A third-party investigation into an incident at the Morro Bay Police Department this past February is now complete.In that incident, a Santa Maria activist said he was recording video at the police station and was assaulted by police during a confrontation. Police argue they detained the man for safety reasons.The investigation focused on two allegations — the first, the unlawful detention of the man, known on YouTube as “Nasty Nathanial,” and the second, the unnecessary use of force against him.”The investigator looked at the entire incident, looked at the film that was available, looked at the law and the policy,” said Morro Bay City Manager Scott Collins.Independent investigator Rich Thomas of Thomas Consulting reviewed the incident that occurred on Feb. 6, 2018.Nathanial Thomas Plotner told KSBY he was at the Morro Bay Police Department that day to conduct a First Amendment audit.”The point is to test your right to film in public. It’s to see if the public officials, how they’re going to react to it,” Plotner explained.Plotner filmed the department lobby and parking lot.”In this particular incident, actions and activities created sufficient concern and we need to check those things out and we did in this case,” said Morro Bay Police Chief Gregory Allen, who was present during the incident.
Source: Investigation into videotaped incident outside Morro Bay PD find no wrongdoing
