Reher v. Vivo, No. 10-2180 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff was operating a video camera in public park, perhaps because of the presence of a former domestic partner. An angry crowd accused him of videotaping their children in a public park and called police, who arrested him for disorderly conduct. The charges were eventually dropped and plaintiff sued the officers under 42 U.S.C. 1983, claiming they arrested him without probable cause in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the officers. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, on grounds of qualified immunity. While videotaping is not a crime in Illinois, one officer had probable cause to believe that plaintiff was guilty of disorderly conduct and the other could have reasonably believed there was probable cause.
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