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by digitalsin 1054 days ago
Some of these 'auditors' do OK work (referenced auditor not included), and I think it's necessary. Unfortunately many of them think that part of auditing is treating public servants like complete garbage to try and get a negative response that they can capitalize on with views and attention. This completely defeats the purpose of the work that should be done, and treating public servants as less than is unacceptable, whether it's a LEO or a clerk at a local town hall.

These public servants might be wrong when they say you can't film in a particular area, but that is an opportunity for education and not an opportunity to treat them like crap, and it happens constantly with these people. The 'frauditors' love to remind public servants that they work for them and then use that as an argument to talk to them like they are the lowest forms of life on the planet. It's disgusting and I hope the auditors out there that are doing this work respectfully and honestly are the ones that get the attention in the future.
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tehwebguy 1054 days ago
Seems like if the cops keep a cool head and follow the law there’s no content, no?

Funny how the absolute bare minimum requirement that one would expect for police would make most of this simply disappear (obviously some of these are about actual laws which are unconstitutional, which may need to be handled in court post-arrest)

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jawns 1054 days ago
One of the things I've noticed with Long Island Audit is that he treats people quite respectfully -- until they start talking disrespectfully to him. At that point, he does veer into name-calling ("tyrants" is a frequent insult) but that's about as disrespectful as he gets.

But having watched his videos for more than a year, I can understand his frustration. Public servants routinely mistreat him. They bark orders at him that they have no authority to demand, they treat him as hostile for not immediately deferring to them, and at times they even physically lash out at him. After having that happen repeatedly, I'm sure he's fed up with it, and so I can overlook some verbal expressions of frustration.

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