When police arrested Anthony Graber for speeding on his motorbike, the 25-year-old probably did not see himself as an advocate for police accountability in the age of new media. But Graber, a sergeant with the Maryland Air National Guard, is now facing 16 years in prison, not for dangerous driving, but for a Youtube video he posted after receiving a speeding ticket. The video, filmed with a camera mounted on Graber’s motorcycle helmet designed to record biking stunts rather than police abuse, shows a plain clothes officer jumping out of an unmarked car and pointing a pistol at the motorcyclist. It does not portray the policeman in a positive light. After he posted the video on Youtube, police raided Graber’s home, seized computers and put him in jail. “The case is critical to the protection of democracy because I don’t think you can have a free country in which public officials are able to criminally prosecute people who film what they are doing,” David Rocah, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union in Maryland who is representing Graber, said. Even though he had never been arrested before, Graber is being charged with illegal wiretapping and could face 16 years in jail.
Nice mono..cheers from Australia …Cop threat with gun..bad buzz
classic American police officer
You are right that not all cops are assholes. More and more cops are becoming militarized and the United States has been labeled in the top 5 among police states. Look up the video on youtube called Police State 4. You can also look up my video called “America is Slipping Away- Will you go down without a fight”. Every U.S. Politician knows of the NWO, some sheriffs, and Ron Paul. The facts are, that people know of the NWO because people have addmitted its coming on television.
@HappyDiscoDeath Look idiot. Before I remove your stupid comments, George H.W. Bush, Henry Kissenger, and other U.S. and British politicians are on video admitting that the NWO is in the works. The only thing you are doing is denying yourself the facts because you are too much of a damn coward to face them. And dont give me that “1st amendment” bullshit. Protects you from the government, not me. So if you would like to waste your time and add more ignorent responces, than I will erase them too.
what a shocker , what an asshole ,shame he did,nt shoot himself in the foot ,
IMO the US has become a Police State. Roadblocks, Checkpoints, wiretapping, email reading, daily police abuse & brutality all with wide-open borders.For our safety my FOOT! Police no longer serve and protect the community but the elite and each other. The only real solution for this type of tyranny is to fight back as demonstrated by our founding fathers. Us serfs better get the stomach for what is necessary. If the Police can do this to this man they can and will do it to you and your family.
USA has become a police state. Google “Pete Rock police brutality”, just the other day, a number of bystanders were beaten badly by the NYPD for standing outside the music venue-most of African American
@alielbaryeshua Check out how the NYPD beat the hell out of Pete Rock’s(very very famous classic American rapper) fans,even throwing teargas into a crowded album premier in the Lower East Side. Can you imagine this happening at a India rock show wear the crowd is 99% white?
This has been going on for some time.. I thought Anthony was ok..? Wish he [A] would have knocked the ba$tard out.. how was he [A] supposed to know this guy was a cop?
Every time I hear some of these nice people expired I get a warm fuzzy feeling.. & I can’t stand anyone getting hurt.. but cops are so ‘special’ lol
That actually scared me.
The plain clothes police officer did not show proper Identification, and was driving an unmarked vehicle without stealth lights or siren. The rider did not set out to film the ‘State Police’ officer so I seriously doubt he could be facing 16 years for anything he did. Where did you hear that the rider is facing ’16 years’ and what are the charges? Let’s not assume the sky is falling just yet. Nice motorcycle, btw. I’m jealous.
He diden’t harm anyone and did noting wrong . Learn your rights and some law
and take your freedom back . BTW most cops are indeed fools who have no idea what the Constitution they swore to uphold even says . They also have competition to see who makes the most “enforcements” this is how they are promoted . Most all cops see you as the problem / human scum and are not there to help you but more likely to hinder . Traveling Papers Please ! “I’m only doing my job” Nazis?
Contact me and I will get the charges dismissed .(NOT any military charges )
but any Thug Charges will go away trust me .
Fuck da cops! They film everybody else W/O permission.
@muslimsuck really and what are you going to do about it? you are going to change your nick name to police suck! lol get a life
a real democracy would prosecute the cop
@slovakmath A real democracy would be as corrupt as the EU or the UN.
“Democracy does nto guarentee the rights of the people. Democracy is like two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner.” – Benjamin Franklin
@alielbaryeshua indeed and i congratulate you for knowing the difference between democracies and republics. I meet so few people who do not know this difference. I should have used democracy in quotes implying its incorrect, yet commonly held use.
@alielbaryeshua also to get technical there are many types of democracies, representative “democracies” usually result is oligarchies like the EU etc. but true democracies like that in the free Soviets before lenon was able to take control of them, as well as the Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War, both of these had no elected officials yet both were by definition democracies. however I realize it is unlikely in both cases that they would be capable of remaining so for extended period
@slovakmath I agree with you. And thank you for not cursing me to hell. Most people on the internet who cannot beat me in a debate using logic or sound moral philosophy usually resort to trying to associate me with a troll or caveman. And I agree with you. Communists, anarchists and evil men with a lot of money are all threats to a republic. Our government have been infiltrated by communists and bribed politicians. The anarchists protest, but are not willing to do anything but get beaten by cops
@alielbaryeshua every major movement i can think of in the past 100 years began with a very small minority who swayed the masses. so I would lighten the criticism on the anarchists, believe it or not they are fighting for a good cause, and things like this video would not take place in an anarchistic “state”.
@alielbaryeshua and 2) regarding communism: communism at its core has the workers control of the production (hence the Soviets). But the Soviet Union was not a communist state because Lenon, and especially Stalin after him immediately took over the Soviet councils. And I dont even know what you mean by they infiltrated your country…if you are referring to your politicians then they are oligarchs that might be fore things like fre healthcare etc, but that doesnt mean they are communists
@alielbaryeshua 3) …because those elected officials would NEVER freely hand over 100% of their power over to its population. sure you have the disguise of “elections” but there are only two parties (I assume you are america) and both parties work for the same side: called the business class, the elite.Communists have no classes, there are no corporation, monopolies, banks etc. Real communists are like Anton Ponnekoak and Rosa Luxemburg, they taught Marxism to the letter
@mgtosman Hey cop, go eat your gun. Punk!
Wow this video was a waste of time.
The cyclist was endangering people. I saw nothing crazy about the cop.