OH, DARN: Rise in Citizen Cellphone Video Makes Police Officers Uneasy. “Law enforcement personnel are still grappling with the idea that ordinary citizens have the right to take images, whereas previously such photographs and videos were taken by professionals employed by traditional media companies.”

Apparently, the Police Academy skipped the Constitution. They need to read Morgan Manning’s article, as well. I should note, too, that John Steakley and I have a piece coming out in the Washington University Law Review arguing that there is not only a First Amendment right to record the police, but also a due process right to do so.