<story><title>Eighth Circuit: Citizens do not have a right to film public officials in public</title><url>http://krcgtv.com/news/local/eighth-circuit-citizens-do-not-have-a-right-to-film-public-officials-in-public</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>acjohnson55</author><text>Reading this gives me chills. Just one more step of many towards living in a police state. I feel like the particular sort of freedom I was raised to enjoy in the 80s and 90s is slipping away.&lt;p&gt;And as a black person, it really feels like the obvious abuses of police power continue unabated. There&amp;#x27;s finally a parade of evidence showing just how egregiously the cops treat us, and that door is at risk of closing, if the SCOTUS affirms this over the other circuit&amp;#x27;s opinion.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>leereeves</author><text>After reading this ruling and the original district court ruling [1], this article seems to be sensationalized clickbait.&lt;p&gt;The Eighth Circuit didn&amp;#x27;t offer any opinion on the Constitutional questions (citing Rule 47B, affirmation without opinion), probably because they were irrelevant to the case. Akins wasn&amp;#x27;t arrested for filming police, in fact, according to the district court ruling, the police affirmed his right to film more than once.&lt;p&gt;Akins complained about several incidents of alleged police harassment and the district court ruled that the police acted reasonably. According to the District Court, his complaints and the court&amp;#x27;s ruling thereon included:&lt;p&gt;he was arrested for marijuana possession at a DUI checkpoint (&amp;quot;Akins admitted in deposition that the material may have been his marijuana.&amp;quot;). During the arrest, a concealed, loaded gun was found in a holster under his shirt (&amp;quot;Akins said he did not [have a concealed carry permit] and that his attorney told him he did not need one to carry a gun in the car.&amp;quot;);&lt;p&gt;he was handcuffed on the side of the road while an officer searched his car without permission, after he admitted he had a rifle in the back, while a weapons charge was pending against him;&lt;p&gt;he was pulled over by police and asked for ID (&amp;quot;The interaction
lasted less than two minutes.&amp;quot;)&lt;p&gt;he was arrested for driving without a license or proof of insurance, and for carrying a butterfly knife (which are apparently illegal in Missouri).&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;courtweb.pamd.uscourts.gov&amp;#x2F;courtwebsearch&amp;#x2F;mowd&amp;#x2F;BNJpmRPFlI.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;courtweb.pamd.uscourts.gov&amp;#x2F;courtwebsearch&amp;#x2F;mowd&amp;#x2F;BNJpmR...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Eighth Circuit: Citizens do not have a right to film public officials in public</title><url>http://krcgtv.com/news/local/eighth-circuit-citizens-do-not-have-a-right-to-film-public-officials-in-public</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>acjohnson55</author><text>Reading this gives me chills. Just one more step of many towards living in a police state. I feel like the particular sort of freedom I was raised to enjoy in the 80s and 90s is slipping away.&lt;p&gt;And as a black person, it really feels like the obvious abuses of police power continue unabated. There&amp;#x27;s finally a parade of evidence showing just how egregiously the cops treat us, and that door is at risk of closing, if the SCOTUS affirms this over the other circuit&amp;#x27;s opinion.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>DarkKomunalec</author><text>As cynical as I am, I still expect the supreme court to take up this case, and issue a 9:0 ruling in favour of filming officials. SCOTUS has a strong free-speech track record: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.popehat.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;free-speech-triumphant-or-free-speech-in-retreat&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.popehat.com&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;free-speech-triumphant-or...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>