Demarcationville:

What happened seems clear to me: Conover annoyed the cop by taking his picture. When Conover refused to delete them, the cop got angry and arrested him. (After all, the photos might have been taken with the intention of policing the police - and how dare a mere mortal citizen do this? ) After the arrest, the officer scrambled to find some law, any law which would back up his actions.

The officer said he thought Conover was pointing a laser at him. But, um, if he thought it was a laser why did he tell him to delete the pictures?

Via Michael Silence and Instapundit.