Unlike the playful characters, Axel Foley and Billy Rosewood portrayed by Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold respectively in the 1980s blockbuster "Beverly Hills Cop" and its sequels, these real life boys in blue mean business.
The story has it that a pair of young girls was pulled over last Thursday, August 2, in Beverly Hills by LA County Sheriff’s deputies, allegedly for driving a stolen vehicle – an older generation Mercedes-Benz CLK Convertible, if our eyes don't deceive us.
YouTube user 'Speedracer38' happened to be in the right place at the right time and filmed the entire incident from the moment the police stopped the car and began calling out the driver and her passenger.
Overall, there were said to be around 15 to 20 police cars as well as a helicopter that was patrolling the area from above.
The YouTube user says that after the police frisked the girls, they were allowed to go but the car was taken away, something that seems to confirm reports that the driver may have borrowed the car from her mother, likely without her knowledge and/or permission.
Below you will find a description from the YouTube user who filmed the accident up until the point that a...mild-mannered cop yelled at him, "You at the fence line, hey, get the f…k out of the way!":
"Last week I was in Beverly Hills at my friends house when we noticed a car being pulled over by a Beverly Hills police officer. Right after we saw the first police car we saw at least 15 - 20 police cars come flying to the scene with officers jumping out of their cars with their guns drawn.
At this point I didn't have time to grab my Canon 5d mk3 so I turned on my cell phone camera and started recording. The police were so focused on arresting the driver and passenger they didn't notice me recording behind my friends fence until after both occupants of the car were detained. I still wonder if the helicopter that was called in saw me along the fence and reported it to the officers below.
Regardless this was a crazy scene to witness in Beverly Hills where you would think crime is non-existant. After quite some time both girls were taken out of handcuffs and not even arrested but the car they were driving was reported stolen so it was taken away by the police."
Update: Therese Kosterman, Public Information Manager for the City of Beverly Hills, told CarScoop that the officers involved in the arrest are from the LA County Sheriff's Department and not from the Beverly Hills Police Department as originally stated in the article.
17 Comments:
What? This is not in Russia?
They just spent the whole budget for my town police department for at least a year.
Evening traffic stop training session.
Tommorow morning donut run.
Those are Los Angeles County Sheriffs,not the Beverly Hills Police. Just sayin'.
This occurred in Beverly Hills along Sunset Blvd just west of neighboring city West Hollywood (WeHo). It's the WeHo sheriff's that are conducting the felony stop. Beverly Hills PD is providing back-up support. Helicopter is from LAPD.
how many cop do they need for this stuff.
no wonder the USA is broke..
they must of been America's most wanted...LOL
Houston, we have a problem...
keep your hands in the air!!!
Somebody needs to make a music video out of this...seriously and donate the money to charity.
I don't see how the guy filming this whole fiasco on the opposite side of the fence is "in the way".
"At this point I didn't have time to grab my Canon 5d mk3 . . ." If there was an eyes rollin emoticon nearby, I'd be using it. What a tool.
I assume the remarks from the cop was directed at the person shooting the video. This has become standard procedure for police departments and cops around America (though you'll never get them to admit to it publicly) to accuse people, who are shooting video or taking photographs, of interfering with the police and the performance of their duty. They do this in order to give themselves grounds to arrest those who are documenting them, so that their video can be confiscated, and if that video shows evidence of police misconduct, it will quietly be destroyed or erased, and the officers responsible will then claim it was accidental. So be careful whenever you document the police in situations like these, especially when they have drawn weapons, weapons that can very easily be pointed at you, if they have any reason to designate you a threat. Many Innocent photographers and videographers have been shot by police, who then claimed that they believed the cameras they were holding were firearms. Keep that in mind when you point a camera at a cop who's pointing a gun.
In America, everyone has the right to take video and photos of police in the performance of their job, unless that jurisdiction has laws which specifically state you can't, and even if they do have such laws, they are constitutionally suspect. So if a police officer tells you to stop taking pictures or stop shooting video, he is violating your constitutional rights. He can tell you to move back, or get out of the general vicinity, but he does not have the right to tell you to stop documenting the police in the performance of their job. Remember that. But of course your rights will never protect you from men with guns and badges, should they choose to step beyond the bounds of the law. Keep that in mind as well, and exercise your best judgment.
Cop who know the law, and understand the constitutional rights of every US citizen, we'll ASK you to stop shooting video or taking pictures, if they are uncomfortable with what's being documented. Then it's up to you whether to continue documenting or not. In a situation with drawn weapons, you could very well put your life in jeopardy if you continue to do so. The danger would be less in situations that are less volatile, but there is always the possibility you could be arrested in such situations.
Cops who order you to stop, often don't understand the law or an individual's constitutional rights, and they are oftentimes the ones who have little or no regard for the law themselves. To such officers the law is something that gives them personal power, and they will often exercise that personal power in any manner they see fit, beware of such police officers, because they are liable to do anything, to anyone, if they see it as necessary to protect their jobs and careers. People like that should never have been given badges and guns in the first place, but these days there are far too many of them in police departments across America.
Also in a situation like this, with drawn weapons, if a police officer addresses you. Speak up, tell them what you're doing, like 'I'm just taking video, I'm just taking pictures'. Show them your camera by holding it up so they can see it's just a camera, make yourself visible. This person is partially concealed by the fence and foliage and it's dark, so these police officers holding firearms may not be able to see exactly what he's doing. That makes it a dangerous situation for the person shooting video. Better to be out in the open so they can see you and make the determination that you are not a threat to them. The
Same reaction here, whole lot of people will buy that really great camera, and let it sit in a drawer, because it's too big and heavy for them to carry around. But hey they had an extra 3 grand laying around doing nothing, so why not. Somebody steal that camera and go use it, it shoots unbelievable video, Monday night football quality HD video.
a.hole cop was so courteous until he said get the fuck out da here. why didn't he say that to the people in the car?
Seriously has a right to be any where they want they're on their own property. Fucking big brother shit.
They are the threat.
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