Boston paying $170k for videography arrest

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Boston paying $170k for videography arrest – NPPA Advocacy Committee

The Boston Globe is reporting that the City of Boston has paid $170,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed against them after they arrested a man for photographing police activity on the Boston Commons. The underlying case was the subject of an earlie

via NPPA Advocacy Committee: http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2012/03/27/boston-paying-170k-for-recording-arrest/

An attorney who believed that the officers might be using excessive force, Simon Glik began recording with his cell phone. Police arrested Glik and charged him with, among other things, violations of the wiretap statute