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.
Take to the Supreme Court
BS!
No more freedoms
Welcome to the Democratic commonest world you are in America now
The hell you say
Lol right you won’t stop it idiots
If you don’t want to be filmed then don’t hold public office
or be a public servant.
They don’t want their words to come back to bite them on the news or during re election.
Scary
There go our rights people. Wake up!