In 2016, a federal trial court decision in Fields v. City of Philadelphia took a different, narrower approach to the First Amendment: There is no constitutional right to videorecord police, the court says, when the act of recording is unaccompanied by “challenge or criticism” of the police conduct. (The court doesn’t decide whether there would be such a right if the challenge or criticism were present.) Therefore, the court held, simply “photograph[ing] approximately twenty police officers standing outside a home hosting a party” and “carr[ying] a camera” to a public protest to videotape “interaction between police and civilians during civil disobedience or protests” wasn’t protected by the First Amendment.
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I'm not from the US but I think Supreme Court rulings trump that BS.
ReplyDeleteThe SCOTUS has already ruled on this issue....and that ruling trumps any lower court. Sadly however this won't stop people from being persecuted for exercising their Rights.
ReplyDeleteAll law enforcement are employees of a corporation, whether it's Federal, State, County, City, or a local municipality. It's astonishing how many people believe otherwise.
ReplyDeleteMost law enforcement belong to unions, another word for organized crime. It's astonishing how many people believe otherwise.
Want to find a good cop? Watch a movie.