A San Diego resident was arrested for filming the police, federal lawsuit alleges

The complaint, filed in the Southern District of California, alleges it was in 'retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights'

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Police in Escondido, California, had someone in handcuffs late at night on May 23, 2023.

From about 20 feet away, a local resident started to record the arrest with his phone “to ensure truth and transparency and to document what he perceived might be police misconduct.”

But one of the officers allegedly knocked his phone out of his hand and a…