The Filming of Police is Your Right
BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 4 months ago
WELL, GOOD: Judge strikes down Arizona law limiting filming of police.
Note that the First Circuit has held that taking photos and video in public is a right that is sufficiently “clearly established” that those who violated it can’t claim qualified immunity.
Note that it’s not just free speech. There’s also a due process right to record the police.
If they don’t want you to film them, they have something to hide.
For cops to claim they shouldn’t be filmed would be like me, a professional engineer, saying that I have a right to perform calculations and designs and no one has a right to review them, nor should I be held accountable for them.
That sort of immature thinking is reserved for little children who get caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
On July 23, 2023 at 10:33 pm, Longbow said:
Not wanting to be recorded… it is a matter of how Superior Beings view mere mortals.
On July 24, 2023 at 4:11 am, Riding With Revere said:
Donut molester minions of the state behave differently when the seeing eye is on.
A sibling got stopped on an interstate heading for the Western Lands and asked about a large amount of money in his possession, the state sanctioned highwayman changed his tune when he spotted the camera on the visor.
Thankfully it ended well.
On July 24, 2023 at 5:19 am, Joe Blow said:
“That sort of immature thinking is reserved for little children who get caught with their hand in the cookie jar.”
You are talking about law officers….
I do not enjoy being micro managed, cannot stand my boss looking over my shoulder while I’m working. Funny thing is, ghat has only ever happened when I fucked things up so bad, my boss HAD to standmover my shoulder watching me, until I got it right!
As Longbow has pointed out, they have forgotten who works for whom. They do not see the citizens as their employer.
On July 24, 2023 at 10:19 am, Matt said:
The cops are recording with body cameras and car cameras, why should they even care if anyone is recording them? Unless of course they are doing something they shouldn’t be, so don’t.
On July 24, 2023 at 10:47 am, PGF said:
Turnabout is fair play: If you’re not breaking the law, police, what do you have to hide?
On July 24, 2023 at 1:55 pm, Okanogan Offgrid said:
@Matt. When I tried to get body cam video of an incident when a SGT with the local Sheriff’s dept threatened to beat up a defenseless 57 yo woman who was not half his size, I was told there were no body cams, no dash cams, nothing at all to record how the Okanogan County, Washington deputies really treat people.
So, no, there is not always body cam video these days.
On July 24, 2023 at 3:15 pm, Matt said:
@OK: Gotcha. I recall you’ve mentioned in other posts that in your area the local 5-0 are bullies with badges.
On July 25, 2023 at 6:36 am, Chris Mallory said:
The KSP didn’t get body cams till this year. Always claiming it costs too much to store the video. Yet, Wal Mart and Hucks seem to do it.