Man thrown in jail for "cop watching"

A Pinellas County man says police violated his rights by taking his property and throwing him in jail for what he calls cop watching. The twenty year old insists he did nothing wrong when he taped the turbines springs police searching the car and says he as the video to prove it. Additionally Adrian Patterson sat down with a lawyer who says the police cross the line.

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When he year old William Kilgore and led a protest this weekend against which he calls a police state. Categories is self proclaimed -- watcher and.

We want to play an active role. You know in in our community by keeping an island and you know and and having this independent -- checks and balances.

And it's that -- watching Kilgore says that -- came in -- for a ninth last month. Take a look at this video Chart Industries police had a warrant to search a car on target avenue in the car the police found controlled substance that. Kilgore is standing across the street and you can see an officer block and a department thought it is dealing even videotape and us it's there that could.

Would you just videotape was this officer received consent to search that person. At which time he found only now both. Controlled substance that -- how -- act which makes more video -- evidence now so I'm going to request to videotape.

Pat Buchanan if you don't get Kilgore does not hand over dictate. So he had handcuffed and charged with obstruction -- an arrest Tampa lawyer Michael Manning calls ridiculous.

For them to say it's. There evidence know their evidence is their own observations of what they've done.

Fanatics at these cases are becoming more common almost every cell phone has that came on it. And people are using now what's so what are your rights.

Person passed. -- right at a reasonable time at a reasonable manner. To videotape police action.

These fanatic says as long as you aren't in erupting an investigation. It's legal to hit record.

Kilgore sent one night in jailing got out with 150 dollars bond. Today I talked to captain Jeff Young with a -- and springs police department and he said the chief told employees not to go on camera. To discuss William -- force complaints. But he did tell me. They have a right to protest that's their right we charged him with obstruction. Other than that -- young says the department has no comment -- and I'm Adrian Patterson news Channel 8.