Richard Fields v. City of Philadelphia

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 2017-07-07

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OPINION OF THE COURT AMBRO, Circuit Judge 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, <…

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