A man taking a stroll through his neighborhood was tackled and arrested by a Missouri police officer when he refused to identify himself, even though the cop did not have a reasonable suspicion that he was involved in a crime.
The incident took place in September in Breckenridge Hills, a municipality of St. Louis County with less than 5,000 residents, not too far from Ferguson.
But the video was not posted until Friday under the Youtube username, [__Chris Hoglan__](http://photographyisnotacrime.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/watch?v=w7F3sNr-sMA&feature=youtu.be), with the following description:
> I left for a walk at 12:17am on Sept. 4, 2014 and didn’t come home. I headed out on my own as I often do. My path crossed Officer Mathew Tyler Badge #272 of the Breckenridge Hills, Mo Police Department 20 minutes later. I was never told that I was suspected of any crime or given any reason as to why I was being detained. I asked many times if I was free to go and the end result was Officer Tyler #272 and Officer Allemann Badge #247 tackling me to the ground. I was then taken to jail and questioned. I never answered any questions and never gave them my ID through the entire 10 1/2hours I was held. I was searched and brought to the police station and questioned without being read my Miranda rights. I told them I was invoking my 5th amendment right too not answer any questions with legal representation and was still questioned. They ultimately charged me with “Police Interference”. It costs me a $500 bond to get out the next morning at 11am. I contacted my lawyer immediately and showed them the video. We requested a jury trial from Breckenridge Hills, Mo for the Police Interference charge and they dropped my charges. My attorneys and I met with the Chief of Breckenridge Hills, Mo on Feb. 5, 2015 in person and filed an Internal Affairs Complaint. We have been waiting for Breckenridge Hills to complete their internal investigation.
> I have a full written statement that I typed out the next day with every detail I could remember. If anyone is interested in more details, private message me your email and I will send it your way.
Hoglan responded to a comment from PINAC, promising to send more details about the incident, which will be published when we get them. Hoglan also posted the [__video on Reddit,__](http://photographyisnotacrime.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/id_refusal_on_foot_results_in_police_abuse_and) where it is being discussed.
Three months before this incident, the Breckenridge Hills City Council considered shutting down its local police department, allowing the neighboring St. Ann Police Department to take over because it would have cost the city $850,000 instead of $1.3 million.
But the city council voted against it because it “felt that an outside city would never be as concerned about Breckenridge Hills as are its own officers,” as the [__St. Louis Post-Dispatch__](http://photographyisnotacrime.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/article_dfb8c8ca-ecb6-587d-8fe9-28fee617bc82.html) explained.
But we can see now that was probably the wrong decision.
**UPDATE:** Hoglan emailed PINAC the incident report along with a list of discrepancies he pointed out, which we’ve combined into a single [__PDF that you can see here.__](http://photographyisnotacrime.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Chris-Hoglan-incident-report-and-list-of-discrepancies2-.pdf)
The cop says he was responding to a call where a man in the neighborhood had an argument with his brother, who then stormed off with a knife. That man matched Hoglan’s description, according to his report.
