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If these people didn't antagonize and harass the police, they'd rarely obtain any interesting footage. That says a lot. These people have an agenda. They need

• victim2 10y ago
  It was not Chris antagonizing the police. The police observed the filming, pre-identified Chris and Ian Freeman as being press, and then preceded to interact once they identified an act which could be used as an excuse to interfere with recording. At one point they are told they have to cross at a crosswalk. This is not a legal order. It was at most a request and it also contravenes the law in New Hampshire. One is free to cross the street outside of a crosswalk provided it is safe to do and one looks both ways. Another officer then makes up yet another excuse which makes no sense threating to summons Chris for a motor vehicle violation. There were no motor vehicles nearby. Do you know why he was arrested for disorderly conduct rather than crossing the street illegally or a motor vehicle violation? It was because there was no law being broken and the disorderly conduct charge is a seemingly all encompassing law routinely used to target protesters, activists, and the media. The reality is though Chris was not violating the disorderly conduct law as it is written either.