2nd Circ. Says Public Can Film Police And Their Stations

By Brian Steele ( August 17, 2026, 5:49 PM EDT) -- The Second Circuit said Monday it has joined "a growing chorus of our sister circuits" in finding a constitutional right to record law enforcement activity in public, as well as police buildings, but still turned away a self-described First Amendment auditor's lawsuit over his arrest while filming the exterior of a Connecticut police station....

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