Jul 4, 2019 | Criminal Defense, First Amendment, Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
Written by Coastal Law | Legally reviewed by Michael H. Wells | Last reviewed: July 4, 2019 Cursing at a cop is protected speech. The United States Supreme Court and the South Carolina Supreme Court have made that clear for decades in a line of cases that arguably...
Nov 16, 2018 | Criminal Defense, First Amendment
In recent years, we have seen over and over how a citizen recording of a police encounter can change the outcome. Can I record the police in SC, though? Before the proliferation of cellphones and other easy-to-use recording devices, a claim of police misconduct almost...
