Department of Justice: "Cell Phone Recordings are Protected"

[Andara Bledin]

The Department of Justice has stated that the People's right to record police officers while acting in their official capacity is protected by the First Amendment. As well, the Fourth and Fourteenth protect those who choose to do so.

It's about time an official decision was made on the issue, and I'm glad that it was the correct one for the situation. It supports that the police are accountable for their actions, and gives the people a measure of power to hold them thus.

Article at Ars Technica

^-.-^

[Skunkle]

Completely agreed. Sometimes, a video taken by a bystander is the only concrete evidence that an officer overstepped boundaries and fucked someone up, out of anger, hate or whatever. On the flipside, similar videos can be the crucial evidence that someone attacked the police first when they're trying to sue the city/cops.

[bara]

Good call by the SCOTUS

[HYHYBT]

The DOJ, but good either way