Irizarry v. Yehia

In Irizarry v. Yehia the plaintiff is Abade Irizarry, a journalist/blogger who attempted to film a DUI stop until a police officer obstructed his ability to film first by standing in front of him and then by shining a light into his camera. The District of Colorado found a constitutional right to record the police but granted the officer qualified immunity because Plaintiff: (1) was unable to identify a case in the 10th Circuit recognizing the right to record; and (2) the weight of authority from other circuits did not clearly establish that standing in front of a person filming and shining a light in their camera to obstruct recording violated a First Amendment right to record.