Rochester Woman Arrested After Videotaping Police From Her Own Front Yard (huffingtonpost.com)
A videographer in Rochester, NY was arrested on her front yard because she videotaped police during a traffic stop, in violation of her First Amendment rights. The arresting officer claimed her standing in her yard with a video camera posed a security threat to the officers at the scene.
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