Another dickhead cop thinks that he can harass and illegally detain a citizen for filming them, despite the Supreme Court ruling that recording of police in public is legal.

In fact, taking photographs of anything that is plainly visible in public is a constitutional right. This includes federal buildings, transportation facilities, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties.

When will these asshole police officers on a power trip learn that they can’t harass people for exercising their right to legally video recording officers in public?

Did it really require 3 police officers to detain a peaceful man, solely because he was video recording them during a traffic stop?
The main dickhead, officer Ramon Aponte, radioed for a supervisor, and when Sgt. Kevin Brown arrived on the scene he was a complete asshole as well.

I hope officer Ramon Aponte loses his badge over his illegal handling of this situation, and I hope that Sgt. Kevin Brown is reprimanded as well for his rudeness.

It’s assholes like officer Ramon Aponte and other New Jersey cops that give the Police a bad name.

A police officer in New Jersey threatened to seize a man’s phone for recording a traffic stop.

A video uploaded to YouTube Saturday shows Joe Feranti recording Jersey City, New Jersey, officer Ramon Aponte as he conducted a traffic stop. When Aponte saw Feranti, he walked over from the car where he appeared to be talking with the driver.

“How are you doing, sir? Are you recording?” Aponte asked Feranti.

“Yes I am,” Feranti responded. Aponte said he was recording also and asked Feranti why he was doing so. Feranti said it was to “protect the community.” Aponte then asked for his name but Feranti refused to say.

But the tension really began to escalate when the officer threatened to seize Feranti’s phone for recording. Feranti told him he couldn’t seize his phone but Aponte insisted he could. So to put the matter to rest the officer called his sergeant. The officer told Feranti he was being “detained” until the police sergeant arrived.

The two men’s verbal confrontation continued for several minutes. When Sgt. Kevin Brown arrived he said Feranti was a “distraction” to Aponte so that’s why he approached him.

Moments later, Brown seemed finished with their conversation and started walking away. Feranti, who was told he was being detained just minutes before, asked the sergeant if he was free to go.

Brown responded by saying, “You’re not detained.”

“You in handcuffs? Are you in a police car? You’re not detained. You can leave now,” Brown said.

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