Thursday, 25 February 2016

Plaintiffs had no First Amendment right to take cellphone video of police, federal judge rules

Plaintiffs had no First Amendment right to take cellphone video of police, federal judge rules

A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that citizens don’t have a First Amendment right to take cellphone videos of police unless they are challenging or criticizing the police conduct. U.S. District Judge Mark Kearney ruled (PDF) on Feb. 19 in consolidated cases involving Richard Fields and Amanda Geraci, the Legal Intelligencer (sub. req.) reports. Fields, a Temple University student, took a cellphone photo of about 20 police...
Read more: http://snapzu.com/ubthejudge/plaintiffs-had-no-first-amendment-right-to-take-cellphone-video-of-police-federal-judge-rules

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