Updated: Yes You Can Videotape the Police, But Take Precaution
I originally wrote this post in 2017 after a video was posted of an Uber driver , who was also an lawyer, was pulled over and told he could not record the police officer. The police officer told the lawyer to turn it off or he'd take him to jail. The police officer also told the lawyer that it was a new law that was recently passed. None of these statements made by the police officer, however, were true. I decided an update was due after events unfolded last week with the arrest of Mr. Unique Occena by the Polk County Sheriff's Office after he video taped the arrest of Mr. Fernando Jiminez . The investigation is still ongoing as to what exactly happened. It does appear that Mr. Occena had an outstanding arrest warrant prior to posting the video to social media. It also appears that perhaps the inflaming video caused PCSO to search for Mr. Occeana more diligently. Regardless, as the public and citizens of Polk County, we all want answers. I previously wrote that &quo