Controversy
On Thursday, June 17, 2010, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department responded to a verbal and physical altercation at a meeting of the La Habra Heights Improvement Association after local resident and videographer George Edwards began filming the meeting. Association members accosted Edwards and attempted to wrestle his camera from him. While the meeting occurred in a public space, association members believed the meeting was a private one. Edwards, however, believed the meeting was public — and that he had the right to film it. The association members indicated that Edwards was attempting to paint them in a poor light due to past issues. As a result of this altercation, three people present at the meeting were charged with battery but not arrested.
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