This Journalist Was Arrested, Strip-Searched, and Jailed for Filming Police. Will He Get Justice?
Justin Pulliam's arrest and lawsuit once again demand we ask if "real" journalists are entitled to a different set of rights.
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Justin Pulliam's arrest and lawsuit once again demand we ask if "real" journalists are entitled to a different set of rights.
Posts about record police written by Tim Cushing
Posts about news gathering written by Tim Cushing
Police officers are quick to argue that anything people do in public doesn't have an expectation of privacy. They have also been quick to argue (until precedent made it mostly futile) that anything they do in public shouldn't be documented, recorded, and disseminated. These cops are, of course, wrong. But that doesn't stop them from…
When are people observing official doings real journalists and when are they annoyances to be ushered away by the cops? A recent federal court decision…