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California cops responded to a call of a man acting “erratically” Tuesday, only for him not to “comply,” which was when they shot him several times.
Alfred Olango
Witnesses say El Cajon police then confiscated phones from citizens who recorded the incident, a claim they later denied, insisting the citizens voluntarily gave them the phones.
The man has been identified as Alfred Olango and he was unarmed and apparently having a seizure, which was when his sister called police for help, according to witnesses.

It was a beautiful day in Freehold, New Jersey, so Jen Coombs decided to do First Amendment audits at the Monmouth County jail and courthouse to see how well officials there would respect her right to record in public.
The New Jersey woman who runs a Facebook page called Time to Stand – New Jersey ended up forced into a mental facility against her will for four days. Not that it kept her from doing another First Amendment audit on the same courthouse upon her release.

New York cops were beating a man in the street when they realized they were being watched, so they first went after a woman who was standing on a sidewalk just outside her property, pouncing on her inside the property after one officer accused her of standing on his sidewalk.
Then, after spending almost a minute arresting that woman, Rochester police realized a man was video recording them, so they went after him too.
Clarence Thompson’s phone continues to record for more than two minutes after the cop snatches it from his hands and places it on a car.

San Antonio cops investigating PINAC correspondent Phillip Turner during one of his routine First Amendment audits in Texas got the silent treatment last week for the second time as he recorded outside the Randolph Air Force Base.
“I’ve actually filmed the base twice,” Turner explained.
“I think it’s important for cop watchers to utilize their Fifth Amendment right. A lot of times we (cop watchers) jump to our First Amendment or the Fourth Amendment, but we really don’t exercise that Fifth Amendment,” he said.

Update: We have the complete audio of the incident below.
Dallas Transit Police wrongly arrested a Texas man for taking photos in Rosa Parks Plaza near the city’s downtown bus station, now they’re facing a serious civil rights lawsuit, which you can see below.

PINAC reporter Jeff Gray was enjoying some traveling with his family in central Georgia when he decided to slip away to conduct a seatbelt audit on the Warner Robins Police Department, which is where he stands on public property outside the department to record officers as they drive away to see if they are wearing seat belts.
After all, not only does state law require all drivers to wear seat belts, most law enforcement agencies, including this one, have departmental policies also requiring the use of seat belts.

A California security guard who pulled a gun on an Apple engineer for running over a traffic cone as he was trying to exit a shopping mall parking lot is facing a civil lawsuit seeking damages in part because the mall guard wasn’t even licensed to be carrying a gun.
Nicholas Buchanan, 27, an Apple engineer who resides in San Jose, is seeking damages for inflicting emotional distress, assault, false imprisonment negligence and violation of the “Bane Act,”which alleges a cop violated someone’s constitutional rights by threats or intimidation.

Co-written with Maya Shaffer

For the first time in more than a year, the Massachusetts attorney general’s office has been prompted to take action against government officials who have violated the state’s public records law.
That’s good news, but it’s also the latest reminder that Massachusetts state officials treat transparency as a joke.

A Texas cop illegally detained and handcuffed a PINAC correspondent for video recording before secretly scanning his fingerprints on a portable device without his consent while his hands were cuffed behind his back.
Now the Harris County Constable’s Office is refusing to provide PINAC details on this mysterious device that was used to scan David Warden’s fingerprints without his permission.
The incident took place on August 17 as Warden was conducting a First Amendment audit from a public sidewalk outside a chemical plant in Houston.

It’s been four days since Chico police arrested a pair of women in Northern California in a video that has gone viral and the story has been reported by at least four local media sites.
However, with the exception of one news site, The Orion, none of those sites have mentioned the fact another phone that recorded the incident has gone missing.