Two Activists Who Secretly Recorded Planned Parenthood Face 15 Felony Charges (npr.org)

mi writes: California prosecutors on Tuesday charged two activists who made undercover videos of themselves interacting with officials of a taxpayer-supported organization with 15 felonies, saying they invaded privacy by filming without consent. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a longtime Congressional Democrat who took over the investigation in January, said in a statement that the state "will not tolerate the criminal recording of conversations." Didn't we just determine that filming officials is not merely a right, but a First Amendment right? The "taxpayer-supported organization" is Planned Parenthood, and the charges were pressed against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. Daleiden has called the charges "bogus," claiming that Planned Parenthood "has violated the law by selling fetal tissue -- an allegation that has been investigated by more than a dozen states, none of which found evidence supporting Daleiden's claim," reports NPR. "Daleiden claimed the video showed evidence that Planned Parenthood was selling that tissue, which would be illegal. Planned Parenthood said the footage was misleadingly edited and that the organization donates tissue following legal guidelines and with permitted reimbursements for expenses, which investigations have corroborated."

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Some privacy is more equal than other

[mi]

Obviously, privacy of police officers is less equal than that of Planned Parenthood officials. Whether the said officials have broken any laws or not, it should not be illegal to record them:

In California, you generally need the consent of everyone involved in order to legally record a private conversation.

Unless they are police officers?

Are PP's employees "entirely different" from policemen? Well, if school vouchers are anti-Constitutional — as the so-called "Liberals" would like us to think — because parents take them to religiously-affiliated private schools, receiving even a little bit of tax money changes everything.

Re:Some privacy is more equal than other

[Anonymous Coward]

Welcome to the right-wing folks, they can't stay on the topic. Go in 13 directions so they can feel like they win something.

Re:Some privacy is more equal than other

[Anonymous Coward]

its not right wing its a matter of life and death you asshole.

Re:Some privacy is more equal than other

[Anonymous Coward]

Pad're ... the American Constitution does NOT grant rights. Nor powers. Liberty (rights) proceed naturally from the character of individual humans. Now, while nearly all powers-of-behavior reside in the individual American citizen - - like the power to butcher-out Trotsky progressives or crooked crony capitalists - - the USA Constitution ( USA social contract) donates a few of **ALL** such powers , explicitly limited powers indeed , to the Federal Gub'mnt. The states ... as a class ... already have snatched a backpack full of powers. A few more specified in the Constitution goto DC, but powers over a semi-infinite range of human behaviors reside with the American individual citizen. Of-course if you're a border-jumping bitchfuck or camel-banging Muzzi-wog then you have no such powers (rights) whatsoever. Suck it down.

Re:Some privacy is more equal than other

[meglon]

I'm sorry, you're one of those "states rights" dipshits until a state does something you don't like. It's called - a state law. The supreme court has not invalidated it, no matter how much of a long, stupid and completely off tangent attempt you make to try to shoehorn one thing into meaning another.

So the answer to your question: "Didn't we just determine that filming officials is not merely a right, but a First Amendment right?" is.. NO, only fucking morons who don't understand the difference between police officers working for the public in a public setting, and doctors working for a private company would have had their heads so far up their ass to think that's what they were supposed to have learned.

And lets be real clear.... not only did NPR report none of the states found any evidence of wrongdoing, INCLUDING the fucking fake christian sociopaths running Texarse. Here's a good rundown if you can pull your head out of your ass long enough to be bothered to read it: http://www.npr.org/2016/01/28/...

These films were nothing more than a couple lying piece of shits, the likes of which normal people have come to expect from conservatives and fake christians, lying like little bitches because they're too fucking moronic to live in reality.

Re:Goodbye Karma

[MightyMartian]

How about you let your personal morals dictate your decisions, admit that in a large society you're going to have to accept that you're side doesn't automatically win and further accept that conflicts of liberty are inevitable and complex.

As to martyrdom, spare me. They doctored their recordings. That isn't just breaking what they may feel is an unjust law, that's a violation of one of the Ten Commandments; thought shalt not bear false witness.

At any rate, you seem keen to hand wave away bastards who insist impregnated victims of incest and rape are examples of God's mysterious ways, meanwhile basically asserting anyone who is pro choice is an uninformed ignoramus.

How about this. You don't tell me what my personal medical choices will be, and I will keep my nose out of yours.

Re:Goodbye Karma

[M1rth]

Well, your ku-klux brethren commenting anonymously all around here have pretty much shown us that you have no moral basis to stand on and your "christian 10 commandments" banning you from lying aren't something you follow.

So excuse me if I don't take your falsehoods here any more seriously than I do theirs. "Christians", feh.... liars, scammers, and delusional frauds.