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They're not suing him over the footage. They're suing him for publishing it all over the place in an attempt to monetize it.

You don't have to be on the cops' side to see that the headline is ridiculously misleading.

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So? He filmed it in his own home. What rights should he have over footage from his own private space when others invade that space without invitation? Should a store or homeowner have to get permission from criminals who rob them to show that footage publicly?

I'm talking about the headline being misleading, not whether he's in the right or not.

Good thing there’s a whole article there to read and other articles as well, so you can get all of the details from a source more plentiful than a headline.

Thanks for conceding I was correct.

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