Washington, DC police officials have issued a statement that according to the First Amendment, citizens have the right to video the actions of police officers.
There have been much controversy about citizens filming the actions of police. The latest example is the massive protests in Anaheim, where residents filmed police officers abusing people, shooting bean bags and pepper balls, and releasing a canine on innocent people nearby.
In that incident, witnesses told the media that the police officers had actually offered to buy the video footage from those residents... read more and watch interview.
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