I'd missed that link...The Annoyed Man wrote:EEllis posted a link to the article about it on page one of this thread. Here is the link: http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_235781 ... rest-ownerDave2 wrote:Oh, is that where that annoying music is coming from? If it was really loud enough to interfere with what their activities, that changes things.The Annoyed Man wrote:His music was blaring loud enough to interfere with an active ongoing police crime response. He was told several times to turn it down, but he didn't because his default was to treat the cops like they were the criminals.
From that article:As some, including resident Gabriel Martinez, aimed their cellphones at the scene to record it, Rosby drove up in his rented black Mazda. Swain said Rosby stopped in the intersection with music blaring from his windows. Officers told him to turn down the music because they were trying to hear what was happening down the street. Rosby pulled forward, parked and got out with his dog, but left the music still playing loudly.
"It's distracting the officers," Swain said. "It's interfering with what they are able to hear. It's not just a party call. It's an armed robbery call. The officers need to hear what's going on with the people being called out of the residence. That music in his car is bleeding over and it's distracting them."
Martinez said the Usher song "Tell Me Again" was looping over and over.
Rosby, who pulled out his own cellphone to record the police activity, did not lower the volume.
"I do apologize if I didn't immediately comply. The music may have been a little loud but I was complying," Rosby said. "I said, 'Sir, I want to make sure nobody's civil rights were being violated.' "
A neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said the officers asked him to turn the music down, but he refused. Rosby, she said, responded, "It's my (expletive) radio!"
Rosby, 52, denied cursing, saying he was a Christian.
This new (to me) evidence makes me inclined to agree with your assessment.