Atlanta man, Chris LeDay, was unjustly
arrested by police, in an act of revenge, after he posted
shocking video online, revealing police officer, Blane
Salamoni, mercilessly shooting and killing Alton Sterling in
Louisiana. LeDay works at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. LeDay
stated police detained him simply stating he fit the
description of someone, but initially would not say
regarding what crime.
LeDay was handcuffed and shackled like a murderer and told it was in reference to “unpaid traffic tickets.” It is highly unusual to shackle someone for parking tickets. The government is being nasty to LeDay over doing his civic duty in exposing a terrible crime - murder. To single out LeDay for such treatment is discriminatory and abusive. When police engage in such behavior, it only makes the problem worse. LeDay spent the night in jail and was hit with $1,231 in fines.
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LeDay did not film the shooting, but did
upload it to the internet. LeDay and the person who filmed
the video did nothing wrong. The law permits people to film
such incidents in public settings. The government needs to
concentrate on the police officer that killed Sterling -
Blane Salamoni. His partner, Howie Leake II, should also be
prosecuted for contributing to the murder of a citizen in
acts of police brutality.
STORY SOURCE
Man Who Posted Alton Sterling Shooting Video Has Been Arrested By Police
July 10, 2016 - 24 Hours after the footage
of Alton Sterling being shot and killed by Baton Rouge
police went viral, the man who initially posted the clip
online has had his own brush with law enforcement. Chris
LeDay, an Atlanta native who did not film the shooting video
but was the first person to post it online, helped the story
gain national attention when he shared it on his Instagram,
Twitter and Facebook accounts. As the story began to
circulate into being front page news, LeDay was arrested
while on the way to his job at Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
Recalling the incident on his Facebook page,
LeDay believes his arrest was retaliation for sharing the
clip. Speaking with the blog Photography Is Not A Crime, he
says that he was detained by military and civilian police
officers and told that he fit the description of someone who
is wanted for battery. After being handcuffed and shackled,
he was taken to the police station where he was reportedly
told that he was arrested for unpaid traffic tickets...
