NYCLU Settlement Ends Restriction on Photography Outside Federal Courthouses (nyclu.org)

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October 18, 2010 12:00 am

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The federal government today recognized the public’s right to take photographs and record videos in public spaces outside federal courthouses throughout the nation in settling a New York Civil Liberties lawsuit. The settlement comes after the NYCLU sued the federal government in April on behalf of a Libertarian activist who was unlawfully arrested by federal officers after exercising his First Amendment right to record digital video outside of a federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan.

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