Lorenzo Murillo from Indiana is young and latino. Sam Tracy from Washington, DC is a marijuana reform activist. Joshua Berry from Pennsylvania carries a legal concealed firearm. They’ve all got a reason or two to be concerned about police abuse. Now they’ll get their own Flex-approved dashcam! So heads up to all law enforcement officers. […]
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Top 5 Flex Your Rights Facebook Events: August
In addition to surpassing 20,000 Facebook “likes” in August, here are 5 posts from our page that got lots of attention. #5. Tennessee Rolls Out “No Refusal” Blood-Draw DUI Checkpoints for Labor Day This is disturbing. “We are all American citizens, and you guys got me strapped to a table like I’m in Guantanamo fucking […]
Flex Your Rights Founder Steve Silverman on RT [Video]
New York City police officer Michael Ackermann was indicted on three felony counts and five misdemeanors for lying about the circumstances that led to the arrest of NY Times photog Robert Stolarik. Steve Silverman, executive director of Flex Your Rights discusses that case and how to protect your rights when photographing or recording police officers.
100 Days Ago Mark Schmidter Was Jailed for THIS?
UPDATE (June 3, 2013): According to the “We Are Mark Schmidter” Facebook page, Mark will be released from jail tomorrow after serving 104 days of his 141-day sentence. 100 days ago Mark Schmidter began his 141-day jail sentence. His crime? He handed out this jury rights flyer (PDF) to passersby on the sidewalk outside the […]
Top DHS Checkpoint Refusals [Video]
Did you see this yet? I don’t like to take credit for videos we didn’t make, but watching these brave citizens effectively “flex” their rights makes me feel like a proud parent. (Sniffle.) Aside from exposing the legal farce of these internal DHS “security” checkpoints, the phrase “Am I free to go” has taken on […]
Jury Duty: The Next Flex Thing
Contents: 1. What Judges Won’t Tell You 2. Movie Plot 3. Campaign Objectives 4. Budget, Plan & Timeline 5. Keep in the Loop & Donate Since 2002, Flex Your Rights’ films have taught you and yours how to “flex” your constitutional rights on the road, in your home, and on the streets. (33 million YouTube views later, I think we covered ‘em […]
Flex Your Rights on “The Good Wife”
If you haven’t seen it yet, you must watch the season premiere of The Good Wife. The central plot line is based on the Breakfast in Collinsville viral video produced by our friend Terrance Huff. Like the real life incident, the show depicts an illegal search based on a bogus drug dog alert. (It also […]
Keep Calm: We’ve Redesigned Our Website
I admit it: You might not like our new website. (In fact, you might hate it.) That’s okay. I understand that it might look a bit odd at first. I should probably have taken one rich with backlinks from SpamZilla, but I wanted to try a little bit of my own magic. But for all […]
10 Years of Flexing Hard: A Retrospective
My fiancée was out of town last Saturday, so I hung out at a bar with Scott Morgan. We reminisced about our amazing 10-year partnership. (In fact, Scott will be the best man at my wedding next spring!) When we met, I was a 25-year-old trying my darndest to look like an earnest khaki-clad non-profit […]
A Big Day in Flex Your Rights History
It was 10 years ago today that Flex Your Rights was born. On July 12, 2002, Steve Silverman filed articles of incorporation in Washington, DC, making the organization official. I’m not sure what I expected when I showed up to volunteer a year later, but what I found was just Steve. He was broke and […]