After 18 months, they finally decided to drop charges against a man for videotaping arrests in Suffolk County NY.
Charges Dropped Against Student Arrested While Taping Police
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He claims the officers attempted to erase the video from his phone but mistakenly erased another video. ...
Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel of the National Press Photographers Association, has said he hears of "almost four incidents a week" in which police either harass, interfere or arrest citizens for shooting video. ... "Citizens can record police and police can record citizens when either is out on the street in a public place."
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