Police Intimidation Watch: Photogs Cleared of Charges in New York, Seattle
A student photographer has been cleared in court of disorderly conduct charges stemming from his arrest in New York City at the scene of an Occupy march in January, the Associated Press reports....
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: Mannie Garcia Files $500K Lawsuit for Unlawful Arrest
Veteran news photographer Mannie Garcia has sued several Montgomery County, Maryland police officers, alleging violation of his civil rights and physical and emotional suffering as a result of being...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: University of California to Pay Photog $162,500...
A news photographer who claimed wrongful arrest while covering a student protest in 2009 will receive a $162,500 settlement from the University of California, the San Francisco Chronicle has reported....
View ArticleActivist Carlos Miller Laughs at Plea Bargain Offer
Give state prosecutors in Miami Dade County, Florida credit for moxie, if not for unintentional Orwellian humor. Photojournalist and First Amendment activist Carlos Miller, who is facing charges for...
View ArticleDC Police Department Issues Order Affirming Photographers’ Rights
To settle a right-to-photograph lawsuit filed by an aspiring photojournalist and the ACLU, the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department has issued a general order stating that “a bystander has the...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: NYPD Arrests Times Freelancer (Update)
A freelance photographer on assignment for The New York Times was arrested in the Bronx on Saturday night, after police got angry at him for refusing to stop taking pictures of another arrest, the...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: NYPD Returns Cameras to Times Freelancer
The New York City police department has returned camera gear belonging to a freelance photographer who was arrested August 4 after refusing to stop photographing police activity on a public street....
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: New Haven Police Sued for Arresting Photographer,...
A New Haven man jailed for recording New Haven, Connecticut police arresting three people filed a $500,000 lawsuit suit yesterday against the city and several individual officers for violation of his...
View ArticlePhotographing Police Is Legal in Texas, Too, Judge Rules in First Amendment Case
A federal court judge in Texas has rejected an argument that the right to photograph or videotape police officers “is not recognized as a constitutional right,” clearing the way for a citizen’s civil...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: Photographer Wins $1.1 Million for Malicious...
A New York woman who was arrested and jailed for four days after photographing an Air National Guard base from a public thoroughfare was awarded $1.1 million in compensatory damages by a federal jury...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: Chicago to Pay $100,000 to Photographer Beaten by...
A photographer who says he was beaten by Chicago police officers after photographing those same officers beating another man will receive a $100,000 settlement from the city, WBEZ has reported. The...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: New Haven Police Sued for Arresting Photographer,...
A New Haven man jailed for recording New Haven, Connecticut police arresting three people filed a $500,000 lawsuit suit yesterday against the city and several individual officers for violation of his...
View ArticlePhotographing Police Is Legal in Texas, Too, Judge Rules in First Amendment Case
A federal court judge in Texas has rejected an argument that the right to photograph or videotape police officers “is not recognized as a constitutional right,” clearing the way for a citizen’s civil...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: Photographer Wins $1.1 Million for Malicious...
A New York woman who was arrested and jailed for four days after photographing an Air National Guard base from a public thoroughfare was awarded $1.1 million in compensatory damages by a federal jury...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: Chicago to Pay $100,000 to Photographer Beaten by...
A photographer who says he was beaten by Chicago police officers after photographing those same officers beating another man will receive a $100,000 settlement from the city, WBEZ has reported. The...
View ArticleCharges Dropped for Four Journalists Arrested at Inauguration
Federal prosecutors have dropped felony charges against four of the six journalists arrested during Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, the AP has reported. Charges agains Matthew Hopard, John...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: Mannie Garcia Gets $45,000 in Settlement with...
Photographer Mannie Garcia has won $45,000 to settle a claim against police in Montgomery County, Maryland for violation of his First Amendment rights in 2011. The claim stemmed from Garcia’s wrongful...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: New Haven Police Sued for Arresting Photographer,...
A New Haven man jailed for recording New Haven, Connecticut police arresting three people filed a $500,000 lawsuit suit yesterday against the city and several individual officers for violation of his...
View ArticlePhotographing Police Is Legal in Texas, Too, Judge Rules in First Amendment Case
A federal court judge in Texas has rejected an argument that the right to photograph or videotape police officers “is not recognized as a constitutional right,” clearing the way for a citizen’s civil...
View ArticlePolice Intimidation Watch: Photographer Wins $1.1 Million for Malicious...
A New York woman who was arrested and jailed for four days after photographing an Air National Guard base from a public thoroughfare was awarded $1.1 million in compensatory damages by a federal jury...
View Article
