KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: PHOTOGRAPHERS - WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE STOPPED OR DETAINED FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS [View all]

[Eliot Rosewater]

Have you seen this photo? It was taken in Baton Rouge, LA in 2016 as part of a protest regarding the shooting of Alton Sterling.

I have never seen it, but it was in my ACLU magazine today.

It goes without saying our current federal government does not believe in our rights, especially those which would expose them for what they are.

I recommend everyone study this

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/photographers-what-do-if-you-are-stopped-or-detained-taking-photographs

and know this:

You have the right to film and photograph police activity in public places.
Video recording is also legal, and if police take your equipment or try to view it without a warrant, well they cant.

Now we also know these rights will not be observed by the trumpers nor the judges they are now appointing to LIFE positions who will never protect our rights as well.


Did you know Trump's FAA restricted journalists from flying above Standing Rock so they couldnt record the police shooting protesters and probably journalists with rubber bullets? Not legal but it happened and will happen again. This is not America.