He
had been filming from about 30 feet away, he said. Henderson said deputies gave
him no warning before Muellner took his camera.
The
deputy wrote on the citation, “While handling a medical/check the welfare
(call), (Henderson) was filming it. Data privacy HIPAA violation. Refused to
identify self. Had to stop dealing with sit(uation) to deal w/Henderson.”
Henderson
appeared in Ramsey County District Court on Jan. 2. A pretrial hearing was
rescheduled for Jan. 30.
The
allegation that his recording of the incident violated HIPAA, or the federal
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is nonsense, said Jennifer
Granick, a specialist on privacy issues at Stanford University Law School.
I
like this quote from Henderson: “I’m in the right,” he said. “If they don’t
drop it, I’m definitely going to trial.” He needs some Patriot-Attorney(s).