Civil Liberties

Busting An Observer Costs Tampa Cops $20,000

It's an expensive lesson for camera-shy law-enforcement

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A Tampa man who was arrested last year on wiretapping charges for video recording cops just won a $20,000 settlement.

William Kilgore also had an incident earlier this year where Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy Mike Smalley ripped a camera out of his hand and damaged it.