In California, I'm 22. I saw a police officer yelling at a girl making empty threats, and I thought it was a good idea to record it because it seemed unreasonable for him to act in such a way. The officer noticed me recording it and took my phone out of my hands and said he was going to take me to jail for some reason I didn't understand. He went into my phone and deleted the video and said he was going to take it into evidence, again for an unknown reason.
I'm just curious if that is allowed in any case? As a spectator, to take my phone and delete a video that obviously was showing him acting out of line. Should I file a complaint? There was ten or so other people that saw this also.
I'm just curious if that is allowed in any case? As a spectator, to take my phone and delete a video that obviously was showing him acting out of line. Should I file a complaint? There was ten or so other people that saw this also.