Originally Posted by
iansmash
she was taking pictures (like 25-30 of them) persistently, in very close proximity to the officers making an arrest. By the looks of the video, when an officer approached her, she did not immediately acknowledge the officer. On top of that, she acted in a way unbecoming of a person dealing with an officer of the law (respectfully) and then proceeded to flip out when the officer arrested her after she left the scene before the officer was through with her.
She was taking pictures.... which is basically the same as looking at something. What's wrong with looking at something? Seriously? Why shouldn't she be taking pictures?
The officers approached her because they were physically intimidating every single person who was taking good pictures of their police action. The blocked POV when they could, intimidated others, and arrested everyone they could. They were abusing their authority in every way they could short of hitting people with batons.
When questioned about her ID, she simply walked away which is her constitutional right. Calmly, simply, quietly, she tried to walk away and five cops then proceeded to push her to the ground.