Oregon Media Insiders

this an ongoing problem police do infer that they have the authority to control what we film. "you cannot have a reasonable expectation of privacy while in public view" is what i have to tell them all the time. I probably get more instances of intimidation than most media due to my hours and the story's I cover. we are sooner or later going to have to get them in court on a open and shut case of violating our rights. I have hours of footage of cops telling me to effectively go away, I don't. and the most arrogant of them hate me the most. I think the real problem is that the police have intentionally forgotten their oath of office to protect the first amendment to justify imposing prior restraint. I could go on about this for hours it's a very serious issue that needs to be addressed. some day I'll actually finish doing a documentary on this.

one of my most used questions when confronted with being told not to do my job is

"articulate how that instruction is in complience with making reasonable provisions for news media?"

where are the corporate media attorny's ? this is a saftey issue for spot news reporters.