The officer did not want the journalist's footage to see the light of day.
What police told BBC video journalist Franz Strasser to do Wednesday, as he sought to cover the apprehension of alleged murderer Vester Flanagan, was completely unprecedented in his multi-year career.
Following the on-air murder of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward in the Roanoke area, Flanagan reportedly fled the scene, eventually ending up in northern Virginia on I-66 heading east. That is where police caught up with the suspect. After resisting calls to stop his vehicle, Flanagan veered off the road, stopped his car and shot himself.
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Was it the steroids that had a hand in this?
ReplyDelete10:10 - he wasn't the steroids type.....
ReplyDeleteThe video probably showed Flanagan didn't actually shoot himself....
ReplyDeleteOh no! Another conspiracy!!!
ReplyDeleteYou should look at some of his older photos - he was 'roided up good.
ReplyDeleteBy now, EVERY person in the country knows it is NOT illegal to film the police.
ReplyDeleteExcept the police.
Can someone please clue the Gestapo in on current American law AND what the Supreme Court does.....
You may run into the "two sets of laws" thing, so be prepared to take an ace-whipping for gettin' too uppity with the masters....
I'm getting tired of hearing about cops taking cell phones and camera's, sometimes SLAPPING them out of citizens hands and often DESTROYING them, which is a jail term for "we, the people", another day at the office for the SS.
two sets of laws.
Be careful.
Or keep cheering.
10:51 has the answer. That video didn't fit the story they were going to put out there.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete10:10 - he wasn't the steroids type.....
August 31, 2015 at 10:50 AM
Who is the steroids type? Manly actors and rough and tumble athletes who were secretly gay?