First, police departments around the country one by one began preventing civilian monitoring of the police departments through citizen band radio.
Now, police are seizing cellphones used to record excessive violence.
Transparency and sunshine laws are thrown out of the window.
"David Sal Silva, 33, died May 8 after struggling with sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol officers. He was bitten by a police dog and struck by batons. An autopsy found he died from hypertensive heart disease and his death was (ruled) accidental." Huffington Post
Witnesses had their cellphones seized.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/police-seize-cellphone-evidence_n_3739770.html
http://nbclatino.com/2013/05/16/opinion-where-is-the-outrage-about-the-police-beating-death-of-david-silva/
