ICE around Eugene Oregon using bright lights to prevent videos of night arrests

[jmbar2]

A young woman came across police arresting her mother - a greencard-holder who works as a Spanish interpreter for the police! When she started recording, they shined bright lights at her to prevent it.

The comments in the Reddit discuss ways to possibly work around these new tactics. ICE has had a very heavy presence around Eugene and surrounding smaller towns. Eugene is a college town and has had a lot of rowdy anti-ICE protests.

https://www.reddit.com/r/oregon/comments/1qzi5sx/ice_may_use_lights_to_impede_recording_oregon/

[Brother Buzz]

1. Prior restraint, Baby, and it's illegal as hell

[Qutzupalotl]

2. From the thread, a workaround:

press and hold on your iPhone camera screen to access brightness lock (the sun icon on the right, drag up or down). Difficult in a chaotic environment, so worth practicing beforehand.