Twincities.com just published an article about Andrew Henderson, a Little Canada, MN. resident who recorded two Ramsey County police deputies as they were assisting a bloody-faced man outside of his apartment. Henderson states that he was thirty feet away, not causing any harm when deputy Jacqueline Muellner snatched the camera out of his hands and closed the video portion of the recording (the audio was left on).
The audio footage recorded Henderson calmly stating that he was not doing anything illegal, and that it’s completely legal to record video in public space. In fact, he says it was illegal for the policewoman to take his camera from him.
Nevertheless, Henderson is being charged with obstruction of legal process and disorderly conduct. It should be an interesting case to follow, and may have implications on the larger conversation about video recording police in public spaces.
