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The Obama administration says that the First Amendment protects the right of all citizens including journalists to record the actions of police:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/obama-administration-supports-journalist-arrested-after-recording-cops/

And a federal court says the same:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/16/3024042/us-doj-police-baltimore-video-recording-civil-right

It may take some time for police to “get the memo,” though, so beware until then that police officers have been beating and arresting people who record them. In the land of the free.

More:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/man-who-filmed-cop-killing-fleeing-suspect-says-officer-told-me-to-stop/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/android-app-secretly-videos-police/

Police are starting to “get the memo” that the public may record the police:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57479364-83/d.c-chief-allows-citizens-to-record-and-photograph-police/?tag=cnetRiver

How to protect video and still photos of police misconduct:

http://gizmodo.com/how-to-protect-your-phone-from-the-police-1460461081