Cameraphone used as evidence for domestic abuse

A Florida teenager took camera phone photos of her mother sitting on her during an argument and called 911. The police came and arrested her mother for domestic battery. Alan Reiter reports on Reiter's Camera Phone Report]

"This is the first time that I've seen a picture taken on a phone for a domestic battery," said Sheriff's spokeswoman Deputy Donna L. Black.

Teenagers have used their cell phones before to document teachers berating students:

-- High school student takes camshot of teacher slapping a classmate

-- Student films teacher berating classmate

-- Cameraphone videotape shows High School teacher screaming at his students

-- Bus driver yelling at students is recorded

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