Report: woma/gunowner brutalized by cops for taking pictures - is the true??!?

[yellowtail3]

I hope it is not, but I suspect it is
 
http://americanvisionnews.com/3369/mother-of-3-arrested-abused-for-taking-pictures-of-tourist-attraction-at-airport
 
http://www.murthalawfirm.com/mother-3-arrested-pictures-tourist-attraction-airport
 
Anyone else hear about this? Know any more details?
 

Nancy Genovese stopped her car on the side of the road across the street from the airport in an area that is open and accessible to the public, and crossed over the road to the airport entryway that is also open and accessible to the public to take a picture of the helicopter display. While still in her car, she took a picture of the decorative helicopter shell with the intention of posting it on her personal “Support Our Troops” web page.
As Nancy Genovese was preparing to drive away, she was stopped and approached by Robert Iberger, a lieutenant with the Southampton Town Police. Lieutenant Iberger demanded to know why she was taking photographs. Nancy showed the lieutenant her camera, but Lieutenant Iberger grabbed her camera and handled it “without care”. In an attempt to prevent the lieutenant from damaging the camera, Nancy removed her memory card, which Lieutenant Iberger confiscated. To date, Nancy’s memory card still has not been returned to her.
Lieutenant Iberger demanded that Nancy remain where she is, and he refused to allow her to leave. At this time, Lieutenant Iberger notified the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office and the authorities at Gabreski Airport of Nancy’s presence outside the airport, and falsely and wrongfully informed them that she posed a terrorist threat.
Suffolk County Deputy Sheriff Robert Carlock responded to the scene, along with various members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. When Deputy Carlock arrived, he placed cameras on the roof of his vehicle, aimed at Nancy Genovese and her 18 and 20 year old sons who had come to the scene at this point to help their mother. Deputy Carlock ordered all three of them to stand directly in front of the cameras, and not to move.
Officials from the airport, as well as other local and federal law enforcement agencies also responded, including, without limitation, the Southampton Police Department, the Westhampton Police Department, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security. Nancy was questioned on the side of the road for approximately five to six hours, from about 6pm until midnight, denied food or water, and denied the opportunity to use a restroom, all without having received any warnings as to her rights.
Nancy Genovese also had a left lower leg injury just above her ankle that she had received earlier in the day and which, exacerbated by the stress and length of her roadside detention, was causing her to limp. When the officers saw this, they ordered her to expose her wound, which was bleeding, for no legitimate purpose, and with no regard for Nancy’s health or well-being.  Members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office used Nancy’s leg wound as another object to taunt her with, telling her that they were going to arrest her for an unreported knife wound.
Here’s where the story takes an interesting twist, and why I believe Nancy’s situation hasn’t received more press coverage. Before arriving at the airport to take a picture, earlier that day Nancy had been to the local shooting range with her rifle practicing her hobby, target shooting. During the first hour of questioning, Lieutenant Iberger searched Nancy’s vehicle, without her consent, and came across her unloaded rifle, which Nancy was legally carrying, in a locked case. Now some people throw up their arms (no pun intended) at this point, and say, “what does she want, she brought a rifle to the airport!”, but I would like to remind everyone that it is perfectly legal to drive around with an unloaded rifle in your car. Yes. Really. And Nancy did not enter the airport, she was parked alongside a public roadway. It is important to remember that no matter how you feel about firearms, nothing that Nancy did violated any laws.
Using force, Lieutenant Iberger pushed Nancy Genovese when she objected to the seizure of her rifle. Deputy Carlock taunted Nancy, asking in a disparaging tone, “You’re a real right winger, aren’t you?”, and stating in words or substance that she was never going to see her rifle again.
During the remainder of the six hours that Nancy Genovese was forcibly detained on the side of the road, she was taunted, verbally harangued, threatened, belittled, abused, humiliated and harassed by members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. For example, Deputy Carlock repeatedly referred to Nancy as “a right winger” and “tea bagger”, and threatened that they were going to arrest her for terrorism to make an example of her to other “tea baggers” and “right wingers”.[/quote]
 

[Hooker]

And you want to do a way with the death penalty sounds like this lieutenant and those like him need to be incinerated .
I know that sounds extreme but it really the only way to safely destroy a virus.

Pat

[Cuts Crooked]

Odd, Left wing cops 

99.9% of the cops I know are a little bit to the right of Shawn Hannity.

[yellowtail3]

And you want to do a way with the death penalty sounds like this lieutenant and those like him need to be incinerated .
I know that sounds extreme but it really the only way to safely destroy a virus.

Pat

I simply do not trust the state with the power to kills its citizens - DO YOU?

[coyotejoe]

I wouldn't know how to verify the truth of that report but if even 10% true it is outrageous and every cop involved should be on the other side of the bars.

[SHOOTALL]

did she have a NRA bumper sticker ? or what !

[Conan The Librarian]

There have been many altercations during recent years between cops and citizens, when the citizens took video with their now common cell phones and similar cameras. The cops don't like it. Well, too bad. The cameras aren't going away. They are in fact used to cherry pick things out of context. But they are also a way of protecting citizens against police misconduct. Some places have tried making it illegal to take video in police situations. That argument isn't working.
 
This is a real phenomenon that cops and society are going to have to learn to deal with.

[SHOOTALL]

hear tell some agencyes install cameras to keep officers in line  I mean to show officers obey the law .

[Conan The Librarian]

True. And there have been plenty of cases where that video is "not recoverable" or the cameras are shut off, etc. So the cops manipulate the video also in their own  best interest. Two sides of a coin.

[r29l20]

We trust the police, don't we ?

[Brett]

This a very odd case....and likely somebody has an axe to grind...
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......TM7

+1

Sounds like she has ruffled somebodies feathers in the past.