“The United States is concerned that discretionary charges, such as disorderly conduct, loitering, disturbing the peace and resisting arrest, are all too easily used to curtail expressive conduct or retaliate against individuals for exercising their First Amendment rights. … Core First Amendment conduct, such as recording a police officer performing duties on a public street, cannot be the sole basis for such charges,” wrote the DOJ Civil Rights Division." dailybail/home/doj-rules-it-is-legal-to-photograph-and-film-the-police.html See also: huffingtonpost/2012/11/27/supreme-court-recording-police_n_2201016.html It is now legal in *ALL US jurisdictions* to film police officers performing their duties in public, as long as you are not interfering with the officer, or obstructing them in any way. The ACLU has a free app for both Apple and Android devices which allows you to do this discretely, and can be set to send a copy to ACLU-NJ "for backup storage and analysis of possible civil liberties violations." aclu.org/criminal-law-reform/aclu-nj-releases-apple-version-police-accountability-app
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:22:30 +0000
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