*VIDEO* Is it legal to film a cop?

by Austin Petersen

A brave citizen videotaped an encounter at a police checkpoint where he was confronted and told to stop recording. His quick thinking and understanding of the laws regarding prior restraint meant that he was informed enough to explain to the officers that they have no right to ask him to stop recording in public. America has laws against prior restraint. It means that the government can not censor an activity before it takes place such as a video recording. This is an important limit on government authority as it guarantees the citizens the ability to free speech to report on what the government is doing.

Random checkpoints are indeed ineffective overall. Statistics prove it. Citizens in a free country have no reason to be stopped randomly to be searched for criminal activity as it is a violation of their fourth amendment rights.

At one point during his verbal harassment by the officers the citizen snapped, “Now as part of the soldier class you may be able to get off on whatever perks you get from your job. But I’m not selling out my dignity to some crappy ass enforcement system you’ve got here that isn’t effective and all it is some big PR show you’ve got going on here.” 

Bravo!

Watch the video of this encounter and learn your rights too!

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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