Man Arrested After Taping Arrest With Cell Phone

[damnedifIknow]

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The charge against freelance disc jockey Lazaro Estrada is obstruction of justice. He was arrested on St. Patrick’s Day after using his cell phone to record a video of an arrest at a Cutler Bay store where he was spinning records for a promotional gig.

Miami-Dade Ofc. Michael Valdez arrived at the store to arrest owner Andre Trigiano on outstanding misdemeanor traffic charges.

Estrada says he began recording the episode with his iPhone only after the officer removed Trigiano from the store and threw the handcuffed man to the ground."

*n the arrest report, Ofc. Valdez wrote that he gave Estrada “verbal commands to back away and he refused to do so.” The video shows Valdez waving Estrada off only once, and Estrada retreating inside the store, where he continued to record the arrest.

“I felt threatened by his presence,” Ofc. Valdez wrote of Estrada.

Other arriving officers quickly entered the store and removed a protesting Estrada.

“I can record all I want,” Estrada can be heard saying.

“I need your information,” an officer’s voice says.

“For what? What did I do wrong,” Estrada replies."

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/04/28/man-arrested-after-taping-arrest-with-cell-phone/

[villager]

1. When will this fascist jackbooted plague in this country be addressed?

Rhetorical question -- it won't be.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. the important part of the article

On the video, as the dust is clearing, Ofc. Valdez can be heard telling Estrada, “You’re going to be arrested.”

“For what?” Estrada counters.

“For, for, uh…” the officer’s voice trails off.

In the end, Valdez charged the cell phone-wielding man with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest without violence, both misdemeanors.

A spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Police Department told CBS4 News “the arrest report speaks for itself, and Mr. Estrada is entitled to his day in court.”

[damnedifIknow]

3. My attempt at songwriting

America America God shed his grace on thee...The policeman said in jail your bed if you ever videotape meeeeee.

My last attempt at songwriting.