Another nail in liberty's coffin
"Taking back a right the public has had for 21 years, a state appeals court ruled yesterday the New Jersey Constitution does not protect citizens who videotape open government meetings.
"The three-judge court unanimously dismissed a lawsuit by a Camden County man who claimed he was wrongfully arrested for attempting to videotape two borough council meetings in September 2000 ...
"Robert Wayne Tarus said yesterday he was aware of that ruling when he brought his video camera to a meeting of the Pine Hill Borough Council. He said he had seen council members change their stories and wanted an accurate record of their comments. ...
"Dismissing that lawsuit yesterday, Appellate Division Judge Anthony Parrillo ruled the state constitution protects the right of the public to attend public meetings, not to videotape the proceedings."
"'Thus, the right to videotape public proceedings is subject to reasonable governmental restrictions,' Parrillo wrote."
... thus protecting the right of the Pine Hill Borough Council members to change their stories. Today, Robert Wayne Tarus; tomorrow, some blogger; the day after that, Channel 6; and finally CNN; and then our right to have an accurate record of what the scoundrels are doing will be gone.
This link should be up through Dec. 7 before going into the Star-Ledger's archives.
"The three-judge court unanimously dismissed a lawsuit by a Camden County man who claimed he was wrongfully arrested for attempting to videotape two borough council meetings in September 2000 ...
"Robert Wayne Tarus said yesterday he was aware of that ruling when he brought his video camera to a meeting of the Pine Hill Borough Council. He said he had seen council members change their stories and wanted an accurate record of their comments. ...
"Dismissing that lawsuit yesterday, Appellate Division Judge Anthony Parrillo ruled the state constitution protects the right of the public to attend public meetings, not to videotape the proceedings."
"'Thus, the right to videotape public proceedings is subject to reasonable governmental restrictions,' Parrillo wrote."
... thus protecting the right of the Pine Hill Borough Council members to change their stories. Today, Robert Wayne Tarus; tomorrow, some blogger; the day after that, Channel 6; and finally CNN; and then our right to have an accurate record of what the scoundrels are doing will be gone.
This link should be up through Dec. 7 before going into the Star-Ledger's archives.
posted by B.W. Richardson at
6:47 AM
2 Comments:
When is some government taking over control of the internet? I heard it's coming.
I do not intend to let this issue die. Hopefully, there is a politician out there who sees the potential threat to our freedoms and steps forward to help reverse what could become a dangerous trend. The people who are against this are those with something to hide.
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