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Police arrested the wrong man, only to discover he was an FBI agent. The situation took a turn when the handcuffed agent revealed his identity
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The person detained in this incident was not an FBI agent. The video stems from a June 2019 incident in Rochester, Minnesota, where officers briefly detained an individual who matched the description of a suspect with a warrant, then released him after verifying his ID. newschecker.in/fact-check/the…
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If no one is disciplined for what you see in this video, does that mean the agency accepts it as standard practice?
In 2019 at the Sacramento County Main Jail (651 I St), a man stood on the public sidewalk photographing the exterior.
Deputy Misco (badge #2174) approached and questioned what he was doing.
Unsatisfied with the answer he demanded ID, handcuffed him on the sidewalk and took him inside.
The man's body camera continued recording during the process.
He was eventually released with no charges.
There is no California law that makes photographing a jail or other public building from a public sidewalk illegal.
PC § 148(g) explicitly protects recording officers performing public duties from a place you have a right to be, and states that the act of recording alone is not obstruction or grounds for detention or arrest.
Even as he was being released officers were still erroneously telling him it is illegal to photograph a correctional facility from a sidewalk.
This was a classic First Amendment audit that ended in an arrest with zero charges.
❓If the sidewalk is public and the building is visible, what exactly is the security threat?
❓If deputies repeatedly tell the public that a legal activity is illegal, who should be held accountable?
❓Do you think that if a deputy says something is illegal, the person should just accept it, stop what they’re doing, and move on—instead of questioning or correcting the deputy?
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