DC Police 'round up' black youth

I don’t feel this goes against my self imposed rule of no old work. Because even though this video was made over three weeks ago, I am adding something to it I couldn’t on you-tube. A note from the author.

I wont go over any information that I explain in the video, instead I will talk about a few things that didn’t make it into the video.

It was my first time doing any sort of filming of that kind. I had just received the Camera a week before the New Year and was still testing it out so to speak. Looking back on the shot quality I wish I had of been more bold in filming, I wish I would have stuck around, but I didn’t want to be too greedy with the shots and no use in wishing on the past.

If something like this happens again I will be sure to stick around and film it out, unfortunately I wasn’t aware of my rights as far as filming police was concerned and I didn’t want the police to block me out and obstruct my view.

It was nothing short of a blessing from God that I was able to find out as the camera rolled what the cause of the scene was. No sooner had I walked up to the crowd with my Camera rolling did I find out what happened. Of course, I have only to go on the word of the woman talking, but I had no reason to believe otherwise, and if those young men had anything in common, it was that they were all black and had dread locks.

I have already stated my views on the topic, so I won’t do that here but I will mention something that ended up on the editing room floor. Shortly after walking away from the scene I saw a homeless woman on the ground picking up the change that she had dropped. It had been in a cup, and I suspect she dropped the cup and the change scattered. Around me I saw people walking here and there some even stopping to watch her as she slowly picked up her change. I even watched as a Police officer stepped over her to get to the scene.

Now as the movie shows there was more than enough police officers on the scene, so what would it have hurt the man to help the old woman? I ended up helping her, but that’s not the point. Its not for a pat on the back that I say this, but to point out two things. That one people in DC act oblivious to the most shocking things (more or that in future posts) and two that the police are more interested in policing and not serving the community. Such a small act would have gone a long way. I cant remember the last time I saw a police officer actually help someone. This is not to say they don’t do it, not all police are the same. But a majority, or what I perceive to be a majority, of police are only interested in meeting quotas by writing tickets and intimidating the communities in which they work.