Napoleon Jones spent a few seconds recording a traffic stop from more than 30 feet away earlier this year in Wisconsin before the cop pulled him over in a parking lot for “suspicious” behavior — even though recording police in public is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Waukesha County sheriff’s deputy Brandon Shayhorn also pulled him over for not having a front license plate, which is the law in Wisconsin, but Jones was driving a new car with a temporary license plate on the back window, which is also legal.
Knowing he was being retaliated against for exercising his constitutional rights, Jones refused to provide his identification and asked Shayhorn to speak with his supervisor.
But Shayhorn refused to call his supervisor and, with the help of a second deputy, Brett Kromrey, pulled Jones out of the vehicle and arrested him on charges of resisting and obstructing…