{"id":33662,"date":"2013-07-17T20:41:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T00:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migration-rcfp.alleydev.com\/arrested-detroit-free-press-photographer-awaits-police-reply\/"},"modified":"2013-07-17T20:41:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T00:41:50","slug":"arrested-detroit-free-press-photographer-awaits-police-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rcfp.org\/arrested-detroit-free-press-photographer-awaits-police-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrested Detroit Free Press photographer awaits police reply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The <i>Detroit Free Press <\/i>is awaiting the results of an internal Detroit Police Department investigation before deciding whether to take legal action against officers that detained a photographer and confiscated recording equipment while she was filming on public property last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The <i>Free Press <\/i>and National Press Photographer&#39;s Association (NPPA) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20130716\/NEWS01\/307160109\">condemned<\/a> the police department this week after an officer wrestled a newspaper-issued iPhone from <i>Free Press <\/i>photographer Mandi Wright while she was filming a suspect&#39;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Wright was then taken to a precinct and held for over six hours, at one point left alone by officers with the suspect she had been filming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After she was released, the <i>Free Press<\/i> demanded police hand back Wright&#39;s iPhone. But when it was returned, the memory card was missing. Wright has not yet been charged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20130716\/NEWS01\/307160018\/photographer-free-press-mandi-wright-video-arrested\">video<\/a>, saved in the phone&#39;s internal memory and posted on the <i>Free Press <\/i>website, revealed an unmarked police officer approaching the photographer and grabbing her as the footage cuts off. Wright was wearing press credentials and is heard announcing herself as a journalist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Detroit police spokesman Phillip Cook said the department could not comment because the case was still an ongoing investigation. The <em>Free Press <\/em>report revealed that Wright and her colleague at the scene were both interviewed by internal affairs after the absent memory card was reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Free Press<\/em> editor Paul Anger said the newspaper will wait for a response from police before deciding whether to take legal action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">While stories of police officers unlawfully obstructing photographers from recording are &quot;problematic,&quot; NPPA lawyer Mickey Osterreicher said Wright&#39;s case is all too familiar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It&#39;s true, he said, that the First Amendment is not absolute and the press is subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions. But courts have consistently ruled that a private citizen filming on a publicly owned city street is securely protected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&quot;Would it be reasonable if the officer asked her to step off the sidewalk onto the street? Or to step back a few feet? Of course,&quot; Osterreicher said. &quot;What&#39;s not reasonable is to ask her to turn off and then seizing her camera.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The problem in most cases, said experts, is the lack of knowledge within police offices. Journalists usually know their rights, but oftentimes police don&#39;t and will unknowingly violate a person&#39;s civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&quot;Higher-ranking officials have a much stronger grasp of what the constitutional rights of everyday citizens are than the officers on the streets,&quot; ACLU staff attorney Dan Korobkin said. &quot;This incident calls for more training and more awareness by individual cops about what kind of activity the First Amendment protects.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Detroit Deputy Police Chief James Tolbert told the <i>Free Press <\/i>on Monday that he expects a department-wide memo will remind officers that they cannot stop anyone from videotaping them in public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The <i>Detroit Free Press <\/i>is awaiting the results of an internal Detroit Police Department investigation before deciding whether to take legal action against officers that detained a photographer and 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