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, and also sued Helms individually. The district court did not find that the policy violated the First Amendment and dismissed the individual complaint against
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