In April, a photojournalist filed a lawsuit after being arrested and harassed for filming police.
In March, an officer flipped out and threatened to tase a man for filming him.
Also in March, a student in Philadelphia was arrested for photographing police.
March was a busy month last year, with police in Massachusetts confiscating the cellphone of a witness and destroying evidence of alleged police brutality.
In July 2011, I wrote an in-depth article outlining multiple cases related to this trend and the laws involved.
In June of 2011, a woman was arrested for filming police from her home.
Also in April 2011, a man was arrested for filming police from his garage and refusing to hand over his cellphone.
Clearly, this was not an isolated incident.
This particular exchange apparently happened outside of a casino in Nevada. The first video embedded below comes from the device of the man who was arrested.
Warning: the video contains graphic language, viewer discretion is advised.