Supreme court ruled using cell phone video to record police action IS WITH IN OUR RIGHT. BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A Virginia man visiting Baton Rouge says he was thrown to the ground and arrested while trying to video the actions of city police officers. The claims by Daniel Clement, 22, of Flint Hill, are now the focus of an internal affairs investigation within the Baton Rouge Police Department. Investigators have obtained a copy of surveillance video from the Varsity Theater, which captured much of the incident. Clement was one of several people police arrested outside the Varsity Theater near LSU just after midnight Monday. Witnesses say paramedics were first called to the scene to assist a female who had passed out after a holiday party that was being held inside. Police were then called to the scene “in reference to EMS and Fire needing assistance with a large hostile crowd making threats and not letting them do their jobs,” a responding officer wrote in his probable cause report tied to Clements arrest. A portion of the surveillance video provided to the 9News Investigators by Clement shows him standing in front of the business. Clement, who admits hed been drinking, is seen standing near the sidewalk along Highland Road wearing a bright red shirt. He appears to be swaying and having trouble standing. As police appear to be arresting someone nearby, Clement is seen holding his cell phone in the air, recording their actions. I saw a police officer push somebody and Ive always been told if something like that is going on, its important to have an objective source of data for what happened, Clement said. So, I pulled my phone out and I started filming. That is when a Baton Rouge police officer is seen on surveillance video walking over to Clement and snatching his phone away. It got ripped from my hands and as I turned to see who ripped it, another officer slammed me into the railing outside, Clement added. That officer is then seen on surveillance video putting his hands around Clements neck and tossing him to the ground where he partially landed on top of another officer who was apprehending someone else. They threw me on the ground and started throwing their knees into me, he explained. A friend of Clement is seen on the surveillance video grabbing the arm of the officer who put his hands around Clements neck. That man was then quickly tackled by police and also arrested. That man said police also sprayed him with mace.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 20:27:53 +0000
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