ive been following a story from a 1st amendmant auditor in the USA
these guys go out with nothing more than cameras, filming police and other govt people in their daily work.
totally legal, under the 1st amendment on the US Constitution.
they often get told by police they are breaking the law
WRONG
they often get "detained"
sometimes they get arrested.
anyway, the case i'm following happend in a place called "Morrow Bay" or Moron Bay as now being called.
the auditor was outside the police station filming the exterior when aproached by the Chief of the station and his off sider.
within a few minutes the auditor was thrown to the ground, arrested, had his equipment taken, and locked up.
just for filming a building, completely legal.
the follow ups, make great reading, how the chief is twisting what happened to defend what he did, even though its all on video!
the investigation was done internally, found no wrong doing, imagine that.
had the auditor not being livestreaming you can bet the video would have 'vanished' as they often do when not live streamed.
1st Amendment Audit, Assaulted By Morro Bay Chief Of Police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plvd8uPf3L0
Filming inside Public Lobbys is also perfectly legal in any police station.
this is the USA, i dont know the laws here.
