U.S. Marshals Service reviewing incident of deputy smashing citizen's phone

[Wireless News]

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Marshals Service is reviewing an incident after a video posted on the Internet appeared to show one of its deputies snatching away and smashing the cell phone of a woman who was filming police and federal agents making arrests in a Los Angeles suburb. Video taken by another bystander at Sunday's confrontation in the South Gate suburb in southeast Los Angeles and posted on YouTube showed the woman standing on a sidewalk aiming her phone at two officers a short distance away. The woman can be heard saying, "You are making me feel unsafe, and I have a right to be here," just before a deputy marshal armed with a rifle comes into view and wrestles the device out of her hands as she protests. In the video, the officer appears to throw the phone to the ground and stomp or kick it, then tells her, "There's your phone." Paez told the CNN network that she began filming when she saw law enforcement officers pointing automatic weapons at the heads of about eight people on a lawn near her home.

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