New York City Pays $250,000 For Violating Right To Video Police: First Amendment Protects Right To Record Police Officers In Public Places.

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The Baltimore Police Department has instituted a new policy that prohibits officers from stopping people from taping or photographing police actions, the agency said Wednesday.

The new rules were unveiled as the city agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says police seized his cellphone and deleted the video of an arrest at the Preakness Stakes in 2010.

• 2nd. Claim To Be Adjudicated: Woman arrested, camera destroyed after recording Baltimore police.

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