Here’s some stupid cops dishing out their own brand of justice again. The person does nothing wrong and breaks no laws, but that doesn’t stop them from throwing him to the ground and taking his cell phone camera. Too bad there’s no video of this one, I just know it would have been hilarious.

Published: March 16, 2008

Randy Dean Sievert drew ire from Manatee County sheriff’s deputies as he aimed his cell phone camera at undercover investigators executing a search warrant in his neighborhood.

A deputy confronted Sievert, demanding that he destroy any photos of investigators and their vehicles.

Sievert was not a welcome observer of the drug raid. Authorities called him a “known drug dealer” based on a couple of past arrests. Taking photos of undercover officers jeopardized their lives, deputies said.

Sievert’s obstruction case is attracting criticism in the legal community. Some defense attorneys say Sievert was unlawfully arrested and forced to destroy a photograph authorities had no grounds to erase.

“While they may not have liked what he was doing, it was not against the law,” said Sievert’s attorney, Charles M. Britt III.

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