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.
F**e news
yes because the video evidence would prove police wrongdoing and cost the cities money thats why….
B******t
It never ends
BS
BULL S**T
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2385
As being in Law Enforcement for 32 years and during the age of cellphones with video and photo apps, I find it on the bottom of the scale of my concern.
If your not doing anything outside of Law or Policy then you have no worries.
Just because I may say or do something someone doesn’t agree with doesn’t make it wrong or illegal, just opposite in opinion.
ASSHOLE
What gives you the. Right to tell the American people they cant do anything