Cop Watching is Illegal

[Michael Perelman]

If he had been outside instead of in a motel room, no doubt he would've
been arrested for interfering with the police officer.

On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 07:19:37PM -0400, John Mage wrote:
> Filed at 4:43 p.m. ET July 12
> 
> INGLEWOOD, Calif. (Reuters)
> ...
> Mitchell Crooks, the bystander who video-taped the beating, was behind
> bars on Friday after being arrested for failing to show up for a prison
> term in northern California for 1999 petty theft and hit-and-run
> convictions.
> ...
> Crooks spent part of Thursday night in the hospital ward of a Los
> Angeles jail for as-yet-unexplained injuries apparently suffered after
> his arrest, his lawyer said.
> ...
> 
> Bill Bartlett wrote:
> 
>  > Why are people worrying about whether Cuba is a police state, sounds
>  >  like you might have problems a bit closer to home ...
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> john mage
> 
> 

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu