Two days after he was arrested for holding up a sign on the side of a Florida road, warning drivers about an upcoming speed trap, Jeff Gray had his camera returned to him.
And fortunately police did not delete his video.The video shows two Lawtey police officers confronting Gray, demanding his identification, including one who addresses him by name.
Officer Michael Starling also asked Gray if he still lived in St. Augustine, further confirming he knew who he was, proving there was no need for Gray to provide his identification.
And the second officer recognized Gray from an incident a few months back when he worked at another agency and snapped Gray’s photo after confronting him for standing on the side of the road holding up a sign.Nevertheless, Gray was arrested on a charge of resisting police when he refused to hand over his identification.
When the second officer, David Hughes, realized he was recording the encounter from the iPod clipped on his shirt, he told Gray he was breaking the law.
But when Gray asserted that he was wrong, Hughes just turned off the camera as took him into custody, not even bother to charge him with felony wiretapping.
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