right to record
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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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Judge finds no constitutional violation by Englewood officer who arrested man filming encounter
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A federal judge concluded on Thursday that an Englewood police officer did not violate the constitutional rights of a man by arresting him after he attempted to video record the officer from a public sidewalk. Five months ago, the federal appeals court with jurisdiction over Colorado recognized for the first time that the First Amendment…
