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Filming cops is a First Amendment right. The feds keep harassing people for it anyway.

Renée Good had just died. Hours after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot the Minneapolis protester on January 7, Kristi Noem, then the secretary of homeland ...
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Cincinnati police arrest man in First Amendment ploy. Video goes viral

This story has been updated with additional information and comment from the Cincinnati police union. Three Cincinnati police officers arrested a self-proclaimed First Amendment auditor from Kansas ...

He filmed police actions for transparency. Then came arrests — of him

Gabriel Bassford started filming police activity in Arizona in 2021. He was arrested several times, raising questions about ...
Forbes

Stars Commemorate Stephen Colbert’s Last Show With First Amendment Video

NEW YORK CITY - JULY 17: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Thursday's July 17, 2025 show. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images) Ahead of Thursday final show of The Late Show With ...
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Recording Law Enforcement is a First Amendment Right

Hundreds of people across the country have faced retaliation for exercising their First Amendment right to record ICE and other federal agents deployed in their communities. Across the country, people ...
Reason

Filming Cops Is a First Amendment Right. The Feds Keep Harassing People for It Anyway.

Most federal appeals courts have recognized the right to record police. DHS employees nevertheless seem to view it as a crime. Even after Noem was fired on March 5, DHS harassment of observers ...