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.
If they can use a form of media to convict……..
Load of BS
Constitution is for everyone no one above the law.
B******T !!!
What are their objection to it. They spy on us and we have no rights. They work for us, we have every right to watch and video them like they do us!!!
Bull s**t
I’m betting the Supreme Court will have a different and superior definition of the word “public.”
My bet is that SCOTUS will agree that the word “public” means public.
Therefore, not private, or behind officially closed doors.
After all, police exist to serve and protect who?……the public.
The courts have already officially declared a while back that anyone out in public has no legal expectation of privacy.
Someone – the police? – needs a refresher course not only about the law, but about inherent rights as well.
Arrogant, aren’t we the people That’s why I love ’em.
b******t
F**K YOU STUPID BITCH