Baltimore PD Forced To Allow Public To Record Police Actions

by Guerilla Girl Ashley The Pete Santilli Show & The Guerilla Media Network

In a landmark  First, and Fourth Amendment victory for the sovereign men and women of our once great Republic, on Wed March 12, 2014 the Baltimore police dept was forced to put a new policy into place when it comes to being filmed and having their audio recorded by the public.  The new Baltimore police dept policy states that “members of the general public have a First Amendment right to video record, photograph, and/or audio record BPD members while BPD members are conducting official business … unless such recordings interfere with police activity.”

The new policy also states that officers “shall allow all persons the same access for photography and recording as is given to the news media.”  This new policy stems from  a May 15 2010 lawsuit that was filed by the ACLU on behalf of Christopher Sharp, who claimed Baltimore officers violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights by taking his phone after the “ arrest and beating “of his female friend”

What does this mean for you dear reader? It means that we can now say efff their so- called wiretapping charge threat. You should no longer be afraid,so please feel free to film and record every and any public official during the course of their govt duties without being in fear of their tyrannical repercussions.  One final very important note to consider is this, please remember that  we are the masters, and they are the servants whether they like it or not.

New city police policy says public has right to film officers

The Baltimore Police Department has instituted a new policy that prohibits officers from stopping people from taping or photographing police actions, the agency said Wednesday.

The new rules were unveiled as the city agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says police seized his cellphone and deleted the video of an arrest at the Preakness Stakes in 2010.

“Four years ago, if we had taken the complaint seriously and addressed it in a very rapid manner, we may not be sitting here today,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said Wednesday. “What I’ve been brought here to do is do reform of this organization. It’s not an easy job. It’s a tough job, because we’re changing the culture in the Police Department as a whole.”

Read Here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-aclu-recording-settlement-20140312,0,5533451.story#ixzz2vrhb8hNG

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