http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/nyregion/28about.html

In November, Antonio Musumeci, a member of the Manhattan Libertarian Party, was given a ticket while videotaping a political protest in the plaza outside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Citing a federal regulation that dates to 1957, agents of the Federal Protective Service gave Mr. Musumeci a summons as he recorded a man who was handing pamphlets to potential jurors. The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on Mr. Musumeci’s behalf, arguing that the rules that govern photography on federal property were vague and unconstitutional. The lawsuit says people routinely take pictures on the plaza after new citizens are sworn in at the courthouse.

Good to see this and related stories continue to make the news.

Related posts:

  1. NY Daily News: Libertarian photographer sues Dept. of Homeland Security after arrest for filming courthouse protest
  2. bile v. The United States Department of Homeland Security; The Federal Protective Service; Inspector Clifford Barnes; and John Doe
  3. Drop that camera! by Brian Doherty of Reason Magazine
  4. More news agencies pick up the story
  5. Julian Heicklen’s 2010-01-26 Progress Report

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