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Federal judge denies immunity to Denver officer sued for false arrest, retaliation
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A federal judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a Denver police officer arrested a man without probable cause of a crime and retaliated against him when the man asked a bystander to record the interaction. John Collins claimed Officer Austin Barela approached him while he was working to fix a car, then badgered…
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Judge denies immunity to Denver officers in right-to-record suit
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A man has plausibly claimed Denver police officers arrested him without probable cause of a crime and instead in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment right to record them, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer rejected the city’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit of Kevin Detreville, who was…
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‘At last – finally’: Civil liberties advocates celebrate recognition of right-to-record
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Civil liberties advocates are celebrating the Denver-based federal appeals court’s decision this week to recognize the First Amendment protects the right to publicly record law enforcement officers, even while scratching their heads at some of the reasoning the court employed to reach its conclusion. “All right, at last. Finally,” said Mark Silverstein, legal director of…
