Cops illegally took his camera … but they weren’t ready for what happened next! – Everything Law and Order Blog

Holding police accountable requires defending the First Amendment right to put them on camera. This is why Philip Turner, known on YouTube as The Battousai, fought to solidify that right in Turner v. Driver, a 2017 case decided by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. However, a shocking video shows Texas police ignoring the law, detaining Turner, and confiscating his video equipment. What the officers didn’t realize is that the case law resulting from the Turner v. Driver decision not only protects citizens’ right to film the police, but was named after the very man whose rights they were violating! Please join journalists Taya Graham and Stephen Janis for this important episode of the Police Accountability Report!

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21 thoughts on “Cops illegally took his camera … but they weren’t ready for what happened next!”
  1. End Qualified immunity only then will something change! The Gest@po Gang Member in blue are out of control! They are professional liar at "Work"! "To protect and to serve" the world laughs at the Land of the "free"!

  2. When America hiring monkeys to do a man's or women's job, it shall become a better Nation. A minimum college education MUST BE A REQUIREMENT to qualify as an officer.
    Anything less is not acceptable. Education of the law before enforcement is most important.

  3. I love what you guys do! I don't want you to think that this comment is rude, but his channels name would be properly pronounced Bah-toe-sigh. It is Japanese, and roughly translates to "one who draws the sword". I promise im not being a jerk lol just a nerd

  4. It is obvious that they were up to no good or they would not have turned off the cameras they are tyrants guess he will have a second case law named for him

  5. Government officials are controlling main stream media so they can tell them what and how to report. The ONLY TRUE FREE PRESS are the citizen journalist and First Amendment Auditors. THAT IS WHAT IS THREATENING THE STATUS QUO😡

  6. Auditors, despite their diverse methodologies, are not criminals unless and until they break the law. Just because you don't like what they are doing doesn't give you any authority over their actions. So many police officers, public officials and private citizens seem to think so. They need to be educated or educate themselves, otherwise, they will remain ignorant. The First Amendment says it all. The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

  7. Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right—and that includes transportation facilities, the outside of federal buildings, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties.

    Unfortunately, law enforcement officers have been known to ask people to stop taking photographs of public places. Those who fail to comply have sometimes been harassed, detained, and arrested. Other people have ended up in FBI databases for taking innocuous photographs of public places.

    The right of citizens to record the police is a critical check and balance. It creates an independent record of what took place in a particular incident, one that is free from accusations of bias, lying, or faulty memory. It is no accident that some of the most high-profile cases of police misconduct have involved video and audio records.

    Relatedly, artistic expression should never be chilled out of fear of unwarranted police scrutiny. No one should ever find an FBI agent on their doorstep just because they photographed public art.

    Through litigation, public education, and other forms of advocacy, the ACLU has defended the rights of photographers and all camera-wielding individuals to document freely.

  8. The police need more money? Maybe cut some supervisors salaries? Some of them make 6 figures a year! And then tens of thousands of dollars in benefits on top of that!

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