New York Civil Liberties Union - TVSpy http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy And Now The News... About Local News Copyright 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:59:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 New York Photojournalist Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Following Arrest The NPPA and the New York Civil Liberties Union, along with New York law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of photojournalist Phil Datz, who was arrested last July as he was attempting to film the conclusion of a police chase on Long Island.

Datz was on a public street when he was arrested.

“Mr. Datz’s arrest was not an isolated event,” said Robert Balin, a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine and lead counsel on the case. “Suffolk County police officers have a pattern of unlawfully interfering with the recording of police activity conducted in plain view. As a journalist, Mr. Datz has a responsibility to cover police activity in public places.” continued…

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]]> Andrew Gauthier http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/new-york-photojournalist-files-civil-rights-lawsuit-following-arrest_b45120#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/new-york-photojournalist-files-civil-rights-lawsuit-following-arrest_b45120 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/?p=45120 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:15:16 +0000