"There appears to be no crowd, and the man recording did nothing to distract police from their duties, or to cause a problem of any kind," Jeon said in an e-mail. "He was not hindering police in any discernible way. He was aware of the new policy ... and politely cited it as a reason police should not threaten to arrest him because he was recording them. And yet, the officers shooed him away and threatened to arrest him if he did not stop recording and leave the scene."

