With the advent of cellphones as a standard device carried by hundreds of millions daily, the ability of citizens to film police and politicians in public settings has increased accountability for those holding positions of public trust.
Unfortunately, a growing trend of judicial tyranny could curtail a person’s right to access their phone to suddenly film an event unfolding before them in a public setting.
First Amendment rights advocates argue that the right to film public events should never be abrogated, given the protections of the U.S. Constitution.
But with the judiciary having more statist judges in place, it’s become more challenging to protect these most basic rights.
In the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Missouri, a recent ruling has struck down the right to film public officials in a public setting. On the next page, learn how the dispute may have to head to the Supreme Court to get resolved.
U have no privacy in public. Hello! Hence the word public.
Term limits, Never Reelect Anyone ! !
Then stop being so stupid we the people have rights too u poor sore loosers!!
That means that the news, broadcast by American Citizens, can no longer film you when you plan a photo op. Even when you are campaigning for your senate seat. What an idiotic move!
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BULL SHET !!!
B******t. They are public servants and in a public setting. If they are in their own homes or on another person’s private property, I would agree but not in a public place where everyone is subject to scrutiny.
Yes, please don’t try to film that UGLY$#%&!@* You would break your camera.
Well, I aim to do just that, Whenever I feel like it. So, what are you going to do arrest me just for saying that. Come on and get me, or are you a coward?