Denver appeals court upholds right to record police

By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court based in Denver has agreed with six of the nation’s other 12 appeals courts that the First Amendment guarantee of free speech gives people the right to film police as they do their work in public. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in the case of a YouTube journalist and blogger who claimed that a suburban Denver officer blocked him from recording a 2019 traffic stop. Citing decisions from the other courts, the 10th Circuit said the right to record police was clearly established at the time and reinstated the lawsuit. The court oversees Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah.