Corrupt D.C. Police Try and Fail to Intimidate Man Legally Video Taping Arrest

Corrupt D.C. Police officers try and intimidate a man legally video taping 7-10 police arresting a man.

It seemed like the police were abusing the man they had on the ground, which is probably why Andrew Heining started video taping, and probably why the police didn’t want anyone video taping the abuse or arrest.

Mr. Heining was video taping from very far away, so there is no way that he was interfering with the police investigation. The police just probably knew that what they were doing was wrong, and didn’t want videos flying around the Internet showing their crimes and abuse.

I hope Officer C.C. Reynolds and the other corrupt scumbag DC Police officers get disciplined (not just a slap on the hand then sent back out to abuse other citizens) for this abuse of power, and officer Reynolds should be tossed off the force for his bullying of this man.

Officer Reynolds should also be tested for steroids, because he for sure looks like a steroids head, who could be having “Roids Rage”.

At 6:24 p.m. on Sunday evening, Andrew Heining was riding his bike past a Washington, D.C., public library when he saw seven police officers arresting a man outside, and he decided to stop and record it on his cellphone.

In the video, as the officers seem to have the man under control, one of them, Officer C.C. Reynolds, approaches Heining and engages him in a conversation that apparently has sparked a citizen complaint against the officer and the department.

Heining was standing approximately 30 feet from the group of officers and the suspect, according to the video. After saying that he was merely recording the event and not involved in what the police described as a report of “people fighting with sticks and weapons,” the officer asked for identification. Heining gave his name and address, but said he was without an I.D. card.

Two more officers joined Reynolds and the trio formed a semicircle around him.

The police informed Heining that his recording of the arrest could be considered “evidence” and they could confiscate it. Reynolds added, ”If you’re gonna sit here and videotape, that makes you part of the investigation, sir.”

Reynolds eventually walked away from Heining to retrieve a roll of police tape from his SUV. The officer informed Heining that he was closing off the entire block and moved him to the very end of the street.

Heining, writing that the Reynolds tried to “intimidate” him, posted online that he filed a report. He said he was contacted afterward and told by a D.C. police captain that “the officers shown were clearly in the wrong.” He also said he was told that “the officers in the video would be disciplined.”

Heining’s YouTube post also referenced a 2012 order from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department on the topic of citizens and bystanders recording police activity. The order states that this is a First Amendment right: “In areas open to the public, members shall allow bystanders the same access for photography as is given to members of the news media.”

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