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Can you be arrested for videotaping police?
Can you be arrested for videotaping police in public?LawQA.com Answer Library
Answered By: Kennedy & Roe
You have a First Amendment right to record police activities, provide you are not physically interfering with them, so it would be unlawful for them to arrest you and you could make big bucks in a civil rights suit against them if they did.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/11/2011
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Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/11/2011
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Answered By: Law Office of Edward J. Blum
No. It's not illegal in California. See also, Rodney King beating videographer.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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Answered By: Law Office of Eric Sterkenburg
It would not be a legal arrest for the police to arrest a person for only videotaping the police in a public area. However, if your videotaping interferes with the officers duty you could be arrested for that.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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Answered By: Dennis Roberts, a P.C.
No but they may well grab and smash your camera.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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Answered By: Law Office of Jeff Yeh
No, but what usually happens is once they see you video-taping them, they will come up with something to arrest you for (ie. resisting arrest).
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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Replied: 10/10/2011
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Answered By: THE LAMPEL FIRM
No, we have First Amendment protection to do so unless it "interferes with police business", which is generally not a big deal.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 10/10/2011
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