More Reporters Arrested for Filming Police Right to Free Press Under Attack
Tarrin Lupo
The 1st Amendment right to a free and open press is under attack at an ever-alarming rate. The stories of two new-media journalists, Sam Dodson1 and Dave Ridley2, jailed in New Hampshire coupled with the arrest of Adam Mueller from the Motorhome Diaries in Mississippi have circulated both the internet and old-media enclaves proving more now than ever, that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Thus, it is our duty to both understand and implement Judge Andrew Napolitano’s sentiment3 that “The Camera, is the new Gun”. Public officials must be held accountable and we must keep our cameras rolling in order to counterbalance the unchecked and growing power of the state.
Source(s): • 1Carlos Miller’s Photography is Not a Crime “Newly released video of Sam Dodson’s arrest reveal painful screams”, published may 6th, 2009 • 2Happily Oblivious “Freedom Activist Dave Ridley Arrested” published March 3rd, 2009 • 3Freedomwatch with Andrew Napolitano – originally aired May 27th, 2009
