Is there a right to RECORD police?

You witness a police encounter and pull out your phone to film it.  Is there a right to record the police?  Does the First Amendment protect a right to record?  Does that apply to recording law enforcement?  Prof. Simonson explains with examples of how the courts decided on this controversial issue...

 

  Jocelyn Simonson is a professor of law at Brooklyn Law School.  She teaches criminal law and evidence.  Prof. Simonson writes about ways in which the public participates in criminal justice processes and how that participation has the potential to lead to changes in the justice system.