Court Rules No 1st Amendment Right To Film Police

[MI2AZ]

U.S. District Court rules against local plaintiffs for recording cops during separate incidents at Temple and in Center City

You have no First Amendment right to videotape or take pictures of police officers without a specific, critical reason for doing so, according to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

The court ruled Friday in Fields vs. City of Philadelphia that absent "any state purpose of being critical of the government," your freedom of expression and speech is not applicable when recording the activities of police officers.

 

[livespive]

MY reason is to protect myself......

In my home town there is a case going on now with a cop that slept with an under aged girl.

We need cameras somewhere.

In the area where I stay now, a cops just killed himself after being found guilty for skimming drugs from the evidence room.