July 26, 2025

10th Circuit Rules : Filming While Black Arrest Wasn’t Unreasonably Unreasonable

July 26, 2025/ Tron Nick

Black man is arrested for filming in entryway to Denver police station and spends three days in jail. Yikes! There's a sign saying no videorecording is allowed in the station, but he didn't try to go past the sign and into the station. (A few days later, a white man films in the same place, and he's not arrested.) Man sues. Officers Sergey Gurevich and Julie Weinheimer: we are entitled to qualified immunity. District court: No immunity. Tenth Circuit(link is external) (unpublished): Plenty of immunity. Even if it was unreasonable to arrest him, it wasn't unreasonably unreasonable. Denial of qualified immunity vacated.

The case is Detreville v. Gurevich, et al.(link is external), No. 24-1427 (10th Cir. July 8, 2025) (unpublished). [MORE]

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