Fairfax, Virginia / Montgomery County, Maryland Criminal Defense Lawyer Jon Katz
Fairfax County, Virginia / Montgomery County, Maryland Criminal Defense / DWI / DUI / Drunk Driving Defense lawyer Jon Katz’s daily blog is at http://katzjustice.com/Underdog , and his rights page is at http://katzjustice.com/rights.htm . Jon is AV-rated, Super Lawyers-listed, and 10.0 AVVO-rated. He has been practicing criminal defense since 1991.
What is the best way to deal with police? There is no one-size-fits-all answer. Here is some food for thought.
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katzjustice1
15 May, 2010
@WeAreSoScrewed ( …
@WeAreSoScrewed (continued) Sure I disagree with the bailiff, even though he was the usual amiable person I know at this courthouse where I defend clients all the time. There is a difference between the passive resistance mentioned in my video about saying “no” versus leaving when a bailiff or police officer says to do so, when I have the option, which I am exercising, of taking the matter up with the authority he thought was needed to bring it up to.
katzjustice1
15 May, 2010
@WeAreSoScrewed I …
@WeAreSoScrewed I drafted a letter to the county’s chief District Court judge telling him what happened, and attaching a proposed order to allow anybody to photograph and videotape outside the courthouse. I was with my part-time assistant who was showing me how to use the video camera, so this was not merely a matter of me alone deciding what to do. I would have not known how to operate the equipment without her.
katzjustice1
15 May, 2010
@divad838 Thanks …
@divad838 Thanks for your reply. If this video helps avert even a few searches, arrests and convictions, it will have been all the more worth producing. Jon
WeAreSoScrewed
15 May, 2010
Please answer a …
Please answer a question for me. Why didn’t you stand up for your rights to the balliff that asked you to leave. You knew you had every right to film outside the courthouse without the “judge’s permission”, yet you left anyway. You’ve let the balliff know that he can continue to harrass other law abiding photographers / videographers. You talk about flexing your rights, but you backed down when it happened to you…
divad838
15 May, 2010
You made me smile …
You made me smile for the first time this evening. Thanks!!