Cop Orders Man Arrested For Videotaping Because He 'Felt Threatened By His Presence'

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The charge against freelance disc jockey Lazaro Estrada is obstruction of justice. He was arrested on St. Patrick’s Day after using his cell phone to record a video of an arrest at a Cutler Bay store where he was spinning records for a promotional gig.

[...]In the arrest report, Ofc. Valdez wrote that he gave Estrada “verbal commands to back away and he refused to do so.” The video shows Valdez waving Estrada off only once, and Estrada retreating inside the store, where he continued to record the arrest.

“I felt threatened by his presence,” Ofc. Valdez wrote of Estrada.

[...]On the video, as the dust is clearing, Ofc. Valdez can be heard telling Estrada, “You’re going to be arrested.”

“For what?” Estrada counters.

“For, for, uh…” the officer’s voice trails off.

In the end, Valdez charged the cell phone-wielding man with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest without violence, both misdemeanors