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.
BS.
Good luck with the technology of today’s society.
Not true it falls under freedom of speech and it’s not against the law
Thats b******t. Supreme court has ruled that filming public officials in the course of their duties is a first amendment protected activity.
yes they do
This is wrong. If you can’t film them than you can’t film me! You forget that you work for the PEOPLE!
DUMMY!
BS
Tiff$#%&!@*your no better then anyone elsr
HEY YOU assholes WORK FOR ME!!!