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Your Right to Film!Glik v. Cunniffe, 655 F.3d 78 (2011). People have an absolute right to video and record the police. To interfere with that violates the person's civil rights pursuant to the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 8th Amendments. A person's rights who are so violated can sue for civil rights violations pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 1983, which includes a recovery of punitive damages, and the cop is *not* entitled to qualified immunity.
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