Tensions Rise as NYPD Increasingly Recorded by Camera-Wielding Public

Bobby Cuza

The 11-minute video begins with a police officer noticing he is being recorded.

The rest is only audio—after NYPD Officer Ryan Lathrop confiscates the phone, he seems to inadvertently leave it recording. The man in the video, 25-year-old Naquan Miles, was eventually arrested on open container and disorderly conduct charges; he says in the process he was thrown to the ground, causing injuries. The moment is audible on tape, but not visible.

“Obviously, he must have felt like, deep down inside, he was doing something wrong. because if you’re not doing nothing wrong, then there shouldn’t be no problem with you being recorded,” says Miles.

Over the weekend, the man who captured Eric Garner’s death on camera was himself arrested on a gun charge. The NYPD denies it specifically targeted Ramsey Orta; but what’s clear is the frequent tension between police and those who are increasingly recording their activity.

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