A video is the most effective weapon against a cop.

How can an iPhone be used as a gun?

DUzy too.

from a recording if he does his job with civility?

Nothing. Period.

People can fill in the blanks from there.

The video clip at the bottom will show the cell phone actually firing. Again, these phones have not hit the US (and hopefully never will), but they are in use in overseas. So keep that in mind if you are going through customs and are asked to turn over your cell phone to be checked. Always remember that you should never joke with Custom Officials and you should do your best to cooperate.

At first sight it looks like a regular cell phone — same size, same shape, same overall appearance.

But beneath the digital face lies a .22-caliber pistol, a phone gun capable of firing four rounds in quick succession with a touch of the otherwise standard keypad.

European law enforcement officials — stunned by the discovery of these deadly decoys — say phone guns are changing the rules of engagement in Europe.

The fucking cop just didn't want to be recorded so made up the shit. They don't mind lying.

I cannot wait for better recording options for people. Like google glass, even clueless cops cannot think google glass is a gun.

And of course you left off this part.....

I made sure the paragraph quoted explained that the guns were located in Europe, although the original article is from 2002 and I suppose they could, and likely have, made their way here by now. Criminals always come up with modifications to their guns to give the police pause. Just look at the super soaker-disguised guns, or the criminals who paint the ends of their real guns orange to make our good policemen and women pause at a critical moment.

My intent in posting the article was not to excuse the officer, but rather educate the laymen of DU who think a cellphone gun is an impossibility.

I'm a firm believer that police should be recording any and every public contact.

Text if you want to meet him.

I'm not going to post too much but is someone wanted to do harm to a police officer, a cellphone gun would be the last thing they would use.

They're not afraid of cellphone guns, they're using it as an excuse to prevent people from recording them. Thank goodness one of these boneheads havent decided to use deadly force.