Know Your Rights: Copwatching 101
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In part one of our two-part Know Your Rights series, Leah speaks with Brooklyn Law Schoolβs Jocelyn Simonson about copwatching. They cover what the law says about filming police and federal officers like ICE agents, the line between protected observation and unlawful interference, and how to think about navigating the gap between exercising your constitutional rights and personal safety. Jocelynβs book is Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Incarceration.
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