Public Filming Legality

How is capturing video in a public place illegal?

You have no right to not be filmed in public, in the US at least. Someone can already film you with their phone, what makes this any different?

Curious to see how applicable this is in states like California where one can't record another without their consent. Wouldn't that apply to the policeman being recorded as well?

So I should simply inform the police that I am videotaping them, but that I am not recording any audio. By continuing to arrest me, they are giving their consent to being recorded.

Why would it be illegal? You are just filming things you see in public.

It's being downvoted because the US, with some very narrow exceptions, does not recognize a right to not be filmed in public (or filmed in private if the filming location is from public property). As gross as it is, if you leave your front curtains open, I am (legally) allowed to film through your windows from the sidewalk.Since this is an article about a US movement, US police, a US company and US laws, it is fair to downvote contextually wrong information.

I am not a lawyer.In the USA, anyone is allowed to photograph, video, or otherwise record anything they can see from a public sidewalk, subject to some soft restrictions like it being illegal to impede the movement of others. Any attempt by law enforcement or others to restrict this would likely fail in the courts.Folks can get pretty upset by this in the real world.

I am struggling to think of a way in which prohibiting the sharing of such information could be made illegal. The checkpoints are publicly visible activities of public employees. The right to photograph and video record police when acting in an official capacity is well established. If anything, noting their location seems less intrusive and more likely to represent a protected form of speech.

I was under the impression, based on the existence of outward-facing surveillance cameras from business and Amazon Ring and whatnot, that there was a general right to record anything whatsoever as long as it is happening in public. There are obviously some limitations, but they all relate to national security, i.e. if you go around taking pictures of military installation perimeter security, even from outside the perimeter on publicly accessible land, you're gonna get your camera confiscate

Here's a question that interests me. Ok, the police order you to stop filming. Maybe the law says you should follow orders, maybe it doesn't. Myabe you should, maybe you shouldn't. But what is the deal if you film a police officer performing their duty in public if they don't order you to stop?Example: I put up a camera in front of my home that films the walk to the front door and of course it captures events transpiring on the sidewalk or street in front of my house. I'm not home, it is fil