When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials swept into North Carolina, Governor Josh Stein urged people to pull out their phones and record any inappropriate behavior.
It’s good advice. Filming law enforcement in public is one of the few tools ordinary people have to hold powerful federal agents accountable. The right to record police in public is also protected by the First Amendment.
But federal officials have repeatedly chased, assaulted, and even arrested Americans, including North Carolinians, for recording them. This isn’t just unconstitutional. It’s dangerous…