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I don't see the rationale for Carlos's antics. FarPoint Jan 2013 #1
Yeah. He would have been better off if he just kept his mouth shut RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #3
A set-up is weak....It has no impact... FarPoint Jan 2013 #4
You are assuming he was setting it up RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #6
I assume nothing. FarPoint Jan 2013 #9
I guess I'm going to have to watch again... Earth_First Jan 2013 #11
Still do not see it... Earth_First Jan 2013 #14
Let me guess, MLK Jr. was an attention-whore, making a "setup" in Selma? backscatter712 Jan 2013 #97
Have you no shame? FarPoint Jan 2013 #103
What's shameful about it. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #106
My point is how Carlos set-up the confrontation for his own gains. FarPoint Jan 2013 #117
I don't see a "setup" here... Earth_First Jan 2013 #7
What setup are you referring to? EOTE Jan 2013 #67
Sounds to me like you need to get your laws/facts sorted out... Earth_First Jan 2013 #5
Carlos went there for a confrontation...He wanted this to happen deliberately...it was his mission. FarPoint Jan 2013 #8
You know this *how* from that video? Earth_First Jan 2013 #10
None of this was unprompted by Carlos... FarPoint Jan 2013 #15
He filmed what rules? No smoking? Earth_First Jan 2013 #17
Even if everything you say is true ... so what? baldguy Jan 2013 #12
I place a set-up like this under the FarPoint Jan 2013 #18
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I think they are upset the entire ecounter is on video RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #21
That's usually how it works... Earth_First Jan 2013 #25
No.... FarPoint Jan 2013 #30
So the guards were in on it? RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #31
Disturbing to you demwing Jan 2013 #35
It is a manipulative video. FarPoint Jan 2013 #38
Maybe you're just better than everyone else demwing Jan 2013 #42
Don't expect these authoritarian fuckstains to have the capacity for making sense. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #92
What about Rosa Parks? Did you know that she planned what she did on that bus? proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #110
Oh, that's right, this was a planned confrontation! backscatter712 Jan 2013 #111
Remember when Carlos was a hero here on DU? proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #112
I think of him as a hero. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #114
What was his DU nom de plum? senseandsensibility Jan 2013 #118
Raging in Miami proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #120
Again - SO WHAT? If anything, self promotion is protected by the 1st Amendment. baldguy Jan 2013 #26
It is protected. FarPoint Jan 2013 #34
Just admit you don't like Carlos RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #36
You read way too much into my posts. FarPoint Jan 2013 #39
Oh bullshit, they punked themselves Downtown Hound Jan 2013 #104
That was the point I was going to make. RC Jan 2013 #52
We don't know if he was arrested from the video. FarPoint Jan 2013 #27
And cops arresting people for violating non-existant laws isn't abuse or entrapment? baldguy Jan 2013 #28
Freedom is not a trap demwing Jan 2013 #98
Yes, it's so inconvenient for the authorities when someone has a video of them misbehaving Fumesucker Jan 2013 #13
Never doubt DU's ability to side with authority. TransitJohn Jan 2013 #24
Seems DU *IS* on the right side of this demwing Jan 2013 #37
I'm not siding with authorities.... FarPoint Jan 2013 #41
Yes, you are siding with the authorities muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #49
Are you fucking serious trumad Jan 2013 #16
The video rules by the Metro are not where my grief lies at the moment... FarPoint Jan 2013 #20
Answer the fucking question trumad Jan 2013 #22
Read my posts... FarPoint Jan 2013 #32
so he should have been arrested? trumad Jan 2013 #51
you just referred to the rules and now won't say which ones CreekDog Jan 2013 #77
You and others are addressing rules FarPoint Jan 2013 #79
you did address the rules, but now are wishing that post would go away CreekDog Jan 2013 #80
I see Carlos's video as a manlipution. FarPoint Jan 2013 #99
Your being assumptive. Fail. Opinion by your own logic you should be arrested for PUI. Ellipsis Jan 2013 #102
WHAT RULES AGAINST VIDEO/PHOTOGRAPHY?! Earth_First Jan 2013 #23
From the Miami-Dade County Metrorail website: Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #29
Key words RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #33
More accurately, the security guards had no way of knowing, and assumed the worst. Robb Jan 2013 #44
I'd say he's educating people about police brutality and repression effectively enough. n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #95
Don't see any references to any video recording or photography for "Personal Use" there. Ikonoklast Jan 2013 #45
Lol, no. Daniel537 Jan 2013 #108
It is not legal to take pictures in the subway in NYC and many mass transit places in the US & world stevenleser Jan 2013 #40
Post a link to the NYC law about pictures of the subway being illegal. Because... Logical Jan 2013 #46
See my #62 stevenleser Jan 2013 #63
What about in Miami? The incident took place in Miami quinnox Jan 2013 #47
That's false, just not true. Here is a list of most US cities and their regs, NY included Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #61
Here is the link: http://gothamist.com/2005/01/07/the_history_of_taking_pictures_on_the_subway.php stevenleser Jan 2013 #62
Wow, that is 7 years old. Here is the real truth and the real link to the MTA rules...... Logical Jan 2013 #113
Standing up for his rights, what an asshole! LOL n-t Logical Jan 2013 #43
Carlos is a former DUer...He's legit Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #68
RagingInMiami is still a registered member here... countryjake Jan 2013 #88
The cops forced the confrontation. immoderate Jan 2013 #78
Remember when you were afraid to photograph your own country? It was not that long 2on2u Jan 2013 #2
What a moron. greytdemocrat Jan 2013 #48
explain please trumad Jan 2013 #50
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Ahhh, so you support arresting people who annoy you. EOTE Jan 2013 #73
What law did Carlos break? GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #82
How so? Heidi Jan 2013 #53
Carlos is an old DUer Generic Other Jan 2013 #55
LOL...Here's another that defends his rights snooper2 Jan 2013 #60
Here's some truth: I feel less threatened by open carry folks Heidi Jan 2013 #65
most people don't know the law, some of them are supposed to enforce it snooper2 Jan 2013 #66
Public spaces within plain view can be lawfully photographed. Heidi Jan 2013 #71
I just like the vidoes snooper2 Jan 2013 #75
Carlos knows his rights Generic Other Jan 2013 #85
Sides? I was just posting vidoes lol snooper2 Jan 2013 #86
You create a false equivalency Generic Other Jan 2013 #91
Blah, they are all youtubers trying to get channel views... snooper2 Jan 2013 #96
What a staggeringly idiotic comparison. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #101
+1000 Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #69
For those who don't get why what Carlos Miller is doing is important: Heidi Jan 2013 #56
The couple of knuckleheads in this thread who think Carlos deserved this... trumad Jan 2013 #58
Not only that, they haven't been on DU long enough to know Carlos Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #70
That would require effort, though. Heidi Jan 2013 #72
thanks that is a useful reference quinnox Jan 2013 #59
THANK YOU! csziggy Jan 2013 #74
Isn't it a little hyperbolic to say taking pictures is a constituional right? randome Jan 2013 #116
It falls under freedom of expression, and freedom of the press. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #119
No. (nt) Heidi Jan 2013 #121
Heck No. ellisonz Jan 2013 #124
Absolutely not. N/T beevul Jan 2013 #125
Apparentlly regjoe Jan 2013 #64
Submit. Obey. Conform. That is the duty of all Good Americans. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #76
Nice to see Carlos is still giving 'em hell. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #81
I was given a "talking to" Saturday on the DC metro for taking a pic w/iPhone justiceischeap Jan 2013 #83
Good to see Carlos still educating the cops and security. ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #84
Was his username RaginginMiami? Rex Jan 2013 #87
Take a look at this thread and guess! countryjake Jan 2013 #89
I am trying to avoid the sub-thread war. Rex Jan 2013 #90
Here: ellisonz Jan 2013 #123
Thank you. Rex Jan 2013 #127
K&R for Carlos. N/T beevul Jan 2013 #93
+1 n/t X_Digger Jan 2013 #115
This is what MALFEASANCE looks like Hutzpa Jan 2013 #94
I guessed that the submit-obey-conform crowd would be all over this, and look.. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #100
DU's own Right Wing Authoritarians. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #105
Yep. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #107
+1. Absofuckinglutely correct... friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #122
And thouroughly disgusting. N/T beevul Jan 2013 #126
Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo would not be a bit surprised: friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #128
This message was self-deleted by its author Daniel537 Jan 2013 #109
Hey guys, RagingInMiami Jan 2013 #129
Meh, screw the authoritarians. Rock on. n/t X_Digger Jan 2013 #130
Rage on Carlos! RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #131
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