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Lee Ayrton
May 22, 2012, 2:15:12 PM5/22/12
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This doesn't mean that you won't be harassed for "loitering", though.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/opinion/the-right-to-record.htm>
"The Courts of Appeals for the First and Seventh Circuits have wisely
found that the Constitution protects the right to videotape police
officers while they perform official duties."
"The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department took an important
stand last week, declaring that citizens have a First Amendment right to
videotape the actions of police officers in public places and that
seizure or destruction of such recordings violates constitutional rights."
Greg Goss
May 22, 2012, 4:05:36 PM5/22/12
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making it illegal? Only in the states covered by those circuits?
--
I used to own a mind like a steel trap.
Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it
wouldn't have rusted like this.
BillT...@invalid.com
May 22, 2012, 10:34:20 PM5/22/12
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 14:05:36 -0600, Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> wrote:
>Lee Ayrton <lay...@panix.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>This doesn't mean that you won't be harassed for "loitering", though.
>>
>>
>><http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/opinion/the-right-to-record.htm>
>>
>>"The Courts of Appeals for the First and Seventh Circuits have wisely
>>found that the Constitution protects the right to videotape police
>>officers while they perform official duties."
>>
>>"The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department took an important
>>stand last week, declaring that citizens have a First Amendment right to
>>videotape the actions of police officers in public places and that
>>seizure or destruction of such recordings violates constitutional rights."
>
>Does this overrule various state laws that (may) have been passed
>making it illegal? Only in the states covered by those circuits?
Doesn't matter. They can still give ya a bare-ass digitizing as they
>Lee Ayrton <lay...@panix.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>This doesn't mean that you won't be harassed for "loitering", though.
>>
>>
>><http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/opinion/the-right-to-record.htm>
>>
>>"The Courts of Appeals for the First and Seventh Circuits have wisely
>>found that the Constitution protects the right to videotape police
>>officers while they perform official duties."
>>
>>"The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department took an important
>>stand last week, declaring that citizens have a First Amendment right to
>>videotape the actions of police officers in public places and that
>>seizure or destruction of such recordings violates constitutional rights."
>
>Does this overrule various state laws that (may) have been passed
>making it illegal? Only in the states covered by those circuits?
give you your tape back.
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