JUDGE RULES AGAINST ACLU IN CASE OF SOUTH BEND CITIZEN JOURNALIST WHO CHALLENGED ENFORCEMENT OF 25-FOOT ENCROACHMENT LAW
January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 13 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024:
U.S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty, of the Northern District of Indiana, today ruled against the ACLU of Indiana in its case arguing that Indiana's new 25-foot "encroachment" law violates citizen-journalists' constitutional right to observe and record the police.
This new law, which went into effect on July 1, 2023, prohibits . . .
U.S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty, of the Northern District of Indiana, today ruled against the ACLU of Indiana in its case arguing that Indiana's new 25-foot "encroachment" law violates citizen-journalists' constitutional right to observe and record the police.
This new law, which went into effect on July 1, 2023, prohibits . . .