Georgia Guardian-First Amendment Audit: Sheriff Puts Up Unconstitutional Signs. “If You Can Write, You Can Read.” 

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Georgia Guardian-First Amendment Audi

Appeal from the U. S. District Court for the No. Dist. of Georgia, No. 97-01753-1-CV, Julie E. Carnes, Judge.Writ of Certiorari denied (Nov. 6, 2000) 531 U.S. 978. Before Birch and Barkett, Circuit Judges, and Alarcon*, Senior Circuit Judge. [*1332]

“As to the First Amendment claim under Section 1983, we agree with the Smiths that they had a First Amendment right, subject to reasonable time, manner and place restrictions, to photograph or videotape police conduct. The First Amendment protects the right to gather information about what public officials do on public property, and specifically, a right to record matters of public interest.”