ACLU sues Police Department over cell-phone video arrests – Philly.com
ACLU sues Police Department over cell-phone video arrests – Philly.com
COMMISSIONER Charles Ramsey issued a memo to the Police Department in 2011 notifying officers that Philadelphians have the right to record, videotape or photograph them in public spaces.
But it seems that some of the cops missed that memo.
The American Civil Liberties Union plans to file a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the department after receiving complaints from city residents who claim that they were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for recording officers in public, an act that the ACLU says is a First Amendment right.
