Police tried to stop a copwatcher from filming them, this is what happened when he pushed back

Texas cop watcher Manuel Mata has been jailed again after he confronted a Ft. Worth officer on sidewalk while she was making arrest. The charges of interfering with public duties Mata is facing raise serious questions about the right to film police, and if law enforcement is ratcheting up the pressure on 1st amendment activists. 

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