The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a North Carolina town's policy that allegedly banned video live-streaming police in traffic stops was in violation of the First Amendment.
The ruling stated that Dijon Sharpe was live-streaming his traffic stop on Facebook Live when police officer Myers Helms attempted to take his phone away because he said live-streaming threatened his safety. Sharpe then sued the Winterville police officers in their official capacity for having a policy that violates the First Amendment...