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May 7, 2014 Andy Cush

Photographing a police officer is perfectly legal, and yet somehow Shawn Thomas keeps getting arrested for it. Yesterday, Thomas went to trial for an incident in which he was arrested for recording video of a police officer in a Crown Heights subway station. Officer Rojas, the arresting officer — who can be seen manhandling Thomas […]

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June 20, 2013 Kyle Chayka

Last Saturday afternoon photographer, Shawn Randall Thomas was arrested for photographing a police station in Bushwick. Thomas was allegedly taking photos of the station for over an hour prior to his encounter with the frustrated police officer seen in the video below. Thomas says that he was unlawfully arrested and has filed a formal complaint against the […]

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