Jerome Vorus was detained by D.C. police officers when he took photos of a traffic stop in Georgetown on July 3, 2010. After filing suit in June 2011, we agreed to dismiss the case in exchange for compensation for the client and a groundbreaking new MPD General Order explicitly recognizing that “members of the general public have a First Amendment right to video record, photograph, and/or audio record MPD members while MPD members are conducting official business or while acting in an official capacity in any public space.”
Vorus v. District of Columbia
Date filed
June 1, 2011
Status
Victory!
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