Police In Pampa Caught Violating Rights In Video?

A video uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday has been getting some serious attention and has people questioning whether it catches police in Pampa, Texas violating the rights of the man shooting the footage.

The 11-minute video, which claims to have been shot on April 6, 2014, opens with a shot of numerous police cruisers in front of Pampa courthouse and is narrated by the videographer, a man who only identifies himself as Andrew.

The video shows Andrew being approached by an officer with the Gray County Sheriff's office while recording video of the police investigation in front of the courthouse. The officer asks Andrew for his name and address, and his reason for recording them. Andrew gives his name and date of birth to the officer, but politely declines to hand over his ID or give his address, claiming that he's within his rights to decline.

After a brief back-and-forth, the officer returns to the courthouse investigation, which Andrew continues to shoot footage of. The video later shows him being approached by a Pampa police officer, who immediately demands he stop recording and seemingly attempts to pull the video camera out of his hands when he refuses. That same officer threatens to place Andrew under request, to which Andrew questions "for what crime?"

Additional officers, including the first officer to approach Andrew, join, and the discussion continues before things calm down and the officers let Andrew go, saying that they will subpoena his video.

In the video, the officers say they want to seize Andrew's footage as evidence in the investigation they were conducted when he started filming. They also tell him that his behavior of recording municipal buildings in town is suspicious "post 9/11."

Check out the video and let us know what you think? Were the officers violating the videographer's rights or were they justified in being concerned about his activities?

Those commenting on the video on both the Facebook pages of Gray County Sheriff Office and Pampa Police Department seem to disagree, saying the officers violated Andrew's rights.

So, what do you think?