Why did an Alameda County deputy play a Taylor Swift song while arguing with protesters?
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A screen capture from a video recording an encounter between Anti Police-Terror Project Police Director James Burch, left and Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. David Shelby, right. Shelby is under investigation after he played a Taylor Swift song on his phone during the encounter, in an apparent attempt to ensure the recording of the incident would be automatically removed from social media sites like YouTube and Twitter.Screen capture via Anti Police-Terror Project
An Alameda County sheriff’s sergeant who pulled out his phone and started playing a Taylor Swift song in the middle of an argument with protesters is being investigated for allegedly using the tactic to keep a video of him from being posted on social media because it contained copyrighted music.