Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled a person may videotape police officers in a public place, in a case that hinged on the expectation of privacy.

The court found that ruling otherwise would mean that anyone who pulls out a cellphone to record an interaction with police—whether as a bystander, a witness or a suspect—is committing a crime. It granted the motion for a rehearing.

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