NYT: "The Right to Record"

Interesting... this is about taking video of police officers but it may as well cover photographing them in public space.

The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department took an important stand last week, declaring that citizens have a First Amendment right to videotape the actions of police officers in public places and that seizure or destruction of such recordings violates constitutional rights.

Read the rest here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/opinion/the-right-to-record.html?_r=1&ref=opinion