“FUCK OFF” IS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT, THOUGH IMPOLITE AND PERHAPS ILL-ADVISED: What to Say When the Police Tell You to Stop Filming Them. Or in San Jose you can just say “I’m a Democrat-back activist and the laws don’t apply to me,” and by all evidence they’ll apologize and offer to help you frame your shot.

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And remember that, entirely apart from the First Amendment, there’s a Due Process right to record the police.