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Man Claims Cell Phone Taken By DC Police For Taking Photos
First time accepted submitter hawkinspeter writes "Just one day after Chief Cathy Lanier made it illegal for MPD cops to take recording equipment, a 26-year-old local man had his phone taken as he was trying to record a violent arrest. They eventually gave back his phone, but without the memory card which also contained photos of his daughter along with the record of the alleged police brutality."
Chiefs don't make laws.
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Thats very neat and an idea that so many people may not have thought of.
Set up some blog or guide or webpage for that so others can learn how to use their phones web features.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
That could make for a very interesting legal case... Grabbing a phone and destroying the memory card is one thing, but what are the legal ramifications of an officer illegally searching a storage technology on a server almost assuredly in another state over wired technology, and then destroying evidence there?
Does that constitute destruction of evidence and property, interstate (federal?) jurisdiction violations, and potentially wire fraud charges?
Destroying an SD card kills the ability to prove much. But servers would retain records of transactions.
"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,..." - Nancy Pelosi
Well.. at least they have to be creative and come up with a reason to get a court order at that point.
They aren't going to go the judge and say that they need a warrant because the backup files might show brutal police action... are they?
Cop Recoreder is also an Android App.