SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Charges filed against an "O.G. against violence" activist who was arrested last week while filming the Syracuse Police Department will be dropped, but new charges will be filed, according to the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office.

Maurice "Mo" Crawley, the activist, will be charged with harassment, a violation, the DA's office announced. The misdemeanor charges of second-degree obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest will be dismissed.

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick announced the new charges Friday morning during a news conference. The news conference, held in the department's Syracuse office, was primarily held to discuss a Father's Day shooting where a Syracuse police officer shot and killed a man.

While Fitzpatrick said harassment is a proper charge for Crawley, Fitzpatrick also said he disagreed with how Syracuse Police Officer Vallon Smith -- the officer who arrested Crawley -- handled the incident.

"He made a mistake," Fitzpatrick said. "He overreacted, and he will suffer the consequences...with Chief Fowler."

The Syracuse Police Department has refused to discuss the arrest of Crawley that triggered a protest other than to say the matter was under investigation.

Crawley, 52, was arrested July 28 in the 100 block of South Avenue while filming Smith and another officer as they made a drug-related arrest.

The video of the confrontation made by Crawley on Facebook prompted a protest by a local chapter of the anti-police-violence group Black Lives Matter the next day. The video has so far received more than 110,000 views on YouTube.

Fitzpatrick said today that Crawley started stalking Smith after the officer issued him a ticket. He said he thought the ticket was related to a noise complaint.

Since then, Fitzpatrick said there have been "at least a dozen" incidents where Crawley harassed the officer.

In a criminal complaint filed after the arrest, Smith wrote that Crawley had been "increasingly appearing" at Smith's traffic stops and investigations.

"The defendant shouts at this officer, calling out my last name, stating the 'tornado' is coming and threatening lawsuits against this officer," Smith said.

In the July 28 video Crawley livestreamed to Facebook, Crawley stands across the street while officers handcuffed and searched a man.

Smith, at one point in the video, shouted at Crawley to keep quiet. When Crawley replied that he could not hear him, Smith crossed the street and told Crawley to put out his hands.

The camera then swung toward tress, powerlines and the sky. The remainder of the video contains audio.

"Don't (expletive) move, you understand me?" an officer said. "Don't you (expletive) move, I'm a (expletive) you up."

Fitzpatrick said Smith "screwed up" during the incident. Despite that mistake, Fitzpatrick offered praise for Smith and a condemnation of Crawley.

The DA said Smith is a veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan.

Contrasting Smith to Crawley, Fitzpatrick tossed a stack of papers he said was Crawley's rap sheet on the table in front of his lectern. He questioned the motives of Crawley, who often shows up at shooting scenes to protest violence.

Fitzpatrick said he believes Crawley cares as much about gang violence as Fitzpatrick said he does about the next episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."

The DA also compared Crawley to Smith.

"If I was ever in a foxhole and the choice was given to me as to whether I wanted Maurice Crawley sitting next to me, who would probably steal my wallet, or whether I wanted Officer Vallon Smith sitting next to me, the answer is painfully obvious to everyone," Fitzpatrick said.