"Meanwhile, an officer ordered APTN producer Rich Matthews and the cameraman to stop recording. When Matthews held up his credentials and explained he was working, the officer grabbed the producer, leaned him backward over a car, jabbed him in the stomach and unleashed a profanity-laced tirade."
This indicates they confronted, beat and charged the old man just for the hell of it.
Naturally, according to the liberal media.
And their lemmings.