After being arrested and imprisoned on garbage charges, Pete, Jason, and Adam of the Motorhome Diaries recorded their return to “MARV”, their RV, as they picked it up from the impound yard. If you’ve never had your car searched by the police, you’ll be shocked to see what they do daily in the name of the insane “War on Drugs”:
Comment by LSNL
June 9, 2009 @ 1:54 am
I would think the deleted footage from the camera can be recovered. There were some files remaining, which means it wasn’t initialized, right?
Comment by bile
June 9, 2009 @ 9:01 am
Right. It’s a FAT32 filesystem most likely and an undelete is trivial assuming it’s not used further. I know they had someone take a look at the camera but I think they are keeping the results secret for the time being due to a possible case against Jones County.
Comment by Jeff
June 9, 2009 @ 10:30 am
To protect & serve their masters, the jackboots will loot & pillage as they wish.
Comment by Pete Eyre
June 9, 2009 @ 7:39 pm
Thanks for the input guys. We’re currently working with someone to (hopefully) recover the footage deleted by the Jones County Sheriff’s Department.
Comment by bile
June 9, 2009 @ 8:15 pm
Pete, if my suspicions are correct it should take but a few minutes to see if the data is still there.
Comment by John Tinker
June 9, 2009 @ 8:32 pm
To the Editor
Title: technology and police transparency
I am concerned about recent encounters involving police and the public e.g.:
- Plymouth 24 Dec.2008 – fatality
- Barnstable 21 Sept. 2008 – fatality
- Brocton 7 Nov. 2008 – fatality
- Plymouth 10 June 2006 – fatality
and others some of which were less serious but included an abuse of police power (physically/verbally) or filing of unwarranted charges.
In most cases the witnesses are police and police reports are used by the media. When encounters were captured on camera (Youtube N.Y.C. July 2008; Oakland Calif. 2008)
the police version was shown to be in error and the officers indicted.
If the A.G. determines an investigation is appropriate it is done by the state police.
If honest officers witness excesses they must choose between truthfulness and likely retaliation or corroborating the report by bearing false witness or remaining silent which damages their conscience/morale.
I offer the following suggestions for improvement:
1. Screen police applicants for those who may use the power to improve a deficient self image.
2. Train recruits that foul language and excessive force are never justified and role play situations where misconduct is witnessed and how to report it.
3. Place micro- cameras on all patrol vehicles and SWAT team members.
4. Appoint a group independent of the police to investigate fatalities.
These measures would encourage more professional conduct and honest officers would be removed from “the horns of a dilemma”… Likewise a person charged with misconduct would have a “witness” that is impartial.
The cost of these improvements would be offset by the reduced congestion/expense of needless court appearances.
It is time for technology to contribute to the transparency of police actions.
John Tinker
Pembroke, Mass
781 826-9610
Comment by flechett3
June 11, 2009 @ 11:48 pm
Came across this via a videosift.com about Sam Dodson’s false imprisonment and recent release, and just saw this. I’ve never been in trouble with the law, but have family who have been (for their own dumb, alcoholic induced reasons), but it’s seeing stuff like this that ticks me off and turns me against the police. I know my rights, and it’s always good to see when others do as well. Keep fighting the good fight!
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