Police under fire for blasting Disney songs during arrest
Police officers in a Californian town are being investigated after they were filmed blasting Disney songs late at night.
In a video uploaded to YouTube, police are seen searching an allegedly stolen car in the town of Santa Ana around 11pm.
After a few minutes, the officers notice the situation is being filmed, and one goes to a police car and turns on the speakers to loudly play You've Got A Friend In Me from the Disney film Toy Story in an effort to deter the filmer.
Other songs from Disney films Mulan, Encanto and Coco play next, as nearby residents are awoken from the sound and ask police to turn the music down.
They eventually do, but not before attracting the attention of one resident who is also a town councillor, identified as Jonathan Hernandez.
Hernandez asked the police what the reason for the music was, with one officer responding, “copyright infringement” while pointing to the person filming the scene.
This means if the video was posted online, it would be removed for playing the copyrighted Disney tracks.
Police in the US have previously been accused of playing copyrighted songs when being filmed by civilians.
Despite their attempts to thwart the video, it remains on YouTube and has amassed over 46,000 views.
"I'm embarrassed that this is how you're treating my neighbours," Mr Hernandez said in the video.
"There's children here."
Santa Ana Chief of Police David Valentin said in a statement that the police department was aware of the video, and that the incident was being investigated.
Image credits: YouTube