When is it legal to make a video in a public place?
A kerfluffle at my local mall involves a restaurant owner accused of mocking and taking video of a special needs person having a meltdown.
Several times a week I take my son to the food court and hand him my credit card. More than half the time he chooses to patronize this establishment. (I’ll continue to let him choose, though I usually bring my meals.)
I haven’t heard the owners’ perspective represented anywhere except indirectly, after a news reporter apparently contacted their daughter. There is a language barrier involved. There may also be a cultural barrier. (Does that gesture captured in the still frame being shared around the internet mean, to the person who made it, the same thing that you and I think it means?)
If it does turn out that the owners could use a lesson in tolerance, I don’t think they’ll learn it from the racist trolls who have surfaced to spread their trash. (The racism is not dominating the conversations I’ve seen on Facebook, but it’s depressing seeing hatred anywhere in threads allegedly promoting an inclusive message.)
I’ve also also seen comments from people expressing the opinion that it is illegal to make a video of a minor having a meltdown. I don’t actually know the age of the special needs person who had the meltdown, but…
According to the ACLU:
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Here's a post that offers a different view of the incident. https://www.facebook.com/hollydiane.lin/posts/1642616732426676
Not touched on, is the mall a public space given that it has private owners? Not sure what the threshold is.
She was not a minor, however, I do know her personally and would trust in her mother’s report that they were staring and laughing and that the owner did in fact flip them off as they were leaving. I’ve heard from others, without special needs kids, that they have made rude comments before. Cultural differences or not, if they want to run a business here, they should learn the culture they are in.