Internal Investigation Launched After Black Missouri ‘Cop Watcher’ Has Phone Snatched While Recording Police Officers, Cop Says Phone Can Be Used As ‘Weapon’
A self-described Missouri “cop watcher” was tackled to the ground by police officers as he filmed them responding to a call in Springfield, Missouri, last month. Terry Rucker, a 35-year-old Black man, shared video from the Nov. 26 encounter on Facebook and YouTube and it went viral on several social media pages. Now the two…