Why Is This Officer Recording Ferguson Protesters with a Hand-Held Camera?

Officer Walks and Records McCluer North Students Protesting Ferguson

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MRCTV.org A police officer walked in the road, recording students who skipped school to march Tuesday in a “Hands Up; Don’t Shoot!” protest of a grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. But, why?

As students from McCluer North high school walked along the road playing to a CNSNews.com camera, the officer walked through the shot alongside the protesters, recording the march on a hand-held camera. Is he:

Simply documenting the event?
Recording suspicious activity?
Trying to protect his fellow officers from being falsely accused of brutality?