Interesting comment about Nikon and Canon and 720p and 1080p RESPECTIVELY.
Is this an insider's prelude to Canon announcing a dSLR with 1080p HD video capability?
(i.e. 5D mk II) - TranceMist
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Shey, man if they wanted to astound someone or make them run away they could not have done better intentionally :) so bloody loaded terminology!!! P.S. cant help u in this, sorry! - Hayk Hakobyan
Article on setting up RAID 1 on MacPro and why using SuperDuper! to restore the boot volume onto the mirror won't work (I suspect it wipes out the RAID volume's metadata) - TranceMist
I love the fat cigar that one cop is smoking, "You're under arrest buster" - Rafael Robayna
I'm going to try and call the Denver PD later this morning and see if I can get a copy of the police report. Somehow I think they are going to make this one difficult to get your hands on. - Thomas Hawk
That's pretty amazing. Reading the article at ABC news the cop was saying that the sidewalk was private hotel property. Anyway, it'll be interesting to watch what happens with this because I have to believe a high-profile ABC producer is exactly the type of person you don't want to force a civil liberties violation on. What the hell is a cop doing smoking a cigar in public anyway....he might as well be eating a donut on that video. - Todd
Haven't you heard? George W. Bush repealed the 1st Amendment. - TranceMist
Now would be a great time to go off on an (irrelevant) anti-democrat rant, but police jackassery like this knows now political party bounds. - Dave Roth
At this point the ball is in ABC and Eslocker’s court. This case differs from many similar cases in that they have the money and all the resources (film, audio, witnesses, etc.) necessary to take on the City of Denver and the police involved. I would interpret any failure on their part to pursue this matter as either they don’t have the facts and law on their side or that they lack moral courage. - Robert Banghart
Ok, I've had to put about 6 calls into the Denver PD and the best I can get is a message to have someone call me back. I'm going to stay on them today until I see if I can get a copy of this police report. Will try them back in an hour. Police reports are public records and the report over this incident ought to be made available to the public. - Thomas Hawk
Ok, just spoke with Mary Dulacki at the Denver Sheriff's Department. There was a Sherriff involved in the incident as well. She is aware of the incident, asked me to put a request for their report in in writing via email but said that she does not think she will be able to get the report turned around for me today. I'm going to keep trying until I either get shut down or get a copy of one of these police reports. - Thomas Hawk
Thank you so much for keeping us informed. It can't be legal to be arrested for doing your job in a public area- can it? - Abby Martin
Thomas, I'm glad you're all over this. The tape looks outrageous and it sure appears the cops were abusive. My only concern is what we didn't see in the video. I'd be disappointed if it turned out the crew really *was* misbehaving, or that some obscure and possibly unconstitutional local ordinance actually defines a zone around a door as private property. What a mess. - Chris Baskind
Thomas, I have been trying for about an hour and can get no answer either. The best I've gotten is a few messages into the civil liabilities bureau, but I will keep trying as well. - Aaron Krug
Obviously the police officers are going to try and put their spin on this thing after the fact. They were stupid and probably had no idea who this guy even was. Looking forward to reading and reporting on those reports when I can get them. The point is though that they shouldn't be treating *anyone* like that. Even if they are a reporter. Police are given extraordinary power of authority. They should suffer large repercussions when they abuse that authority. - Thomas Hawk
When this stuff happens with cameras around, you know much worse is happening elsewhere. Such arrogance. This is the new America. - Chris Baskind
Whoa. Love that you highlight the attention this one will receive versus the everyday harassment photographers face. - TreJack
Just got this email back from the Denver Sheriff's Department: Tom-
There is no "report" per se in this incident. Asa Eslocker was charged
with interference with a police officer, trespass and failure to obey a
lawful order on a GSS&C (General Sessions Summons and Complaint). On a
GSS&C, the officer writes notes on the summons itself which is filed
with the Denver County Court. To get a copy of the notes, you need to
go to Denver County Court. - Thomas Hawk
I'll try the Denver County Court next and will keep working on trying to obtain an incident report from the Denver PD. - Thomas Hawk
Also interesting in that video is the police telling the camera guy to shut it off. Fortunately, the camera guy knew that he was under to legal obligation to do that. - Dave Roth
Seems as though we do not have the full story. The comment from the Hotel adds a new twist to this incident. If what the Hotel says is true, it seems as though the police did have a right to ask the ABC crew not block an entrance to a building. Apparently they were asked to move several times and didn't. What we saw on the video was only the tail end of the entire incident. While I do not believe the police should have treated Asa as they did by shoving him in the street, they possibly had good cause to arrest him. - Jeff P. Henderson
Vincient: The incident or the statement? - Roberto Bonini
I find it dubious that a camera crew could literally *block* a hotel's entrance to the point that guests could not get out. It was likely 3 or 4 people at most and certainly guests could walk around them. There is nothing illegal about filming a hotel's entrance. Even if this was the case the cop could have moved him up the sidewalk, not out into the street. I'm not buying the hotel's explanation. - Thomas Hawk
have to check this out when I'm home. - Todd Jordan
The Denver Sheriff's Department just told me that they don't have the name of the arresting officer. Still working with Devner PD to hopefully obtain that and a full police report. - Thomas Hawk
As a friend of mine said today when he heard the news, "There goes hope." - Jason Shultz
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By "block people" they mean "allow higher-level lobbyists and congresscritters from being shown on air". I mean, in my less cynical days, if.. for example... Nancy Pelosi told me to kick an ABC camera crew out, I'd do it. - Wirehead
I'm much more cynical now, of course. :D - Wirehead
Wirehead, you make such a great point. I don't want to get into details here (not enough room,) but when I was in college I worked for a major political candidate. I was asked to do something (remove someone, basically) at a political event that I'd never do today. I was immediately shamed for it by a senior member of the staff .. but I was a kid, and was just doing what a campaign staffer told me to. I regret it to this day (and fear the video will show up eventually, haha...) - Anthony Citrano
Since none us were there, and the definition of 'block' is rather ambiguous, it seems like we ought not to jump to too many conclusions about the cause of the incident until we have more info. The improper treatment of Asa at the end of the incident seems a bit clearer in my mind. - Jeff P. Henderson
I'll translate. "illegal to block entrance" = selectively and ruthlessly enforce a hyper-literal interpretation in order to shield political big wigs and their sponsors from public scrutiny. - Matthew Davidson
It would be nice to have seen video of when the hotel asked them to not block the doors; the sidewalk was big enough that the cameras would have had to been standing in front of the door to have been blocking the hotel entrance. Interesting that DPD only arrested Reporter and not camera person... - Greg Lato
PR Director for Brown Palace Hotel in Denver: Shannon Dexheimer Public Relations Manager sdexheimer@brownpalace.com (303) 312-5921 - Jason Shultz
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@Greg, my guess is that Asa was the vocal one and the cops needed a person to make an example out of, so they picked him. Which leads me to believe that the crime was not as serious as the charges. If the whole crew had really been blocking the door in an unsafe manner, they would have all been forced to move or arrested if they didn't comply. - Jeff P. Henderson
The first "police officer" we see in the video is in fact a security guard hired by the hotel wearing a Boulder County Sheriff's uniform. - Jason Shultz
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So security guards are allowed to arrest people? That's a new one... - Jeff P. Henderson
I found out last night from the Hotel PR Person that he really was a Boulder county sheriff and he was assigned to the hotel by the DNC. - Jason Shultz
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"Holy shit! Those cops need to be charged with assault and fired. So many of these cases have been happening recently I'm glad to see that it's happened to a big news agency that has the resources to fight it properly. I'll be watching this one closely." - TranceMist
@Daynah Please, don't tell me you read the highlighted entry and still want to know what "creamies" are? No, you don't, trust me. What I want to know is what kind of porn store sells butter. 7/11/69? - Jack Carlson
And what the hell's with Tuberculosis Bob's Bladder? Who buys that? - Roger Benningfield
