Photography is Not a Crime
It’s a First Amendment Right
A U.S. Congressman has introduced a resolution that would protect citizens who videotape cops in public from getting arrested on state wiretapping charges. Edolphus Towns, a Democrat from New York, introduced the resolution on Thursday, the same day USA Today wrote a scathing editorial denouncing these types of arrests. These types of arrests have become an epidemic throughout the country as more people are carrying some type of video-recording device on them at all times. But the case that has gained the most national attention has been the arrest of Anthony Graber, a National Guardsman who is facing 16 years in prison because he uploaded a video of a Maryland State Trooper pulling a gun on him during a traffic stop. ...
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Unless you are hitting someone with your camera or getting physically in the way of an arrest, filming cops in public should not be treated as a crime.
How about addressing the bigger problem of the Bill of Rights and Constitution being eroded. Don't we just need courts that enforce our existing first rights?
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