"Jimmy Justice" Videos: Vigilante Films Cops Breaking The Law In New York

He calls himself "Jimmy Justice," a self-styled "cop-arazzi," armed only with a video camera as he prowls the streets of New York looking for law enforcement officers who are breaking the law. His targets are illegally parked city government vehicles -- particularly cars of traffic cops blocking bus stops, sitting in "no parking" zones or double-parked.

Cop cars blocking fire hydrants make him particularly incensed.

"Something like that is just despicable," Jimmy fumed, pointing to a police enforcement vehicle parked next to a fire hydrant on 33rd Street on Manhattan's West Side on a muggy July afternoon. "They're never allowed to block a fire hydrant -- but they do it."

He posts his best videos on YouTube and sends regular e-mail to the union representing the city's traffic enforcement agents, pointing out the most egregious parking offenses. And he has gotten results, he said, with some parking enforcers being fined because of his videos.

"I'm using a video camera as a weapon," he said. "I believe a video does not lie."

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Comments

[groot]

hey jimmy, time to move out of your mom's basement and get a life there fella...

[naturallight]

i'm a cop and a military reservist. what the hell do i care who you like? i got your back and you got mine. nuff said... posted by groot on July 8th 2008.


I always wonder if they people who defend corrupt police are in fact police themselves. In this case you are. Are you corrupt as well?

[chromodynamics]

Hey groot! Isn't your mom waiting for you to do the same?

[JiminNC]

Maybe you need to move back to yours?

[Ricey]

yea, real original guy. That statement is so tired and lacks any substance...you realize that its been used plenty against bloggers and since your posting here, what does that make you? Come back when you have a legitimate argument to make against this guy instead of some asinine regurgitated statement about living in a basement.

[johnmorgan]

Hey Groot, what good have YOU accomplished in your life?

[juevosrancheros]

Yes! Keep it up, man! An excellent way to fight abuses of power. Did they forget somewhere along the line that they are public servants?

[onlinesavant]

I LIKE THIS GUY!!!!

[Massconfusion]

I LOVE this Guy!!!

[SezU]

Yeah! Go gettem Jimmy!!

I'm so tired of seeing the cops beet the crap out of people and treat the citizens they are supposed to protect like crap. I'm not saying all cops are bad. That would be a lie. But there are some that hide behind their badges and think they have a license to do whatever they want. They think THEY are above the law and are untouchable.

[Amennyc]

Jimmy is aggressive? And how about the cops who shot Sean Bell????

[Pupadup4oBama]

I think I'm in LOVE - this guy has balls the size of watermelons.
It's funny to watch people who know they are wrong get so confrontational.

[BillOfRights]

Great idea, but "Jimmy" is a bit aggressive.

[PKSSK]

and maybe a little racist, as he seems to focus primarily on African American "traffic cops"??? He should film the illegal acts of the police dept and not just a select group who write tickets, which allows him to be an aggressive bully.

[Pavane]

I think he is amazing. His exposure of law enforcement hipocrisy is excellent. And, his outrage over their law breaking gives us ALL a voice. Thanks, Jimmy!!!

[JeanPaulSatire]

And he shouldn't be aggressive because....??

[Diogenis]

Awww Jean Paul, I love your spirit!

[Diogenis]

Be a wimp ad see how far that get's you, especially in New York.! A badge does not give a police officer the right to be overly aggressive with citizens neither. Besides, from what I see on the videos, the NYPD needs to put their officers on a diet.

[rwe]

MSNBC had one of those 1/2 hour video shows on him ..... It was great... It was also the best thing MSNBC has on.

[Heyman]

A True American Hero!