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Is Videotaping the Police a Felony?

Posted by kdawson on from the turnabout-is-fair-play dept.

AtomicSnarl writes "When Carlisle, PA, police noticed their traffic stop was being videotaped, they arrested the fellow with the camera for felony wiretapping. From the story: 'Kelly is charged under a state law that bars the intentional interception or recording of anyone's oral conversation without their consent... An exception to the wiretapping law allows police to film people during traffic stops.. [An assistant DA] said case law is in flux as to whether police can expect not to be recorded while performing their duties.'"

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  1. Re:Why not? by mr_stinky_britches · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, you need to check your POV on this.

    The pigs are funded by MY and all other tax-paying Americans taxes.

    Again, why shouldn't we be able to monitor/record their performance? Especially from a public venue. Ah, that's right..we are FREE to do this!

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  2. Re:What are you talking about? by Hubbell · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The UCLA incident was fully justified. If you refuse to comply with an officer and attempt to START A RIOT which endangers officers, I would expect you to get tazered if not simply punched in the face till you're unconscious. Doing something that fucking stupid deserves a swift and harsh end with force as compliance without force obviously will not happen.