A man who videotaped a Denver police officer punching a drug suspect was arrested Thursday on an outstanding warrant.

Levi Frasier, 30, was booked into the Downtown Detention Center on a warrant from Park County. He was released Friday morning on a $500 bond, said Simon Crittle, a Denver Sheriff Department spokesman.

“The timing is curious to say the least,” said Benjamin Hartford, an attorney who is representing Frasier.

Frasier was pulled over by police for driving without a license plate, Hartford said, adding that the stop was legitimate.

But Hartford questioned why his client was jailed on the warrant, which he said was for driving without insurance. Typically, people wanted on such minor charges are given a chance to correct the situation without going to jail.

Denver police Technician Ron Hackett said the arresting officer had no idea who Frasier was.

“This isn’t a revenge thing,” Hackett said.

In August, Frasier used his computer tablet to film a police officer as he punched a drug suspect in the mouth to force him to spit out heroin. The officer also tripped the suspect’s pregnant girlfriend.

Frasier took the video to the media in November and also accused police officers at the scene of trying to delete the footage. Fox 31 first reported the story.

The Police Department defended the officer’s action for the punching and tripping but opened an internal affairs investigation into the allegation of trying to delete the footage.