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.
We’ve been saying all long our government don’t care about any of us
What are they afraid of? The truth?
B******t you’re a public figure… Too bad so sad… Suck it up buttercup
I will film whoever I want too
Crazy$#%&!@* watch us…
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F**k this. They record on phone all the time.
Good luck on that one
That’s wrong.
Very wrong
Police I understand…politicians…NEVER!!
He does not want him and his goat on tape bumping uglies