- Man claims cell phone taken by Wash DC Police officer: Just one day after DC made it illegal for cops to take recording equipment, a man had his phone taken as he was recording a violent arrest. He eventually got his phone back, but without the memory card containing the alleged police brutality http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/19116008/man-claims-cell-phone-taken-by-dc-police-officer-at-crime-scene 72 comments politics