A  First Circuit Court of Appeals judge in Boston has declared that arresting people for filming police officers in public violates their first amendment rights.

 “Gathering information about government officials in a form that can readily be disseminated to others serves a cardinal First Amendment interest in protecting and promot­ing ‘the free discussion of governmental affairs.’”… “a citizen’s right to film government officials, including law enforcement officers, in the discharge of their duties in a public place is a basic, vital, and well-established liberty safeguarded by the First Amendment.”