Taking Liberties: MD Police Sued Over Erased Cell Phone Video

It’s a First Amendment lawsuit against Baltimore, Maryland police. The defendant claims his rights were violated, when police confiscated his iPhone and erased video he had just taken of officers beating a woman after she was already subdued.

Is filming this type of incident a disruption of law enforcement? Or are the police in violation of civil liberties?

FOX’s Douglas Kennedy has more in this Taking Liberties report:

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5 Comments

Jerome McCollom

December 2, 2011 at 10:07 pm

I am glad that Fox News has this story. This isn't just an isolated example of police abuse of our freedom of speech/press rights. Police do this routine. This is something done in China. Any cop who takes such action should be immediately fired and brought up on criminal charges. Zero tolerance.
Ben

December 3, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Laws for the police and laws for US,looks like there were 5 or 6 cops on that girl. truth was known they pro. had sex on there mind.
MDKing

December 4, 2011 at 6:16 am

Welcome to the Police State in America, You Tube has hundreds of videos of Cops arresting people for video taping them. We have the right to do it, but it shows cops lie on reports, in their actions, and it goes against their "I'm above the Law" attatudes.
PatriotCitizen1

December 4, 2011 at 11:11 am

There is more than one way to edit video. What were the woman's actions that let to her arrest? Where were the cameras then?
Tim Grueschow

December 4, 2011 at 3:25 pm

If everyone in America saw how sausage was made, there would be objections. The same applies to Law Enforcement. The process isn't pretty, and the public shouldn't see all of it. If those officers were wrong, they'll pay for it. However, more often than not, the unwashed masses that frequently pay "public-funded visits" to our detention and correctional facilities turn out to be endless bags of hot fetid air, that are constantly playing a game of "gotcha" with authorities.