Tyrant Sheriff Norris Threatens People Filming Him

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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_%22Bob%22_Norris :
Reforms and controversy

North Idaho Exposed Incident

In Norris's first month as Kootenai County Sheriff, a video surfaced online of him pulling out pepper spray while talking to a man who was recording a traffic stop.[5] It appeared to show Brad Nelson, a citizen of Kootenai County, asking questions regarding a traffic stop. After Nelson got, what looked about, 15 feet away from the stop, so Lt. Higgins and Norris could hear his questions, Norris approached Nelson and asked him to step back. Nelson was apprehensive and told Norris to, "Shut the fuck up and get back to work."[6] Norris stepped closer to Nelson and grabbed pepper spray from out of his belt, and told him loudly if he didn't step back he would use it. Nelson moved back.

Nelson, after the confrontation, gave the video he had recorded to Casey Whalen, a self-described independent journalist. Whalen then uploaded Nelson's video to his YouTube channel with over 16,000 subscribers. The video got upwards of 20,000 views in the first week it had been uploaded. Many local papers and news stations covered the altercation, making the video go increasingly viral. After the video had received 30,000 views, and many of his critics attacking him for the way he handled himself, Norris released a public statement saying, "The idea of local citizens using their video cameras with the intention of harassing our local officers and interfering with their duties, only to get characterized later online as if we were in the wrong, contributes toward this national disgrace." Many residents felt as if his response to the incident lacked compassion and was worse than his actual behavior during the altercation. The video has now received 40,000 views.[5]

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