights when she trespassed against my property (both my person and my cell phone).
She also violated my 1st amendment rights by now allowing me to record her (See GLIK decision – all referenced in the article)
That pig don’t fly. Her right to safety trumps your right to be a wimp about your cell phone. You can wave the 1st and 4th amendments around but any reasonable person who looks at the dash camera video you posted and see you are crying wolf. She did nothing more than try and get you contained while ensuring her sarety so she could cite you for YOUR VIOLATIONS. Trespassed on your cell phone and your person? Really? Give me a break. How about holding your complaints until you have had your head cracked by a REAL bad cop.
Ed I’m glad to see someone who actually has a clue. There are 4 shot 22 caliber pistols that are made to look like a cell phone. It seems to me that if you spend your entire life trying to piss off the cops it should not be a surprise when they treat you like shit. That being said I don’t think they really did anything to violate your rights. Now I think it would have been reasonable for the Trooper to examine the phone, confirm it was not a weapon, and then return it. But overall a pretty good stop.
Bub, neither you nor Ed have anything resembling a clue, any more than his phone resembles a cell phone gun. As you are clueless, I will enlighten you. The cell phone gun is based on a last generation phone with a stick antenna (which as you might imagine, were you not a bit of a moron), serves to disguise the barrel of the weapon. These guns are also quite heavy, and are non-functional. Thus, no phone that lacks an antenna or is a working phone is also a cell phone gun; there are no such things. Furthermore, these phones have only been discovered in Europe in the position of serious mafia – Eastern European gangs – sophisticated armor. It would not just be idiotic but unreasonable to think that an American guy, clean cut, in shorts, holding a working phone , is actually wielding a cell phone gun. Unfortunately most cops are in fact idiots themselves, so maybe they do really believe the drivel that they repeat.
Do you cop trolls think we’re stupid? It has been demonstrated through the officer’s texts that she was well aware of the phone being a phone. She was lying about the potential of it being a gun so she could prevent him from recording her. She behaved unprofessionally. There wasn’t a reason on earth to open his door, demand he step out, to touch him or his property. She’s a childish, dumb cop that needs to be reprimanded. If she is an accurate representation of her workplace, then it needs to be reformed. I am disgusted by her lack of professionalism. Texting about this to her little cop buddies is even more childish. I didn’t know they were hiring middle schoolers these days.
You seem to have a dog like obedience to authority. And you appear to be be one ignorant fool. the cop has to have reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed or about to be committed. She absolutely had no right to touch his vehicle much less open the door. That was her first mistake. After she violated his 4th amendment rights everything she did after that was mute.
Go back and read the constitution and the bill of rights since you completely lack any knowledge of it. When you are done, ask your master if you can go outside and take a poop. When you come back in, lick clean the boots of the thugs you admire so much.
When you are detained on the side of the road by a LEO, the smartest thing you can do is place your hands on your steering wheel where the LEO can clearly see them. Don’t start reaching into your console, because they have no idea if you are reaching for your insurance card or a gun. As soon as the move was made for the console, the trooper had more than enough “reasonable suspicion”.
No.
You are all about of convicts with nothing better to do with your time. Grow up. You can clearly see that as soon as he was pulled over he was combative that shows you something is up. Stop being such A-holes to the cops and stop trying to get pulled over so you can film it….
Thanks Bub. While there are plenty of other videos that show cops abusing power etc. this is not one of them…
Speaking from the perspective of a law enforcement officer…Overzealous trooper. Overzealous motorist. Could’ve, Should’ve, and Would’ve set aside: First, if I suspected eminent danger, I would proceed slowly and cautiously to the vehicle. Moreover, the motorist would be instructed to exit the vehicle while I am standing at a safe distance to react. As well, he would be patted down to check for weapons. Everything being copacetic from that point, every effort would have been made to calm him down. If he didn’t comply, ultimately he’d be in handcuffs.
On to the motorist, CHILL OUT! You have the right to remain silent…exercise it. Furthermore, acting calmly and pursuing your claims in the appropriate forum will help you gain credibility and further support your plight. Instead, you chose to be reactive and become a party to her waltz of worry on the side of the road. In other jurisdictions you would be injured or given more citations for failure to comply with a lawful order of a peace officer at the very least.
In future endeavors, good luck!
Dude, honestly if you were an ARMY vet like you swore on this video several times that you were, y ou would have learned respect for authority and to obey lawful orders. And FYI, there has been several documented cases of cellphones that are actually tasers and firearms in the USA not to mention the IPHONE cases they sell openly on the market now that are also built in tasers. So this officer was well within her right to have you step out of the vehicle for suspicious actions and movements within the vehicle during a traffic stop. I think if you took a (non asshole) approach and was actually respectful, the whole process would have been a hell of alot smoother and a lot less painful for you. Most of these cops would have let you explain the situation with your tag and might have been sympathetic to that when you showed them the paperwork you claimed you have. In the audio on your foia from her dashcam, the computer stated that you had a concealed carry permit which in any case is cause to have you step out of teh vehcile for her safety. She was well within the law and her right all out. Quite frankly if I was the officer that stopper you, it wouldnt have gotten that far, I would have charged you with disorderly conduct and took you to jail, on top of citing you for your violations. But on the other hand if you were respectful and not standoffish and threatening like you were, I probably would have given you a warning and let things slide especially on your tag that you stated in the video you had documentation on. In my opinion you running around screaming that you are an ARMY veteran to back off of you, is a threat in itself and quite frankly it disgusts me that a veteran doesnt have respect for a proper authority and acts this way. I am not saying all cops are good and not all are bad. But from where I sit she did everything by the book. And who gives a shit what the text messages she was receiving said. You claim you were in the military so you should know what job related humor is, unless you were the ARMY janitor..
No, there are no documented cases of cell phone guns in the US, and as I explained to your dimwitted cousins Bub and Ed, they rely on last generation phone styles that have an antenna and are bulky, high profile phones, not iphone/thin phones.
Since when can a officer of the law give ‘lawful orders’? They can’t just make this stuff up as they go along.
It’s only lawful to request he leave his vehicle. It is also lawful for him to deny that request if the officer does not have probable cause. She had no right to open the door, to touch him or his property or take his items away. You are so fucking wrong.
Mr. Cox you seriously need to step back into reality. First if you are a ARMY veteran then you should know the stress of wearing a uniform and being a small number against many. Furthermore if you are a veteran then you should act as such for example profesional and discplined. In your writing you say that you where driving and talking on your cell phone that action is illegal, Second your inspection sticker was expired and you had not front liscense plate. If you are going to comlian that the law is abusing power dont be breaking the law. Mr. Cox you wanted to see a victim, you broke traffic laws their is no victim. You want to talk about weapons I understand your phone was not a weapon, how is the trooper to know that. A company in Blacksburg makes flashlight guns in 380 and 410 shotgun. Also some phones are tasers and pepper spray and even guns or knives. As a veteran you should remeber with the proper training almost anything can be a lethal weapon when used in the right way. In closing your got your summons and where told your free to go then you wanted to stand and take pictures or film that was not obey a police officer. Final thought the only victim hear is your dignity for having no discpline and the fact that 4 troopers had to burn almost 30 mins dealing with you.
Michael, while I agree w/most of your statement; you should check the accuracy first. It is NOT illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving in VA UNLESS you’re under 18. She knew it was a cellphone as she stated so several times and even admitted to her colleagues that she didn’t want to end up on youtube. However, that should have been handled better (by BOTH). Cox was responsible, at least in part, by his demeanor AND IF she truly was concerned about possibilities of a weapon in the car; she was a fool for rushing up to the car as she did. Makes me wonder if she was that concerned or simply used that as an excuse. Overall, this entire stop should have, and could have been conducted in a much more professional manner — BY BOTH.. I completely agree with holding all LEO accountable (by filming everything), but it should be done with much more professionalism. I have personally filmed LEO’s conducting their business and did it very well. On the otherhand, there are some complete ‘bullies’ out there wearing badges that must be exposed & removed from the force.
Boo! to Va. CopBlock!! This is harassment of and hindrance of police officers who have a job to do. For the 30 minutes you detained at least four police officers who knows how many speeders, drug traffickers, or illegal aliens were allowed free passage? Give the police a break and stop setting them up with your foolish civil disobedience! I am Navy veteran, NRA, concealed carry and all that and I don’t think it is right to hinder the efficient operation of a police force that has a really tough job to do!
u people are idiots,its HIS fault that 4 cops decided to waste time and taxpayer money on babysitting a nonagressive individual who sought to pretect and preserve his LEGAL rights? it was obvious the police had no interest in doing it,their sworn DUTY that is (protect and serve) you’ll also note the requested supervisor couldnt even be bothered to get up from his/her desk.i can only state my opinion of course,but when i view the video and accompanying info they CHARGED him for (so much for the “freedom” of information,eh?) i can honestly i see wrong from square one,as was stated she had no logical excuse or business to mob up on his car like she did,besides the obvious one: she was attempting to instigate a confrontation intentionally. police do it all the time,they arent here to protect or serve anyone,theyre here to “invent” a criminal by any means possible,with the likely reason being that even their supervisors and instructors recognize their glaring ineptitude for observation and deduction. furthermore she really needed 3 male cops as backup after she full on physically assaulted him solo,right? (and before u jackasses start,yes by the current legal definition in this country and this state specifically,any unsolicited undesired physical contact is an assault)
just because u r police u have no right whatsoever to disobey/disregard laws urselves,or to “cherry-pick” the ones that suit ur agenda of the moment. so continuing on she assaulted him physically,more than once,she assaulted his property, the male officer mentioned did violate the law attempting to perform illegal search and seizure (if i “attempt” to steal something its still a crime and i still face a severe penalty)
and as to disrupting “efficient operation” of a police force? my lord yes,let us not squander their precious time (on shift no less) to write heckling and slanderous txts back and forth to each other about us after they pull us over and detain us against our will so they have someone to pick on and make them small selves feel better with their “gestapo”antics. Dale you sir are a joke,as is everyone who sees with not one but two good eyes,and still writes in defense of the sanctioned gang members present in this video….
One more thing from “Navy veteran, NRA, concealed carry, and all that”: Guess what? This world is NOT all about you and your rights! Civil society demands respect for authority, and I did not see authority do anything that diminished their right to respect in this FOIA video. If anything I saw professionalism in dealing with a disrespectful and undeserving citizen. You do not have the right to troll the highways with a ” missing” front license plate just to lure a police officer into a trap! In my opinion you got too few lickings as a kid from your parents!
You’re a dumb ass. Citizens have inalienable me rights laid out in the constitution and bill of rights. Police swear an oath to uphold those. Whether he deserves them or not is not up to you. The officer wasted time. Instead of asking for identification and citing him, she pulled him out of the car and caused a ruckus. She wanted trouble. Government is for the peopl. It’s not God.
[...] this personally after I filed my own FOIA Request with the Virginia State Police after my Memorial Day weekend traffic stop. The only piece(s) of information they refused to give me, was regarding Trooper McKenney’s past [...]
[...] this personally after I filed my own FOIA Request with the Virginia State Police after my Memorial Day weekend traffic stop. The only piece(s) of information they refused to give me, was regarding Trooper McKenney’s past [...]
You are a punk.
Lairs? VA does not have a hot weather, “it was 100+ degrees that day.” I am not sure who’s lying. When you exaggerate a situation you actually weaken your point!
to bad you weren’t in Russia where they could kick your smart ass mouth.
Yeah Russia, where everything sucks and everyone is poor. You’re dumb as shit.
Nathan, therei s no disputing you’re a complete cocksucker.
If this guy was not driving around looking to get into trouble to start trouble, he may have a little credibility. However, he does look for trouble to attempt to taunt the police and then cries about it. try acting normal and not a blue light lawyer and see how your traffic stop goes. The fact you have more than one incident tells me the police are right to treat you differently, everything you do is to provoke the police. I have been pulled over, have a CCP and NEVER been treated like you. I give them respect and I get respect. try it some time.
An Iraq war vet and a dick-head. Dangerous combo.
So the cop doesn’t know the difference between a smart phone & a gun??
Next time someone pulls a gun on her, she’ll probably pose & smile for the camera LOL!!!
Cops over there are very arrogant aren’t they?? So what right does she (any cop) have in opening a door & telling the driver to get out. Silly bitch needs to be re-trained on how to approach someone & not incite crap by her own poor attitude to people.