After years of challenging the arrest in the courts, a three-judge panel voted 3-1 to uphold it. Officers made numerous requests to the [mother] to stop recording them, which she ignored. The plaintiff was confrontational in her approach and refused to comply with the officers instructions, the Florida s Fourth District Court of Appeal wrote.
Ford s lawyer disagrees, saying the ruling could set a precedent that recording police could get you arrested. [.] Basically arrested for being a concerned mother and for filming the police which is her first amendment right, the lawyer said.
The decision comes just weeks after a jury convicted the officer who killed George Floyd.
Court rules against mother who recorded Boynton police May 7, 2021 at 1:36 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 7:06 PM
The issue of the legality of recording law enforcement was addressed this week in the Florida court system.
A state appeals court ruled Wednesday against a mother who was arrested following a 2009 incident where she filmed police outside a Boynton Beach movie theater.
The confrontation occurred after Sharron Tasha Ford was called to the Muvico Theater by police after her son was caught trespassing.
Several clips of the video add up to more than 15 minutes of video that show Ford and officers debate the incident.
Appeals court rules against mother who recorded Boynton Beach police in 2009
Woman arrested after filming police, son s tresspassing
The issue of the legality of recording law enforcement was addressed this week in the Florida court system.
Posted at 1:21 PM, May 07, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-07 19:01:05-04
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. â The issue of the legality of recording law enforcement was addressed this week in the Florida court system.
A state appeals court ruled Wednesday against a mother who was arrested following a 2009 incident where she filmed police outside a Boynton Beach movie theater.
The confrontation occurred after Sharron Tasha Ford was called to the Muvico Theater by police after her son was caught trespassing.
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Fla. Ruling Muddles Question Of Who Decides Arbitrability
Law360 (April 23, 2021, 5:20 PM EDT) As a general rule, courts decide questions of arbitrability. In other words, the courts decide whether parties agreed to arbitrate a particular dispute. A court s authority to decide questions of arbitrability, however, can be delegated by contract.
In Fallang Family LP v. PrivCap Cos. LLC, Florida s Fourth District Court of Appeal recently wrestled with the question of whether the incorporation by reference of the American Arbitration Association s rules into an arbitration agreement effectively delegates the question of arbitrability away from the courts and to the arbitrators.[1]