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I Was Arrested Covering The Occupy Miami Evacuation

As many of you who follow me on the social networks know, I was arrested Tuesday night while covering the Occupy Miami police evacuation. I was released Wednesday morning after spending several hours in the Miami-Dade County jail and I spent the next several hours retrieving my possessions from the police department across town and then trying to recover video footage the cops apparently deleted. [...]

3 days ago

Memphis Police Delete Photos From Journalist's Cell Phone Camera

The problem with the mainstream media is that too many reporters don’t know the actual law when it comes to police confiscating cameras or deleting photos. And they think the only way to find out the law is to ask police. Take the recent case of Memphis police confiscating a cell phone from an ABC news photographer and deleting his photos after he snapped photos of them issuing a parking [...]

3 days ago

Chicago's Top Cop Speaks Out Against Illinois' Unconstitutional Wiretapping Law

Even Chicago’s top cop is speaking out against the state’s Draconian wiretapping law that makes it a felony for citizens to audio record police in public without their consent, making it almost inevitable that the law will soon change for the better. However, it is not clear if Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is aware that the law permits police to record citizens. After [...]

4 days ago

Florida Man Confident Confiscated Video Will Prove His Innocence

Steve Horrigan, the Photography is Not a Crime reader who spent 24 hours in jail on a felony wiretapping charge last week, is confident the video he recorded will not only prove his innocence, but it will prove the North Port police chief is a liar. But now it's just a matter of getting the police to return his phone to him. Chief Kevin Vespia responded to my email on Saturday with [...]

4 days ago

Houston Police Accused Of Beating Woman Trying To Record Them

A woman said three Houston police officers beat her up after she tried to video record them arresting her husband Friday night. Annika Lewis also said the officers took the memory card out of her phone. Lewis and her husband are black. The three officers are white. The incident took place a day after black community activists held a town hall meeting urging residents to video record police [...]

6 days ago

Florida Man Arrested On Wiretapping Charges For Recording Traffic Stop (Updated)

A Florida man was arrested on wiretapping charges after video recording police making a traffic stop from across the street, spending 24 hours in jail and setting the stage for a potential lawsuit. But first, Steve Horrigan, must find a lawyer and beat the criminal felony charge hanging over him. Horrigan, a regular Photography is Not a Crime reader who goes by Steveo, said North Port police [...]

6 days ago

Man Convicted After Recording Police Plans Appeal

A man who was arrested in Tampa last year after video recording police in public was convicted this month in what appears to be a conviction ripe for appeal. Jeff Patch was found guilty of obstructing or opposing an officer because Judge Eric Myers said that he had placed officers “safety at risk,” according to Fox Tampa Bay. However, the video, although dark and grainy, shows that [...]

6 days ago

When Public Photography Is Not Protected By The First Amendment

I’ve been proclaiming for years that photography is protected by the First Amendment, even before launching this blog. It is that belief that led to my arrest in the first place, which in turn, led to this blog. But as it turns out, it is not so cut-and-dry. Earlier this month, the First Amendment Center published an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of court decisions regarding First [...]

1 week ago

Florida Deputy Tries To Intimidate Man From Recording Traffic Stop

Here’s a video I should have posted two weeks ago, but it fell between the cracks. It was shot by Photography is Not a Crime commenter HONORYOUROATH, so many of you have seen it already. He posted it on my Facebook wall January 13 and I even commented that I would take a look at it, but I never got around to checking it out. Until today when I was looking for something else on Facebook. But [...]

1 week ago

Student Suspended For Photographing Sleeping Teacher

An Oklahoma 9th-grade student was suspended for snapping a photo of a napping substitute teacher because the school has a zero-tolerance policy for the use of electronic devices during school hours. So obviously if that same teacher was having a heart attack, students should refrain from calling 911. The incident took place last Friday at Mustang Mid-High School in Mustang. It is not clear if the [...]

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