A federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that filming the police without a specific challenge or criticism is not constitutionally protected.
The cases of Fields v. City of Philadelphia, and Geraci v. City of Philadelphia involve two different incidents where individuals were arrested for filming the police. Richard Fields, a Temple University student, was arrested after stopping to take a picture of a large group of police outside a house party.
Amanda Geraci, a legal observer with CopWatch Berkeley, attended a large protest against fracking in September 2012 and was arrested while filming the arrest of another protester.
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Shear hypocrisy. Why do police put cameras in their patrol cars? Answer: So that it can be used to show they acted within the law. As far as this crooked judge is concerned that same principle doesn't apply to the rest of us plebeians. Someone needs to publish this scumbag judges name and he needs to be publicly sgsmed and houndec out of office.
ReplyDeleteAs far as this crooked judge is concerned, that same principle doesn't apply to the rest of us plebeians. Someone needs to publish this scumbag judge's name and needs to be publicly identified and hounded out of office.
DeleteAmen and tarred and feathered to boot.
There are multiple court rulings contradicting this judge.
ReplyDeleteHis 'opinion' (sic) will certainly be overruled on appeal at some level. And he has done society a favor by exposing his
fascist beliefs and can be dealt with appropriately.
Hopefully.
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