Police Arrest Man Who Posted Video of Alton Sterling’s Death

[MrScorpio]

Nathan Wellman | July 10, 2016

The man who was instrumental to making the first released recording of the Alton Sterling shooting go viral was arrested less than 24 hours later on charges of “assault and battery,” a move that he says was an act of police retaliation, according to a report by Carlos Miller with Photography Is Not a Crime (PINAC).

Alton Sterling’s death was still only a local controversy before Chris LeDay shared the video of the killing to his roughly 13,000 Instagram followers, 6,00o Twitter followers, and 2,000 Facebook friends. The video was then shared thousands of times, including by New York Daily News writer and Black Lives Matter supporter Shaun King, who shared it less than an hour after LeDay’s post.

“I wanted everybody to see this video,” LeDay told PINAC. “I wanted it to go viral. The police were already saying their body cams fell off and I wanted to show there was video of the shooting.”

The very next day, while trying to get through a security checkpoint to go to his job as an aerospace ground equipment technician at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, LeDay was surrounded and detained by ten military police officers, some of whom carried M-16 rifles.

http://usuncut.com/news/alton-sterling-videographer-arrested/

[Agschmid]

1. That's interesting...

[riversedge]

3. I do not trust usuncut. But there still

may be something to the story on other sites.

[MrScorpio]

6. It was linked to this post:

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/07/10/man-who-posted-alton-sterling-shooting-video-arrested-24-hours-later-on-fabricated-charges/

[riversedge]

9. Thank you.

[Rex]

2. It seems to be a police state for a certain segment of the population. Maybe more then one.

Sounds like a case for the FBI or state.

[arely staircase]

14. Specifically the state of Louisiana.

Any problems in PDs as a whole in this country are assuradely much worse in LA. They are corrupt on a Mexican level (I lived in Mexico for years and still have family there so that isn't some ramdom comment.) If you want to see cops getting drunk in public and in uniform, go to NO. Shit NOPD would once rent you a cop as a hit man, for not much money either.

[hunter]

35. There's a city in California where the police were stealing cars...

By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY , Herald Staff Writer

02/25/14

The highest ranking officers in the King City Police Department for years targeted the city's most vulnerable residents, essentially stealing their cars for profit, District Attorney Dean Flippo said Tuesday.

--more--

http://www.montereyherald.com/article/ZZ/20140225/NEWS/140228494

[arely staircase]

36. They probably all steal cars in Louisisana.

Seriously. I have seen cops passed out with open containers in vehicles there. Shit faced in bars in uniform.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. kick

[etherealtruth]

5. Don't police routinely send police en masse to arrest people for unpaid traffic tickets?

LeDay thinks that police chose to make a spectacle of arresting him at his workplace because someone in law enforcement was trying to get him fired in retaliation for posting the Alton Sterling video. An assault and battery arrest would have been immediate grounds for his dismissal. Fortunately, his boss laughed it off when he learned it was about unpaid traffic tickets.

[csziggy]

7. The story is also on Photography Is Not A Crime

Man who Posted Alton Sterling Shooting Video Arrested 24 Hours Later on Fabricated Charges
Carlos Miller, July 10, 2016

The man who made the video of the Alton Sterling shooting death go viral, one of two brutal videos from two states that sparked a national outrage and led to the shooting deaths of five Dallas police officers during an anti-police brutality protest Thursday – was arrested 24 hours later.

Chris LeDay believes it was an act of retaliation.

Considering police handcuffed and leg-shackled him after accusing him of assault and battery – only to jail him overnight for unpaid traffic fines – it certainly appears that way.

Especially considering his arrest took place 24 hours after he had posted the video on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram where it instantly went viral.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/07/10/man-who-posted-alton-sterling-shooting-video-arrested-24-hours-later-on-fabricated-charges/

[irisblue]

8. I hope Mr LeDay has someone with him all the time

and has already contacted the ACLU & a very canny civil rights attorney.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

10. If the military police were told

that he was wanted for assault and battery, then I understand their response. And if they were told that, then I agree that he might have a defamation claim against the police department.

But the act of arresting him and keeping him in jail until he paid his traffic fines isn't a violation of his civil rights. I applaud him for posting the video and getting the word out about really happened, but with that comes the risk of being found, if there are outstanding warrants.

I'm sure it took all of two minutes for the police to see his name attached to the video, run his name through the system, and then track him down.

[kacekwl]

11. Seems like a stupid move from a group

who has a unfair harassment problem . Could have blew out a call or letter letting him know he has a warrant for unpaid fines and follow-up later. I don't know maybe they did. Will see.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

12. Yeah, I have no idea what the standard procedure is

But he says he knew that he owed the fines, so there may have been existing warrants.

[lostnfound]

41. I suspect municipal fines may have become a way to control

Certain parts of the population

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

17. One thing is sure,

the order for his arrest came from higher up in the food chain and not from the traffic division.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Unequal enforcement. That whole department needs a complete & independent investigation top down. nt

[uponit7771]

15. This is the shit that goes unchecked, whomever ordered the arrest should be in jail or a court by

... now for false arrest charges.

These fuckers get away with anything

[SickOfTheOnePct]

19. It's not false arrest if the charges

for which he was arrested are true, and he admits that they are.

He wasn't arrested for assault and battery.

[uponit7771]

21. EDIT: He was techinically arrested if he was under the impression he couldn't leave...

.... I've been here before and the law is pretty clear.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

23. He wasn't arrested for assault and battery

He was arrested for unpaid traffic fines.

[uponit7771]

24. He was arrested for A&B since that's what they told him and then detained him without giving

... any other charges at the time.

The law here is pretty clear, if they give him the impression he's in jail for one charge even if they change it later its that charge they DETAIN him for (meaning they give him the impression he can't leave) then he's under arrest FOR THOSE charges.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

27. Nope, it doesn't work that way

The military police detained him at the request of the local authorities. He wasn't jailed at the base, and he wasn't arrested. Military police don't have the authority to arrest someone on a civilian warrant - all they can do is detain the person(s) until the appropriate authorities show up to take them away.

Now, where he very well may have a claim against DeKalb county is that they apparently told the military police that he was wanted for assault and battery. There was no need to do that, since the military police would have detained him on any arrest warrant at the request of the local authorities. By telling them it was assault and battery, they guaranteed that he would be treated much worse (leg shackles, etc.) than he would have been had they told the truth about it simply being for traffic fines.

[uponit7771]

29. Detained = arrest if he is given the impression he can't leave and he was shackled to a chair it...

... doesn't matter WHERE he was arrested.

They can also arrest in the name of so WHO arrested him doesn't fly either...

[uponit7771]

30. Legal definition of arrest (link)

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/arrest

[uponit7771]

25. This: "... assault and battery before hauling him to a back room where he was handcuffed and leg-...

... shackled.."

he was under arrest at the point they detained him and gave him the impression he couldn't leave...

[SickOfTheOnePct]

31. Nope

He was detained. Military police cannot arrest on a civilian warrant.

[uponit7771]

32. Yeap, legal definition of arrest posted above... law is pretty clear no? tia

[lostnfound]

42. At least lose their jobs for it.

May not technically count as false arrest, but it shows malicious intent and a disregard for truth and justice

[awoke_in_2003]

16. If I had such video

I would call the local news and agree to give it to them as long as I remained anonymous

[Historic NY]

18. Why are Military Police arresting a civilian for traffic offenses......

Why are they executing a civilian warrant if one existed.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

20. The military police didn't arrest him

But military bases do normally have reciprocal agreements with local law enforcement to detain anyone wanted on a civilian warrant once they are notified.

[uponit7771]

28. Technically they did, they gave him the impression he couldn't leave by shackling him to a chair

[Ghost Dog]

22. Noted. n/t

[Night Watchman]

33. Natch

smh

[Mendocino]

34. The message is clear

mess with the police, your life will turn to crap. Didn't the Eric Garner videographer get arrested on questionable charges?

[sangfroid]

37. Screw "To Serve and Protect"

"Mess with the police, your life will turn to crap" should be the cops' new motto.

[JunkYardDogg]

38. An Arrest Warrant for a fucking parking ticket????

What kind of a piece of shit abuse of authority obsessed state does shit like that???

[Warren DeMontague]

39. Wow, I'm surprised.

[Boxerfan]

40. Cops like nothing better than f%cking with peoples lives....

Tiny penis syndrome gone awry is my diagnosis...

Seriously-This happened to me...

I metal detect & I found a early pioneer grave on county property. I had already found the county dumping human remains in a pile by the side of the road-a mistake I was told & it was eventually cleaned up.

The county got tired of me I guess & decided to have the local police take the "evidence" of the remains I had gathered. They were on a riverbank & erosion had them washing away so I wanted to save them. In hindsight I'll just re-bury them next time.

Because after I did my civic duty & turned them in etc...I got a call from the Captain & he treated me as if I was some sort of grave robber. I tried telling him my utmost respect is what led me to save the bones.

I detect for health reasons-I have a serious sleep disorder & old broken bones/ arthritis. I am on disability as I have a lot of problems from chronic lack of sleep-the detecting gives me exercise & really helps mobility.

2 weeks later I get certified mail I'm getting a disability review. Took 8 months to clear & they claim they lost my paperwork etc...They put me hard through the wringer. Lucky for me I had solid proof of my disability. It could have cost me my house & broken my family.

And my bet it was the Policeman I talked to who called them. Just to F%ck with me for causing them a bit of work.

[Cal Carpenter]

43. Of course they did.

It would more surprising if they didn't. Fucking pigs.

[Surya Gayatri]

44. Massive K & R.

[Angry Dragon]

45. kick