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ANOTHER ILLEGAL ARREST IN CONNECTICUT: Senior arrested after filming another student?s arrest. ?

By Glenn Reynolds

ANOTHER ILLEGAL ARREST IN CONNECTICUT: Senior arrested after filming another student?s arrest.

While there are no laws on the books in Connecticut that make filming a police officer illegal, Quinnipiac senior Kenneth Hartford found out on Saturday night that it isn?t quite so simple. According to multiple witnesses, within minutes of Hartford beginning to film a Quinnipiac student being arrested outside of Toad?s Place in New Haven, an officer tackled and handcuffed him. Hartford was charged with Disorderly Conduct and Interfering with a Police Investigation. He went on to spend the night in jail at 24 Union Avenue.

In a short video that he took on his cell phone before his arrest (viewable above) officers can be heard swearing at Hartford. The officer who ultimately arrested Hartford said, ?Put that in your fucking pocket and get the fuck out of here.? When Hartford then tried to capture the officer?s name and badge number on video, the officer shoved him away.

If the police are behaving properly, they have nothing to fear. If they are behaving improperly, then they should be in fear. This sounds improper to me.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 30, 2010 (boomark / email).