Federal judge upholds man’s convictions for video recording inside Social Security office

Colorado Politics: A federal judge last month upheld a man’s convictions for video recording inside a Littleton office of the U.S. Social Security Administration without permission, notwithstanding his claim that he was trying to “stress test the First Amendment.”

Christopher J. Cordova was convicted of two misdemeanors for failing to comply with official signs and unlawfully photographing federal property. He received a sentence of 15 days in jail, two years’ probation and a fine of $3,000.

Cordova argued on appeal that his recording was “part of his journalistic expression,” and the regulation against video recording was an improper restraint on freedom of speech.

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