Citizens’ Right to Record the Police (Part 1) This is the first blog post installment in a multi-part series on citizens' right to record the police. In May 2020, millions of people watched viral cell phone footage depicting a former Minneapolis police officer sadistically kneeling on an unarmed, fully restrained Black man's neck for a horrifying nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, ultimately murdering him. The victim's name was George Floyd, and his final words, "I can't breathe," became the rallying call for weeks of massive protests and an enduring social justice movement fighting against police brutality and systemic racism. Officer Derek Chauvin is currently serving a prison sentence of more than twenty-two years for murdering Mr. Floyd. Seventeen-year-old Darnella Frazier received high praise [...]