VICTORY! - Federal Court Rules Videotaping Police Is A First Amendment Right

Supreme Court.Most of the police officers in this country do a great job. But as in any organization you do have the occasional bully, misfit, or outright asshole who thinks that because the represent the law they are above the law. This court says otherwise. Amen. I hope this does not make it to our 5/4 republican bought Supreme Court.

Now we all have to hope this doesn't get to the Supremes while Thomas is still unimpeached! The police have a very dangerous job to do and they deal with people most of us do not care to, so they must have our full cooperation and respect while they perform their job. But as humans, they can do things improperly and it MUST be our right to document their actions and see that justice is truly blind. Now can we get Bush and Cheeny in jail for torture!

YES!!! I'm printing this out and laminating it!

I'll start carrying this around and anytime one of these cowards says something, i'll throw it in their face first and then talk about it... hehehehehehehe...

No brainer. Remember Reginald Denny, followed by Rodney King ? If not for a citizen filming these two events the perps would have gotten off scot-free. It's our right as citizens to record and release anything we want, just like the city filming a cross walk.

I would like to add that this story ironically enough discredits your own site since your entire purpose is to get rid of the nation-state because its oppressive and ineffective. This has proven how people power can reform the laws and the state in order to defend and expand one's rights. The more the people participate in the state, the more things get done for the greater good of society. When people are dissatisfied with a certain action being oppressed, they stand up and defend their rights.

Thats nice but I'm not clicking on your worthless site to see the info. Stop advertising your fucking site already. No one here cares....except the people from your site who've established accounts in order to up vote this article.

My compliments to the judges.I would like to shake their hands. This is an excellent reason to celebrate.

This is another ruling that helps the people . Now, more than ever, the American people need to believe that some judges in our courts have a degree of decency if nothing else. This was another easy call. The idea that this issue was in the courts at all tells you the actual state of our country. Every right of Americans is under attack and we need to be reassured that we still have one or two.

This news warms the cockles of my heart. But...

Who the fuck was passing the asshole laws that called for no recording Police Officers in the first place?

Yay oversight!

FUCK yes!

WoW! Rational good news... so rare, but so nice.

Hallelujah a sensible court for once. We need to have transparency at all levels of government in order to establish the rule of law and to keep law enforcement from getting god complexes.

Glad to see our society isn't totally corrupt.

A good victory, hopefully it will set an important precedent.

Awesome, folks get your camera's out for national film your local cops year!

"VICTORY! - Federal Court Rules Videotaping Police Is A First Amendment Right"

Excellent! That's how the Constitution should work. If the cops can film and surveil us, then we should be able to film them. This is an obvious right for the people-- just like the other day that it was ruled unconstitutional for Reps to take away our right to record town hall meetings--another no-brainer. But, this is still great news!

This is great!

As I have said in the past if you don't yet have a devise that will record them GET ONE! One of the best ways to protect yourself is to record them at every chance. Do they like it? Hell No they don't!! But it will help to keep the good cops from going bad and make the bad cops scared of us. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!

Anarchism is the logical conclusion to libertarianism.

The police are thugs! EVERY interaction between myself and the police will be recorded if I have a camera on me.

Fighting for obvious rights is a tiring affair. Rereading Patrick Henry. Liberty brothers and sisters.

Small victory for freedom. I hope this is appealed again so the SCOTUS can issue a binding decision on the other circuits.

''Hey mr. policeman, smile you're on candid camera!''

Good to hear!

What have we come to as a people that we need to affirm this activity as a legal right? OF COURSE YOU CAN FILM WHATEVER YOU LIKE! Enjoy the freedom people! Don't allow anyone to convince you otherwise.

As if we need some statist court to tell us we have the right to do this.... good to see still.