Ridgefield Employee Charged Following YouTuber Fracas [VIDEO]

RIDGEFIELD, CT — A town official was charged with disorderly conduct after she hit a YouTube "First Amendment auditor" with a file folder, police said.

The incident occurred inside Town Hall on Thursday and was uploaded to the YouTube channel for Accountability For All, a group that records public officials in their work settings.

In the video, two men, both with cameras, can be seen wandering from the basement to the third floor, office to office in Town Hall, asking questions of town employees. Outside a third floor office (13:29) they called into an employee working at her computer.

The employee asked the men if she was being filmed, and when one man confirmed she was, the employee requested they stop the recording.

"No, we can't shut it off," the man said. The woman then picked up a file folder to cover her face from the camera and left the office. On the video, she appears to swat the man with the paper folder as she makes her exit.

The videographers requested that a nearby employee call the police, and continued their recording as they awaited the arrival of the officers.

Later in the video (40:25), Ridgefield PD Lt. Brian Durling confirmed the employee was served with a misdemeanor summons.

"She will be going to court to answer for the disorderly conduct charge, which is the charge appropriate in this specific situation," Durling said.

This is not the first time that YouTube "First Amendment auditors" have provoked public officials in the area. Four Danbury police officers were disciplined following an investigation into their interaction with a video producer who identifies himself as Long Island Audit.