Legal Opinion
Fordyce v. City of Seattle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1995No. Nos. 93-35824, 93-35840, 93-35991 and 93-36020PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
I. Background
This case arises from the alleged interference by police officers of the City of Seattle with Jerry Edmon Fordyce’s attempt on August 5, 1990 to videotape, a public protest march. Fordyce, who apparently considered himself part of the protest, had volunteered to videotape the demonstration for “local television production,” presumably for broadcast on a public access channel. Among his subjects were the activities of the police officers assigned to work the event. Not surprisingly, the police themselves became targets of the protest and were subjected to rude…
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