United States v. GVI (3:25-cv-00050) — Docket Entry 66, Attachment 2
EXHIBIT B Case: 3:25-cv-00050-ER-GAT Document #: 66-2 Filed: 07/23/26 Page 1 of 6 S4UlLL7?5Nf SPRING 2024 FIRSTAMENDMENT Richard Fields vs. city ofPhiladelphia; et. a!. 16-1651 (2017) In 1991 George Holliday recorded video of the Los Angeles Police Department officers beating Rodney King and submitted it to the local news. Filming police on the job was rare then but common now. With advances in technology and the widespread ownership of smartphones, “civilian recording of police officers is ubiquitous.” Jocelyn Simonson, Copwatching, 104 Cal. L. Rev. 391, 408 (2016); see Seth F. Kreimer, Pervasive Image Capture and the First Amendment: Memory, Discourse, and the Right to Record, 159 U. Pa. L. Rev. 335, 337 (2011). These recordings have both exposed police misconduct and exonerated officers from errant charges. However, despite the growing frequency of private citizens recording police activity and its importance to all involved, some jurisdictions have attempted to regulate the extent of this practice. …
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