Antisocial Media: Court Critical of Cop Capturing Curious Citizen’s Cellphone
4/23/18
By: E. Charles Reed, Jr. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a police officer violates clearly established law by seizing a bystander’s cellphone at an accident scene in the absence of exigent circumstances. With the rise of social media and the availability of devices with cameras, newsworthy events and potential evidence of…