· 8:36am Mar 11, 2017 A North Carolina lawyer pulled over by police while working as an Uber driver has told an officer it was not against the law to film him while on duty – despite the man’s claims to the contrary. Defence attorney Alex Bright uploaded a video he filmed of the encounter to his Facebook page earlier this week.
· New York Post. When defense attorney Jesse Bright was pulled over in North Carolina while moonlighting as an #Uber driver, he began filming the encounter.
· Summary: A North Carolina attorney who moonlights as an Uber driver recorded a lying police officer bullying him. A North Carolina police officer learned an important lesson …
Attorney Jesse Bright was driving through the Tar Heel State last month when he was pulled over by the Wilmington Police Department. Mr. Bright, who spends his spare time as an Uber driver, …
The officers demanded he turn off his phone, citing a reportedly non-existent state law, but what they didn't know was that Jesse Bright was a defense attorney – moonlighting as a driver to make some extra cash in an effort to pay off his student loans. Now, one of the officers involved has been demoted.
Becker has been with the department 17 years . Police spokeswoman Linda Thompson told The Associated Press an investigation of the incident was closed Thursday. She could not say whether the demotion was directly related to the investigation.
In the first of three videos Bright posted of the February 26 confrontation, one of the officers tells Bright that the passenger was caught leaving a drug house. He also asks Bright if he had anything in the car that he needed "to be concerned about" and if he would mind if he looked.
He then threatened him with jail and police began to search the car. Again, Bright refused to allow his car to be searched.
After a search, police let Bright go - without an apology, he tells CBS News. After Bright went public with the incident, the police department released a statement saying they were launching an internal investigation.
Michael Roppolo is a CBS News reporter. He covers a wide variety of topics, including science and technology, crime and justice, and disability rights.
N.C. cop who told Uber driver not to record gets demoted. WILMINGTON, N.C. -- When police stopped an Uber driver to detain his passenger last month, he immediately turned on his cellphone and started recording. The officers demanded he turn off his phone, citing a reportedly non-existent state law, but what they didn't know was ...
When defense attorney Jesse Bright was pulled over in North Carolina while moonlighting as an Uber driver, he began filming the encounter. Allegedly, he had been pulled over for picking up a...
When defense attorney Jesse Bright was pulled over in North Carolina while moonlighting as an Uber driver, he began filming the encounter. Allegedly, he had...