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Judge dismisses conviction for YouTuber accused of obstructing officer
A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Youtuber who has spent nearly four months in jail after he was accused of obstructing a police officer while filming a traffic stop.
District Judge Michelle Leavitt said she was dismissing Jose “Chille” DeCastro’s misdemeanor conviction for obstruction and resisting a public officer because the case concerned “First Amendment-protected conduct,” according to a livestream of Wednesday’s hearing posted by Our Nevada Judges.
DeCastro, 49, is a self-proclaimed “First Amendment auditor” and “constitutional scholar.” His YouTube channel, Delete Lawz, has more than 500,000 subscribers and contains hundreds of videos in which DeCastro speaks about police conduct, or films his own interactions with police officers.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/judge-dismisses-conviction-for-youtuber-accused-of-obstructing-officer-3088342/