A federal appeals court has ruled that citizens have a First Amendment right to videotape police officers at traffic stops, rejecting three officers’ attempt to assert qualified immunity against a civil rights claim.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed now-senior U.S. District Judge Steven McAuliffe’s October 2012 ruling against three officers from Weare, N.H. Gericke v. Begin had been stayed pending the appeal. Friday’s appellate ruling cleared the way for a jury trial.
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