Tag: first amendment
What the Coughing Cop Says About American Policing
A cop caught coughing on residents and video of a man arrested and incarcerated for running a red light illustrates how America policing has evolved into an enforcer of social control. Please join journalists Taya…
American Police Have Stashed Away Billions-And You Are Paying The Bill
The first part of our investigation into the hidden costs of policing reveals the exorbitant amount of money funneled to police through police pension funds; a PAR conversation with guest Otto the Watchdog. Please join…
Cop Pulled A Gun On Woman’s Unarmed Son, Then Used Facebook Posts Against Her In Court
PAR investigates police use of Facebook posts in the cases of Korryn Gaines, Arturo Adame, and Michael Avery, and follows Erica Hamlett’s fight for accountability for an off-duty officer who pulled a gun on her…
He exposed police corruption, now cops won’t leave him alone
The story of cop watcher Otto The Watchdog reveals how American law enforcement uses the criminal justice system to retaliate against critics and their families. But Otto is not alone, First Amendment activists, auditors and…
Supreme Court begins its new term. Here’s what to expect.
The U.S. Supreme Court is beginning its new term on Monday after its summer recess. Some of the cases on the docket involve gun rights, social media and abortion pills. CBS News chief legal correspondent…
The American government’s campaign to criminalize BLM
In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black people at the hands of police, activists around the country have mobilized in record numbers. Rather than address the systemic injustices…
One frightening story reveals the true cost of rural overpolicing
A single dad goes camping with his kids and ends up in handcuffs; Then, PAR talks with Otto the Watchdog, a cop watcher who says he has been targeted for harassment for his First Amendment…
Militarized police attacked him on his own front porch. PAR helped him fight back
Nick Pettit was assaulted by Columbus, Ohio, police for filming a botched raid. We investigated on his behalf, and now evidence gathered by PAR is part of an ACLU lawsuit against the police department that…
Filming the police is legal, but that doesn’t stop them from arresting people for it
Another Ohio resident has been arrested under the dubious charge of “misconduct during an emergency,” which has been used again by Ohio police to incarcerate another person who filmed them in action. The arrest raises…
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Cops destroyed her family with a suspicious drug bust. 47 years later she’s breaking her silence
The nation’s endless war on mind-altering substances has many casualties, some who refuse to be forgotten. That’s why Catherine Freeman is coming forward after 47 years to describe how her family was set up by…
Former cop became cop watcher after this fraught encounter with police
What would cause a former cop to cross the thin blue line and use his camera to monitor law enforcement and hold police accountable? For well-known police auditor James Madison, it was a fraught encounter…
Cops Play Disney Music Trying to Block Videos
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Like pulling teeth asking for records! Cops don’t understand the law EVER
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A cop tried to keep him from recording a traffic stop, but now he’s fighting back to change the law
The battle over the right to record police is far from over. That’s because a case pending over a routine traffic stop in Lakewood, Colorado, where police interfered with a citizen journalist recording, could have…
Cops arrested him for filming a traffic stop, then the case went to court…
The efforts of cop watchers and First Amendment auditors to record police continues to be a controversial subject. Some use aggressive tactics that critics say go too far, others argue the country’s law-enforcement-industrial complex needs…
Cops broke into his home without showing a warrant, but what happened next is even worse
Coty Cecil was awaiting repairs on his RV in a West Virginia campground when Milton police started breaking into his home, refusing to show a warrant. Cecil was eventually charged with possession with intent to…
A cop tried to arrest him for wearing a hoodie, but that’s not where the harassment ended
Aaron Reinas was just blocks from his home when a San Bernardino, California, sheriff accosted and accused him of burglarizing cars. What happened next reveals the dangers of unchecked police power and the dire consequences…
Cops arrested him for filming an accident scene, but did the police break the law?
The continued arrests of a group of Texas cop watchers is raising serious questions about how the law is applied to citizen journalists. In this episode of the Police Accountability Report, hosts Taya Graham and…
Cop arrested a man for not walking on a sidewalk, but he didn’t know anyone would see this video
When a Terre Haute, Indiana, man was arrested for not walking on a sidewalk on a street that doesn’t have one, the Police Accountability Report investigated. We obtained body camera and dashcam video evidence that…
A cop charged her with failure to obey—his body camera tells a different story
The indiscriminate use of arrest powers is one of the most destructive forms of overpolicing in a country accustomed to aggressive law enforcement. In this episode of the Police Accountability Report, we examine the questionable…
