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 ...

Bill Introduced in Congress To Codify the First Amendment Right To Film the Feds and Sue for Violations

Civil liberties groups say recording the police is core First Amendment activity. The Right to Record Act of 2026 would ...
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Who are First Amendment auditors? Encounters with them prompted police calls in California

Police in the California coastal community of Pismo Beach received an influx of calls earlier this week about people filming citizens at the local post office. It turns out they were First Amendment ...

Boynton Beach considers law to limit recordings of city police, staff

The law is similar to others in Palm Beach County that target people who record public employees at work, asserting a First ...
The Boston Globe

Mass. police say a 25-foot buffer will keep them safe. First Amendment advocates call it ‘dangerous.’

Filming the police in a public space is a constitutional right. Actually doing it in Massachusetts could become harder under a new proposal. Law enforcement leaders are lobbying lawmakers to give ...