L.A. Times Photographer Arrested at Nancy Reagan Funeral Motorcade
A long-time Los Angeles Times photographer was arrested on the side of a road yesterday while transmitting photos he shot of former First Lady Nancy Reagan's funeral motorcade.
Los Angeles to Be First Major City to Equip Every Cop with a Body Camera
Los Angeles will be the first major city in the United States to equip every one of its officers on the street with a body camera. The city will be purchasing 7,000 cameras in order to document the activities of its officers and to promote transparency.
NYPD Sends Out Official Memo Telling Officers They’re Allowed to Be Photographed
The NYPD has sent out an internal memo that tells officers they aren’t allowed to take action to stop someone from photographing or filming them. This comes a whopping two years after Washington DC’s police chief sent out an almost identical memo.
Washington DC Police Commanded to Leave Photographers Alone
One of the reasons photographers raise a fuss when their rights are infringed upon is to create awareness in …
Man Who Was Arrested for Filming Police with Phone Settles for $170,000
After being arrested on October 1, 2007 for using his cell phone to film officers making an arrest, Boston …
Beware of Police Officers When Shooting Time-Lapse Photographs
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania-based photographer Jason Macchioni was recently shooting a time-lapse project from an …
NYT Sends Angry Letter to NYPD Over Treatment of Photographer
The New York Times has sent an angry letter to the New York Police Department after video emerged showing photojournalist Robert Stolarik being pushed around and then blocked while trying to photograph officers arresting Occupy Wall Street protestors. The memo itself hasn't be published, but NYT VP and assistant general counsel George Freeman is quoted as saying,
It seemed pretty clear from the video that the Times freelance photographer was being intentionally blocked by the police officer who was kind of bobbing and weaving to keep him from taking photographs
The department has acknowledged receiving the note from the NYT, but has not issued a formal response yet. This incident comes just weeks after Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly ordered officers to avoid unreasonably interfering with media access during news coverage.
Court Upholds Citizens’ Right to Turn Cameras on Police Officers
Boston lawyer Simon Glik was arrested on October 1, 2007 when he used his cell phone to record officers making a drug arrest, and later sued the city and the officers for violating his rights. After the officers tried to having the lawsuit dismissed on the basis of qualified immunity, a Federal Appeals Court denied the motion last week and ruled that filming and photographing police is in fact protected by the First Amendment.
Baltimore Officers Make Up Laws and Detain Student for Photography
29-year-old student and avid photographer Christopher Fussell was taking photographs of trains at a Baltimore station back in March …