![]() After being arrested, Musumeci was detained for about 20 minutes and issued a ticket for violating the photography regulation. ![]() During his arrest, Musumeci was grabbed by his arms and forced to the pavement as the video card from his camera was confiscated. The inspector then arrested Musumeci for violating a federal regulation governing photography. Musumeci stepped backward and recorded the arrest. As they were recording, Musumeci and Heickle were confronted by a federal inspector from the Department of Homeland Security, who arrested Heicklen. Musumeci, a 29-year-old resident of Edgewater, N.J., and member of the Manhattan Libertarian Party was recording an interview in front of the courthouse steps with Julian Heicklen, a libertarian activist who was advocating for jury nullification. On November 9, 2009, Libertarian activist Antonio Musumeci was arrested while using his hand-held video camera to record a protestor in a public plaza outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse in Manhattan.
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