Legal Opinion
Gericke v. Begin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 23, 2014No. 12-2326PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case raises an important question about an individual’s First Amendment right to film a traffic stop by a police officer. Carla Gericke attempted to film Sergeant Joseph Kelley as he was conducting a late-night traffic stop. Shortly thereafter, she was arrested and charged with several crimes, including a violation of New Hampshire’s wiretapping statute. Gericke was not brought to trial. She subsequently sued the Town of Weare, its police department, and the officers who arrested and charged her, alleging in pertinent part that the wiretapping charge constituted…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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