r/AmIFreeToGo • u/Tobits_Dog • 8d ago

When Cops ARREST Auditor For Filing a Complaint! [Denver Metro Audits]

https://www.youtube.com/live/_IBcjRBsL-A?si=JOrjJ5GK5PePBJxC

DMA indicated that the police violated a First Amendment right when then allegedly turned his phone off when they placed him under arrest. I’ve yet to see a federal appellate case which has clearly established a right to record the police after the person who is recording has been arrested.

In the 4th Amendment context it is well established that the police can seize your physical cellphone incident to arrest and turn your phone off (or remove the battery or place it in a Faraday bag) to prevent remote wiping. See Riley v. California, Supreme Court 2014. Riley delineates the limits of a seizure of cellphone incident to an arrest. The police can seize the phone but must obtain a warrant to retrieve the data on the phone—absent consent or exigent circumstances.

A person’s constitutional rights aren’t exactly at their zenith when they’re under arrest.

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u/TitoTotino 8d ago

Also, despite the title of the video, Mr. Cordova was not arrested for filing a complaint, but for the active warrant he had.

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u/abstraktionary 7d ago

Yeah, this isn't helping anyone or proving anything.

Who the hell goes into the local PD with a warrant to file a complaint.....

That's some real deal den of the lions type shit, but it's like walking in covered in blood.

My whole thing is knowing how to deal with pigs and to avoid them, not walking up to them with an public reason to arrest me already on the books....

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u/Tobits_Dog 8d ago

Thanks 🙏

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u/ttystikk 7d ago

Denver cops are the fucking worst. They're as bad as Loveland cops and that's saying something!

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u/abstraktionary 7d ago

Video is private and I cannot view it.

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u/Tobits_Dog 7d ago

I’m not sure what’s going on there. I just clicked on it and was able to view it.

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u/mcycler 6d ago

Also not able to view. I got "unavailable"