PDNPulse » Suffolk County Pays $200K to Settle News Photographer’s Unlawful Arrest Claim

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Suffolk County, New York  has agreed to pay freelance news videographer Philip Datz $200,000 to settle civil rights claims stemming from Datz’s unlawful arrest for recoding county police activity on a public street in 2011. In addition, the Suffolk County

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/06/suffolk-county-pays-200k-settle-news-photographers-unlawful-arrest-claim.html

Datz recorded the moments leading up to his arrest, during which a police officer confronted him and told him he was prohibited from filming the scene, even from a distance. The officer repeatedly told Datz to “go away” repeatedly. Datz moved a block away, and when he resumed recording, the officer sped up to him in a patrol car and placed him under arrest.