San Diego resident who was arrested last year while trying to film the police files a federal lawsuit against the city and SDPD
The complaint accuses the police of 'unlawfully detaining, arresting, and injuring' the plaintiff, who is a member of grassroots group Southeast San Diego Accountability Unit
Last summer, San Diego cop watcher Muslah Abdul-Hafeez was arrested as he began filming police officers responding to gunshots.
“They began striking me,” Abdul-Hafeez told KPBS days after the arrest, “digging their nails inside my skin, putting their body weight on my back, my neck. They handcuffed me real tight. I still got the sc…