the Black man exercised his First Amendment right that allows him to record the entire ordeal in public
That is not what the First Amendment does. The First Amendment allows him to speak out against the government without repercussion.
“Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
Courts have ruled freedom of the press includes the right to record things which happen in public. Today, that includes taking pictures and video recording. It includes recording the actions of public officials doing what they do in public.
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People in general and police in particular hate being videoed and routinely ignore the right to video from public spaces. They also seem to carry around an authority power trip chip on their shoulder. In this case the policeman said, “he raised his arm, which I interpreted as an attempted elbow jab to my face...” And the beat down commenced.