ACLU wins federal court orders on right to film police in Ferguson, elsewhere

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Source: STL Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS • The ACLU of Missouri has secured three federal court orders regarding citizens’ right to record police, as the region girds for potential protests in the days ahead.

The orders signed by U.S. District Judge John A. Ross are in response to a motion filed by the ACLU last week. The organization complained that authorities were still inhibiting filming of protest-related events, despite earlier court agreements with St. Louis County, Ferguson and Missouri Highway Patrol Superintendent Ronald Replogle.

Friday's court orders say the highway patrol and county police are "permanently enjoined from enforcing a policy or custom of interfering with individuals who are photographing or recording at public places but who are not threatening the safety of others or physically interfering with the ability of law enforcement to perform their duties."

The wording reflects the earlier agreement between the parties reached on Aug. 15.

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[GGJohn]

1. Good.

Cops are no different than ordinary citizens, there is no expectation of privacy in a public setting.

[jobendorfer]

4. I think that uniformed police officers on duty ...

have no expectation of privacy whatsoever.
Their actions should be recordable and reviewable by anyone.
That's just one of the conditions of the job.

J.

[ReRe]

2. What kind of country would this be without the ACLU?

[Chef Eric]

3. Shittier. Much shittier. nt

[sadoldgirl]

5. Yes, this is great, but only

if the cops and the National Guard respect it. They would probably claim to protect those people. At least
they did that in NYC with reporters filming the OWS situation.

[MrModerate]

7. It's getting harder and harder for cops . . .

To get away with such behavior. Prior to the OWS events and the proliferation of "bad cop" videos on YouTube, many people probably thought that cops had the right to shut down filming.

Not any more.

[quadrature]

6. 'Ferguson..The Movie', ... where is it? is Hollywood asleep?

where is Michael Moore?