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6 hours ago

U.S. Department of Justice Slaps Baltimore Police Over Right to Record Issue

The U.S. Department of Justice is coming down hard on the Baltimore Police Department as it prepares to issue a settlement to a man whose footage they deleted after he recorded them making an arrest. The settlement stems from a 2010 incident at the Preakness Stakes, which prompted the Department of Justice in January to send a statement of interest to the judge presiding over the resulting civil [...]

11 hours ago

Blogger Confronts Newspaper Publisher On Camera Over Copyright Infringement

You know the tide has turned in the media landscape when bloggers begin demanding payment from newspapers for copyright infringement. After all, it was not too long ago when a Las Vegas company was shaking down bloggers for copyright infringement on behalf of newspapers. Righthaven burst on the scene in 2010 under the guise that they were saving journalism. Or as Las Vegas Review-Journal publisher [...]

20 hours ago

California Judge Dismisses Felony Charges Against Photojournalists

  On November 30, during the height of the Occupy movement, more than 100 activists marched down the street in Santa Cruz, one of hundreds of demonstrations taking place throughout the country at the time. At one point, the activists entered an abandoned Wells Fargo – directly across the street from an active Wells Fargo branch - and began a three-day occupation, hoping to turn it into [...]

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Canadian Protesters Turn Aggressive Towards Media

Once again, protesters turned aggressive towards the journalists documenting them, leaving the impression that perhaps they should keep their protests behind closed doors in the privacy of their own homes. This time, the assaults took place in front of a Montreal courthouse earlier today where students were protesting the prosecution of four people arrested for igniting smoke bombs inside the [...]

3 days ago

Photographer Suing L.A. Sheriff's Dept. Detained Again For Photographing Deputies

A pair of bullying Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies detained a photographer who snapped their picture on Hollywood Blvd, accusing him of all kinds of false crimes before handcuffing him, then searching through his camera bag without consent. Shawn Nee – who already has a pending lawsuit against the sheriff’s department for violating his rights as a photographer – once again [...]

4 days ago

MDPD Major Nancy Perez Claims I Was Investigated By Homeland Security For Making "Threats" On Internet

Video streaming by Ustream Miami-Dade Police Major Nancy Perez, who arrested me while covering the Occupy Miami eviction in January, claims I was under surveillance by the department’s Homeland Security Bureau before my arrest because I had been making “threats” on the internet. But if that were true, I would be charged with something a little more serious than obstructing [...]

5 days ago

Arizona Election Officials Call Cops On Man Recording Them

Jim March, a member of the election watchdog group Black Box Voting, entered the Coconino County Elections Department in Arizona this week to request some public records regarding a recent election in which questionable tactics were involved. He was accompanied by at least one person with a video camera, which prompted two public officials to tell him he wasn’t allowed to record. Naturally, [...]

6 days ago

Black Bloc Punks Vow To Continue Attacking Photographers

Photographers who document protests not only have to worry about getting arrested by police, they now have to worry about some of the activists themselves, specifically the Black Bloc Punks. While I never recommend fighting back against the cops who arrest you because that is a battle you will always lose, I strongly recommend fighting against any activist who attacks you. And if they are wearing [...]

1 week ago

iPad Intimidates School Board Security Guard; Gets Parent Thrown Out Of Meeting

A security guard threw a man out of a public school board meeting for attempting to video record officials with his iPad, calling it an “intimidating act.” Apparently, the iPad hasn’t caught on yet in Alabama. Huntsville school district security officer Al Lankford told Russell Winn that he was “intimidating the board” with his flat-screen, high-tech device. A news [...]

1 week ago

Federal Appellate Court: Illinois Wiretapping Law "Likely Violates" First Amendment

The draconian Illinois eavesdropping law that forbids citizens from recording cops in public without their consent “likely violates” the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled today. But that doesn’t mean the law is abolished. It just means that Illinois cops will not be allowed to make these absurd felony arrests. For now. “This is not a final [...]

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