Protect The Right to Record

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Since President Trump took office, he's sent federal agents into our streets in record numbers to round up and detain people en masse.

The consequences have been dire. When residents have gathered to observe, record, or protest deportations and law enforcement activity, agents have retaliated – in some cases, tackling observers, tailing their vehicles to sit outside their homes, and harassing observers by name. The government has even killed people in our streets. And recordings of the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are what let us know what happened, despite the government's lies.

We can't hold our government accountable if we can't see what they're up to. That's why we're urging Congress to pass the Right to Record Act – a new bill that would allow people to sue federal agents who violate our First Amendment right to record their actions in public. Tell your members of Congress to co-sponsor and pass this bill immediately.

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Since President Trump took office, he's sent federal agents into our streets in record numbers to round up and detain people en masse.

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U.S. House and Senate

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Subject Pass the Right to Record Act

The constitutional right to observe, record, and protest law enforcement is fundamental to our democracy. We can’t hold our government accountable if we can’t see for ourselves what they’re doing in our communities, and we won’t see change if we can’t tell the government we disapprove. Yet as ICE and other federal agents flood our streets, raid our communities, and terrorize our neighbors, recorders, observers, and protesters have faced harassment and retaliation for simply exercising their First Amendment rights. I’m urging you to co-sponsor and pass the Right to Record Act to protect our legal right to observe, film, and protest federal law enforcement.

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The attacks on our First Amendment rights are unacceptable. I’m calling on you as my elected official in Congress to pass the Right to Record Act and protect our right to record and expose the truth without fear.

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