Loudmouth Karen gets CHALLENGED! Says Recording Video in City Hall is Illegal - 1st Amendment Audit

This video speaks for itself. After visiting Batesville Mississippi City Hall today and being presented with this "ordinance", I am of the impression that its Board of Aldermen are clearly a group of Tyrants hell bent on creating and attempting to enforce their unconstitutional policies and ordinances. This shows clearly when I walk into City Hall and am stopped by the Assistant City Clerk (wouldn't identify so we will call her Karen) who tells me I can't record video inside of City Hall or any other City Building pursuant to an Ordinance passed by the Board in July of 2022 making it "unlawful" and a "misdemeanor" to record in the publicly accessible areas of the local city government. So of course, I directly challenged it and remained inside until 2 Police Officers from Batesville Police Department showed up. I have to wonder why Batesville's City Employees, it's Board of Aldermen, and it's Mayor are so worried about a little transparency and accountability into its operations of a City Building by citizens, yet they can freely record anyone who comes in a City Building. It's complete hypocrisy and the fact that they now attempt to criminalize it makes it the very definition of Oppressive and Tyrannical. Oddly enough, What the Assistant City Clerk failed to understand about her "Ordinance" which I failed to reinforce while being there is that their “Ordinance" actually states at the end of one of its paragraphs, "EXCEPT IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL". So regardless, it was unenforceable!

I plan on returning to question the City Mayor and City Attorney over this latest Draconian measure, and hopefully we the people can bring about change. These types of policies must be challenged and defeated