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.
Keep on making videos, this is f**e
What a bunch of b******t. Are reporters not citizens. So we can expect to never see their faces on tv anymore. Fine by me.
That’s b******t and it time to take a stand against these terrorist
THEN SHOULDN’T THIS WORK BOTH WAYS THEN , JUST SAYING AND ASKING
Duane Oberski public space is not yours, that hypothetical camera is hers and the would be destruction of personal property and possibly assault and theft depending on how you get it from her.
F**e news
What about CCTV?
don’t these sick bastard’s know they work for we the people.
bull$#%&!@*we pay their salaries and they are fair game if they don’t like it get out of the government
LOL B******t story Law states you can not take pictures or film anyone with out there consent –Meaning you have to ask first before doing so !