“YOU COULD BE CASING THE JOINT!” - First Amendment Audit
KULT News audited Twenty-Nine Palms, CA at the end of October, 2024, and a couple weeks later in the California/Mexico border town of Alpine, CA. ...more. Would our cameras incite fear and paranoia...
Controversial “First Amendment Auditors” Test the Right to Film …
Aug 2, 2023 · But a growing movement of self-described “First Amendment Auditors”—individuals who specifically film on public property and police stations to test the rights to film in a public space—has forced some police departments to review how to respond to First Amendment audits.
Libraries Under Scrutiny by “Auditors” – Peel NYC
Feb 21, 2024 · Of the 23 library systems across the state, at least 17 have experienced a First Amendment audit, based on YouTube videos and conversations with library directors. In recent months, First Amendment auditors have targeted libraries across …
Accountability Alert | First Amendment Audits and Police …
Explore important First Amendment audit and civil liberties issues with Accountability Alert – your go-to source for the latest First Amendment audit news, the best First Amendment audit videos, a unique AI-powered police interaction simulator, and information about your legal rights.
First Amendment Stories of 2024: A Year in Review
4 days ago · The First Amendment is in the news all around us, from government regulation of social media and campus protests to religion in schools and book bans. As 2024 ends, here are seven themes and related First Amendment stories that were prominent in the news – and in all our lives – this year. Discover the top First Amendment stories of 2024
1st Amendment auditors make police walk the line between …
Jul 16, 2022 · People near Fair Drive and Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa on the afternoon of June 28 may have witnessed an unsettling scene as police officers approached a lone individual with guns drawn,...
Uptick in First Amendment Audits - American Libraries Magazine
Jan 3, 2022 · Libraries have been experiencing First Amendment audits for several years, but there has been an uptick in reported cases in 2021, according to the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF).
How 1st Amendment auditors are changing policing, helped by …
Aug 7, 2023 · With varying degrees of antagonism and legal expertise, the online movement known as cop-watching or First Amendment auditing has swelled in popularity in recent years, capturing the...
Responding to First Amendment Audits: Is Filming Protected by the First ...
Nov 14, 2022 · A new School of Government bulletin addresses legal issues associated with First Amendment audits in the local government context and provides practical takeaways for county and municipal governments that must respond to them.
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks TikTok Case in Face of Jan. 19 Deadline
2 days ago · The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear TikTok’s challenge to a law that could ban its U.S. operations, putting the case on an exceptionally fast track that will culminate in oral ...