Los Angeles photographer Shawn Nee says in a handwritten
complaint filed August 16 against the Los Angeles Police
Department that after he was detained for interferring with a
police investigation, he was “handcuffed to a bench” by officers at
the Hollywood Community Police Station and a detective “ignored”
repeated requests by Nee to speak with his attorney.

Nee says that LAPD officers in Hollywood infringed on his first
amendment right to take pictures from a public space on
June 2, 2013. LAPD officers detained Nee while he took photos from
a sidewalk 90 feet away, although Nee was never charged at the
Hollywood station.

The complaint reads:

On June 2, 2013, Foster #2175, Palmer #2204, and Sergeant Rudy
Vidal #23398, arrested me after photographing Foster and Palmer
from a public sidewalk. Despite standing 90ft away, behind a
cement-wall, two chain-link fences, a back yard, and a driveway,
the officers claimed I interferred with their investigation. I was
handcuffed, transported to the Hollywood Station,
handcuffed to a bench and escorted to an
interrogation room for questioning. Detective Mossi #34657
ignored my repeated requests to speak with my attorney. He
also continued to question me despite invoking my right to remain
silent multiple times. I was released without charge once Mossi
learned my attorney’s name. My detainment and arrest lasted
approximately 1.5 hours.

The attorney Nee asked to speak with was Peter Bibring of the
American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, who is
representing Nee in a
lawsuit against the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. That
lawsuit alleges deputies have been detaining and searching
photographers for taking photos.

Nee released an edited version of June 2nd’s events which can be
seen below. He
told LA Weekly that he wants to wait to release the unedited
version because he wants to catch the LAPD in their alleged
lies: