A federal appeals court says the First Amendment protects the right to record police in public - but two Waterbury officers won't face liability.

The Clinton Police Department issued a statement warning residents and local businesses that individuals commonly referred to as “First Amendment Auditors” have been active in the community over the ...

Clinton police said people should not engage with or confront auditors recording in public.

A specific vulgarity-laced verbal attack on police officers here is cited in the need for a new ordinance against certain ...

From today's decision in Massimino v. Benoit, written by Judge Myrna Pérez and joined by Sarah Merriam: The right to record law enforcement activity in public emerges from three foundational First ...

It was 2021, and the aftershocks of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers still lingered. He was on YouTube and stumbled upon an online community of cop watchers and ...

A federal appeals court has now made it clear that the First Amendment protects people who record publicly visible portions of a police station while standing on a public sidewalk. But the man whose ...

As I mentioned in another thread, First Amendment Auditors are starting to get career-ending pushback against their activities. On Monday, September 1, 2026, YouTube demonetized 90% of First Amendment ...