Top cop: Drop charges against journalist
Suffolk police held a freelance photographer after officers told him to stop recording them. Handout video (Aug. 1, 2011)
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Suffolk County police said Monday they would move to drop the charges against a journalist who was arrested while shooting video of the aftermath of a police chase.
"I am working with the Suffolk County district attorney to have the arrest nullified," Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said in a statement.
The statement came after the Press Club of Long Island called on police and prosecutors...
