Featuring Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition; Joseph I. Cassilly, State’s Attorney, Harford County, Maryland; and David Rittgers , Legal Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute.
Should it be illegal to record the police? Several high-profile
cases of police brutality have been exposed by citizens who recorded
police actions with cell phones. Yet some state wiretapping laws,
written before the age of ubiquitous recording devices, prohibit
recording these events and then further criminalize the publication of
the recordings on the Internet. Does the First Amendment protect citizen
journalism, or do police agents have a right to privacy while
performing public duties? Please join us as we discuss this timely and
provocative topic.
Additional Resources:
“7 Rules for Recording Police,” by Steve Silverman, Reason.com
Additional Resources:
“7 Rules for Recording Police,” by Steve Silverman, Reason.com