Wednesday, January 26, 2011

A New Amendment?

Because the police don't seem to understand that the public has a right to record what they do in public, a commenter on Reddit has suggested making a new Amendment to make it explicit that the people, not just the press, have the right to record information in a public place.
It is the right of the people to collect, record and retain information and evidence. There shall be be no laws passed constraining the exercising of this right by Federal, State, or Local Government where the action, speech, written word, or any other media, is in a publicly accessible location or forum. There shall be be no laws passed constraining the exercising of this right by Federal, State, or Local Government where the action, speech, written word, or any other media, is uttered, acted, or otherwise created by a public official, employee, or officer, while acting in their official capacity.