My question involves civil rights in the State of: TN
After deputies resolved that the citizen could record the meeting, the county official took possession of the camera against the wishes of the citizen.
Were any crimes committed?
My question involves civil rights in the State of: TN
After deputies resolved that the citizen could record the meeting, the county official took possession of the camera against the wishes of the citizen.
Were any crimes committed?
That will depend on the full facts.
There are no facts or laws that allow any tennessee official to forbid recording of public meetings or that excuses them from committing criminal conversion by dispossessing a citizen of their property.
You seem to have answered your own question then. The person whose camera was taken is free to report it to the police. Was the camera ultimately returned to the owner?
Only after the county official was subjected to physical battery.
I don't believe I've fully answered my own question as one, if not two felony crimes seem very likely under the scenario unrelated to theft actions.
So the owner physically attacked the official? Something to consider when thinking about pressing charges.