Man Choked And Arrested For Filming Baton Rouge Police

A report on a man who was choked, hurled to the curb, and jumped on by multiple officers after one officer steals his cell phone because he was filming a separate arrest. Officers claimed he jumped on them and started attacking the initial arresting officer, not knowing there was another camera and thinking they had stolen the only evidence of what happened. Charges are still pending, and the cell phone is still stolen.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/watch-baton-rouge-cop-chokes-body-slams-man-to-the-ground-for-filming-arrest/
messengersays...

Whenever I see a title like, "<someone> arrested for <something>", it's invariably not exactly the case.

Here, he was arrested for refusing to get out of the way of police. Also, when he started filming, the police stole his phone, assaulted him, and lied in an affidavit about what happened. Any of that would also have made a good title. Why not just say what really happened?

speechlesssays...

I blame the bourgeois 60 character limit!
Fight the oppression!

messengersaid:

Whenever I see a title like, "<someone> arrested for <something>", it's invariably not exactly the case.

Here, he was arrested for refusing to get out of the way of police. Also, when he started filming, the police stole his phone, assaulted him, and lied in an affidavit about what happened. Any of that would also have made a good title. Why not just say what really happened?

newtboysays...

I understand your point, but I disagree.
True, they CHARGED him with failure to disperse, along with public intoxication, battery on police, and resisting arrest, and we can see clearly that most of their accusations (delineated in the link) were lies. Also, they didn't arrest the woman standing with him or any of the other bystanders (except the one 'friend' that touched a cop), which to me indicated that was not an issue for them at any time. Also, he was in a small alcove off the sidewalk, not in anyone's way or interfering, unlike several bystanders. The closest officer comes over to him, walking around numerous others to get there, only when the cell phone is noticed. It looked to me like he was going for the phone himself, then went 'tough guy' when he complained about the theft by officer 2.
That's why it seems clear to me they arrested him for filming them and made up other charges later, it's almost certainly the reason they stole his phone. Maybe I'm wrong, but it is my take.
And @speechless is right, I couldn't fit all that in the title. ;-)

messengersaid:

Whenever I see a title like, "<someone> arrested for <something>", it's invariably not exactly the case.

Here, he was arrested for refusing to get out of the way of police. Also, when he started filming, the police stole his phone, assaulted him, and lied in an affidavit about what happened. Any of that would also have made a good title. Why not just say what really happened?

lantern53says...

We need to change the name from 'videosift' to 'Newtboy's obsession with bad cop videos'.

Meanwhile a million cop-citizen interactions every day and the vast majority of citizens support the cops.

newtboysays...

Check the list, buddy. I've posted many a good cop video too.

lantern53said:

We need to change the name from 'videosift' to 'Newtboy's obsession with bad cop videos'.

Meanwhile a million cop-citizen interactions every day and the vast majority of citizens support the cops.

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