Overman said that while he was taking photos, an officer put up a police-tape boundary behind him. Overman said that when Lacey detective David Miller told him to move outside the boundary, he complied.

He said that as he walked away, he overheard the detective tell another officer that Overman should be arrested immediately if he crossed the police line.

Overman said he turned around and approached the detective.

"I just wanted to understand why he was singling me out when I had complied with everything he asked me to do," Overman said Saturday.

"I wasn't angry," he added. "I just don't like seeing the media singled out and picked on."

Overman said that the two walked toward each other and that the detective screamed at him.

They got so close that their noses briefly touched, Overman said; he says he was shoved backward and arrested.

Overman was detained, cited and released, Suessman said. Overman said he was handcuffed and spent about 30 minutes in the back of a patrol car.