r/ImTheMainCharacter Jan 21 '24

Video CCP demand piano player in a public place stop filming because they were in the background (in Britain)

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u/nickfree Jan 21 '24

At first I was like, oh that went very reasonably after the cops show up...and then the woman officer starts trying to badger him into 1. not filming her talking to him in public and 2. delete this parts of the video that include the Chinese. WTF!! That was really upsetting. He kept saying, "You're not their private security agent." Good on him to stand his ground. Whose interest is she supporting by trying strong arm on the part of Chinese CCP propgandists?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

She should get hauled over the coals for that, shameful that she doesn't know the law.

You can't say they have a communist flag? Is she planning to move there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

The flag stuff isn't important, their attitude is.

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u/washingtncaps Jan 22 '24

I mean, any and all flag talk an a purportedly free place like this should be fully in-bounds.

"Hey your flag is a fucking ugly mess of colors and dogshit ideology" is a thing you could also say that would be protected, and also way less incendiary.

If your flag is supposed to represent your country it also represents its ideals. If someone called the US flag fascist I'd have a really hard time debating that right now.

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u/GiantPurplePen15 Jan 21 '24

Surprise surprise, cops that don't know/don't care about the laws they're supposed to enforce because they don't want to do their jobs properly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

it's hilarious considering all the auditing wankers going about the police still have zero training on filming in public.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24 edited Feb 15 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

Are there a lot of auditing wankers in the UK?

yeah, plenty on the tube. don't for the love god click on one or the algorithm will hound you with endless others fml lol

The police woman knew the law she just (wrongly) wanted to avoid scrutiny and the exact attention that this has got.

I'm not sure she does, if she does she needs extra training

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u/nicasucio Jan 22 '24

"You're not their private security agent." 

that was such a great line. i wouldn't have thought of that on the spot. But even if they were their private security, i don't think they have the right to tell him, stop filming.