Victory! Federal judge affirms right to secretly record police
A federal court ruled that secret recording of law enforcement officials performing their duties in public is protected by the First Amendment.
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A federal court ruled that secret recording of law enforcement officials performing their duties in public is protected by the First Amendment.
“We are grateful to the Court for recognizing our First Amendment rights to express ourselves on our private property.”
Madelyn's family is seeking information about her arrest and detention before she died in police custody.
People have a right to express personal political views through signs displayed on their property.
“In order to make Boston a safe city for all its residents, we must meaningfully address discriminatory policing, and confront the role the gang database plays in the lives of young people of color in our city."
Ironically, Sessions may have been forced out of his job not due to any of his improper actions as attorney general, but instead because of one thing he did properly.