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Activist says missing video proves his innocence
An activist arrested while filming police in downtown Orlando is preparing for trial, but he says the video camera that would prove his innocence has gone missing.

John Kurtz has a history of videotaping police as a member of CopWatch, an organization whose members hope their cameras discourage officers from what they think are unnecessarily violent arrests. Kurtz was also in the spotlight last summer, when he handed out sandwiches in front of City Hall in defiance of a city ordinance regulating the feeding of the homeless in downtown parks.

But this time, the 27-year-old real estate broker could land in prison.

"My arrest was a clear violation of the first amendment," Kurtz said. "I was arrested for filming police, and OPD knows it."...