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Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False Arrest Vid Goes Viral (www.vice.com)
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[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought we had already established the public has the right to film on duty police, no exceptions.

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He didn't even film them. They filmed themselves with body cameras and he used a FOIA request to get them.

[–] valkyrie@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

He did do some filming on his phone, but he even asked the officer before he did it and the officer said yes he can.