Common sense has prevailed in the case of a Big Island blogger accused of interfering with police when he tried to shoot video of police responding to a fight outside a Pahoa nightclub.

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports that charges have been dropped against Damon Tucker.

Civil Beat reported on the incident in August.

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