Given a Ticket for Audio Recording Concord PD
Channel: freeconcordtv
Date: 2011-06-19

Technically, Sgt. Michael Pearl claimed he was ticketing me because he didn't see a light on my bike. However, he arrived on a scene in which three people had bikes and no one was riding. As soon as he arrived, I began recording and quickly I became his focus. 

This is the same officer who, almosty a year ago, assaulted me for recording him and physically powered off my recording device. I filed a complaint over this incident with Concord PD and they refused to share any of the results of their investigation with me. Mr. Pearl was much better behaved this time in that he did not lay hands on me, but I'd appreciate it if he had never detained me for such silliness and given me threatening notes from his organization demanding money.

See the original video of complaint being filed in July 2010 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGsMyRvePjc

Follow the story at Free Concord:
http://freeconcord.org/2011/06/19/ticketed-for-bicycling-or-recording/