Attorney records Wilmington officer lying about state law during traffic stop

A Wilmington police sergeant is shown on video instructing a citizen who was pulled over for a traffic stop that he is not allowed to record the interaction due to a new state law, but there is no such law in North Carolina.

Posted 3:30 a.m. Mar 9, 2017 — Updated 8:07 p.m. Mar 10, 2017

WILMINGTON, N.C. — A Wilmington police sergeant is shown on video instructing a citizen who was pulled over for a traffic stop that he is not allowed to record the interaction due to a new state law, but there is no such law in North Carolina.

Jesse Bright is an Uber driver on some days and a defense attorney on others.

“They should know, and I’m sure they do know, that it’s legal to record the police,” Bright said.

In February, Bright picked up a man who said he needed to pick up a check. On the way home, Bright saw blue lights behind him and several officers arrived to arrest his passenger.