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Is Videotaping the Police a Felony?

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. Welcome to the New America... by apachetoolbox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... please leave your rights and any expectation of privacy on the table to your right and pickup your federal ID on the left. Then continue down the hall for mandatory finger print and DNA recording for your protection.

  2. Re:What a Power Trip! by norkakn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's pretty damn cool.

  3. Re:Kind of like another case by hdcrpaulson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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