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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

WebProNews article on Jimmy Justice

New York Man Uses YouTube To Show Cops Breaking Law


Turns tables on police

A New York City resident, known as Jimmy Justice, has been video taping New York City Police officers and city workers breaking the law while working; and posting the clips on his own channel on YouTube.

In an interview with WebProNews, Justice spoke about what he does and some of the challenges he faces while video taping law enforcement and city workers.

Justice said he has been documenting the illegal activity of New York City public employees for about two years. He primarily films police committing traffic violations such as parking by a fire hydrant or in no-standing zones.

He said he started filming them because," New York City employs a system of predatory ticketing." "Traffic cops scour the streets looking for petty violations to write summonses. It is apparent that City Hall is not interested in public safety but rather using traffic law to raise revenue. I wanted to turn the tables on those who write the summonses, and I hoped to inspire some discretion in the manner that they ticket civilians."

Justice said he is not intimidated by law enforcement officials when he films them. "I know that I am allowed to take video in a public place, so I cannot be intimidated."

Justice says he publishes his videos under the pseudonym Jimmy Justice but that it would be naive of him to think the police don't know his identity. "I can handle myself in any face- to- face confrontation," Justice said. "What I am afraid of is a rogue officer coming to my house when I am not home and taking revenge by writing me 100 summonses for nonsense."

The worst confrontation Justice has had was when a of board of education employee smashed his camera "to pieces."

Justice said the city of New York has investigated some of the clips he has posted on his YouTube channel."They have already investigated some of the officers who were caught abusing their authority in my videos. More importantly, the city has started to crack down on scofflaws who use their city issued parking placards improperly by parking illegally while running personal errands."

Justice stressed he is "not against the police, I am only against rogue officers who abuse their authority."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I heard about you on the news. Great work!

Anonymous said...

I am just writing to say hello and to keep up the work. I would like to also show you that it is not only happening where you are at but all over. This is a link to some photos involving the police in Grand Haven MI. Seems they only do what they want to, when they want to....
Heres the link:
http://timeofdragons.angelcities.com/thelaw.html

Politicians in Washington are a whole another topic...but it is time that "We the people" had a say in some of this stuff. Because it is way too far out of hand in most cases, especially if you look at "written police reports" 73% of the time the police reports are NOT proper in the way the incidents happen, but rather the officers will write them in their own "perspective" thus in actuality turn their own document into a "False statement" for lack of better words.

I have also found that if you speak up against local officials that they indeed will harass the heck out of you and/or stop you on a regular basis...then heaven forbid if you do end up in an incident with anyone in the county...because then....the police report Will Not be in your favor at all no matter what is the truth.

This is my opinion and I do believe that there is a problem that needs to be looked at in regards to police enforcement, after they get the badge and gun who’s keeping them honest and in line????

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work. I wish you lived in Virginia Beach.

Anonymous said...

JIMMY JUSTICE...FANTASTIC...THEY ARE COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS...JIMMY IS GREAT AND WE NEED MORE LIKE HIM...THEY ARE TO BE HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD...I'VE SEEN THEM BREAK MORE LAWS THAN PEOPLE THEY TICKET AND ARREST.
IT IS TOTALLY WRONG...