On the morning of Saturday August 9th 2014 I was stopped andillegally detained by Virginia Beach police officers while taking nightphotographs of the cityscape. Prior tothe stop security officers from one of the buildings came outside andapproached me while on a public sidewalk inquiring as to what I was doing.After speaking with me briefly those security officers decided to call thepolice to report my actions. This videocontains footage from the main encounter I had with police officers that morningwhich takes place a few blocks from the original building where I was shooting.Within seconds of being stopped the first responding officer admits that thetype of photography I was engaged in was perfectly legal yet he refused toallow me to go. I was illegally detained for approximately thirty minutes eventhough no criminal activity had been reported to the police whatsoever and theofficers had no reasonable suspicion that a crime had taken place. The three police officers involved attempt tointimidate and pressure me into providing identification and even go as far asto lie telling me that the security officers had reported that I went insidetheir building asking them questions about their security procedures whichnever happened. After finally telling me I was free to go the officers threatenme with arrest for "disturbing the peace" if I resume my photographyof the buildings. As I was standing waiting for the crosswalk one of the policeofficers assaulted me; he violently grabbed my arm and leaned in as if to saysomething in my ear. Before he couldspeak and while I'm shouting "Don't touch me" the supervising officerpulls him off me.I filmed for much longer after the video ends but decidednot to include it here for the sake of time. I proceeded to resume myphotography and the police surrounded/followed me for several minutes. Afterthe police leave one of the original security officers came outside and talkedto me again. During my second conversationwith the security officer he apologized for calling the police, admitting thatI hadn't done anything illegal.I contacted the Virginia Beach Police DepartmentProfessional Standards Division that day to file a formal complaint. I was told to leave a message and informedthat I'd be contacted soon. At the time of posting this video I have yet toreceive any call back.-upon viewing this video several people have asked me why Iwas initially so quick to get angry.This is not the first time I've been stopped and harassed forphotography by VBPD. Last time I wasstopped the officer involved fabricated charges for a citation in order toforce me into identifying myself. I hadbeen standing on a sidewalk and he lied saying he saw me "standing in themedian" when he pulled up which we both knew wasn't true. Pedestrian inthe median can get you up to six months in jail in Virginia Beach so I didn'ttake the issue lightly. I got a lawyerand decided to fight the bogus charge in court.In court the presiding judge took the officers word as gospel andrefused to look at any of my video evidence which clearly showed that theofficer had been lying. The legal costsand fines ended up costing me approximately $1600 in total. I would have appealed but at the time I wasout of money to pay for legal representation.It is because of this incident and other abuses of power/authority I'vewitnessed that causes me to be so easily angered when stopped by the police.I'm a law abiding disabled war vet and I love my country. Myintention isn't to give anyone a hard time but simply to assert and defend myconstitutional rights.