You have a constitutional right to record police officers performing their duties in public. This right was clearly established enough that officers who arrested someone for recording were liable.
The First Amendment protects the right to record police officers carrying out their duties in a public place.
Landmark case establishing that recording police in public is a First Amendment right. Police cannot legally arrest you for recording them in public.
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