Buffalo police did not appreciate a Black man recording them from across the street as they were investigating a drive-by shooting of a house in 2019 so they approached him and told him the neighbors did not want him recording them.

But Dean Taylor, 65, not only had the First Amendment right to record the entire scene from public, he told the officers he was mainly recording them which is also his legal right.

Buffalo cops responded by punching him in the face several times before shoving him to the ground and piling on top of him with one cop pressing his knee into Dean’s neck.

He was then transported to jail on charges of harassment, obstructing governmental administration, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest which were all dismissed the following month.

However, when Taylor file

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