KITV reports what happened next:
At this point Sherri Kane, who describes herself as an investigative journalist, looked into the camera and said, “Behind us we have the Secret Service following us now so this is kind of exciting.”Exciting turned to scary after they pulled into a gas station. On their video, a police officer approached the car and said, “Stay in the car. Put that camera off of me.”Producer Sativa Jones can be heard saying “OK.”The women said police vehicles and up to five officers surrounded the car, demanded IDs and registration without explanation. Then without warning an officer reached into the car and grabbed Jones’ camera.“He grabbed it out of my hand and then he slammed it on top of the car,” Jones said. She said the camera was damaged – the automatic lens cover no longer worked.Jones’ fingers were gashed by the sharp edge on the camera mount. She said the officer appeared shaken by what he’d done and courteously showed her how to complain, writing his name and badge number on a card with contact information for the Honolulu Police Commission.Kane said other officers on the scene would not let them make a criminal complaint against the officer who grabbed the camera.A recent episode of “We Are Change Hawaii” shows Hampton hosting the show alongside Kane (both shown in the news video). Hampton is referred to as the “Unofficial Boss of the Universe”:
