Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Rights Lab: Can I Film the Police?

Filming police is legal in all 50 states -- so why are people still being arrested while doing it? The issue at hand is how any one set of actions can be interpreted by police officers -- as a constitutionally protected activity, or as a threat.

The third episode of Rights Lab, a groundbreaking web series produced in partnership with Scrappers Film Group and Truthout, uses experiments and performance art to explore the gap between what the law says and how recording law enforcement plays out on the ground. Artists Ricardo Gamboa and Steven Beaudion take to the streets of Chicago to film police in a handful of different situations, with shockingly disparate results.

Rights Lab uses real-life case studies, featuring local activists and offering clear and compelling explanations of ongoing legal debates to explore Stingray surveillance, when and how it is legal to film a police officer, the burgeoning debate behind consumer drone flight, where you can protest, and much more.

Original Article
Source: truth-out.org/
Author:  Scrappers Film Group
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