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.
I love it
Ok then the police said not have the right to video us then
F**e news
Oh more special privilege
What stupid judge says that! Everybody knows that Nobody has an expectation of privacy in public!
F**k you this is a free country.
Why what are you afraid of.
Appeal coming bitch
I’ve been saying this for a long time now. Time to remove all politicians and judges that go against the constitution. We need to take our counrty back.
Huh?