Justin Pulliam: A Court Judgment and a Reported $250,000 Settlement | Short

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A journalist records police, and then becomes the person being arrested. In December 2021, Justin Pulliam filmed deputies in Fort Bend County, Texas. This synchronized recording shows several viewpoints of the same encounter. The camera's displayed date is wrong: court records place it on December twenty-first, 2021. The earlier arrival and later arrest are separated here by several minutes.

Incident date is December 21,2021, despite the device clock. Coverage distinguishes the March 2026 corrected judgment, later county authority and reported settlement, and June 23 appeal dismissal. Later settlement reporting: https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/texas-journalist-barred-from-briefing-by-sheriff-files-civil-rights-suit/

COURT RECORDS
Southern District of Texas
4:22-cv-04210

PRIMARY SOURCES
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.1898419/gov.uscourts.txsd.1898419.126.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.1898419/gov.uscourts.txsd.1898419.123.0.pdf
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66612909/pulliam-v-fort-bend-county-texas/
https://agendalink.fortbendcountytx.gov/public/publish/print_minutes.cfm?seq=3891&mode=External&reloaded=true&id=
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca5/26-20220

FOOTAGE
Justin Pulliam / Corruption Report — original synchronized recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7ZVCRQHM8

Owner-published synchronized viewpoints are identified as an edited multi-camera source. Arrival and arrest are separated in elapsed time; the arrest excerpt remains continuous and the displayed device date is expressly corrected. No patient/private medical information is used as a story element. Limited excerpts support case-specific documentary reporting and original legal/financial commentary. Public access and credit do not establish an express license; no permission grant or legal guarantee is asserted. Source credit establishes provenance and does not claim an express footage license.

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