75 Years in Prison For Videotaping Police . . .

Even if the case is dismissed, that is OUTRAGEOUS. I agree that the Patriot Act provides the fuel for law enforcement to find whatever old or new laws they can to oppress the citizens. Unbelievable. Thanks for sharing

You can tell I wasn't on the jury. Not guilty for sure.
Videotaping is perfectly ok as long as it does not physically interfere with the actions of the police.

I thought this was thrown out? All cases like this I believe have been dismissed.

On duty law enforcement officials have no reasonalble expectation of privacy in public.

That law should be illegal!

...wow. Well, this is unfortunate, that citizens are getting in trouble for insuring representatives of the state do their job justly. We need to see more belligerence directed at police & lawyers who defend things like this.

in . sane .

As of Sept. 2011, the judge has dismissed the case. However, the prosecutor may appeal the ruling.
No matter which way you slice it, the @#*@^# Patriot Act has realy given local and federal law enforcement carte blanche when it comes to screwing over us, "the great unwashed masses" as one politician...forget who.

this is just stupid....get out of that country it has already gone over the edge. The will just build more jails and lock up more people to get the other sheeple to follow orders. This is a major hurdle to get things changed....the millions of sheeple who go with this bs. So they arrest the guy put charges on him for trying to protect himself???? GTFO of here....so now the police want to do whatever they want.....pitchforks and torches, people.

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

Those elected representatives depriving you and I of OUR right to record and use technology to bear witness of the performance "public employees" - should themselves be put out of office.

stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid bureaucracies, bureaucrats, and political business- SHILLS-demi-fascist rustic state SUITS !

( not to call names........ )

Every single citizen who can afford one should carry a video camera, and every single police action witnessed should be recorded.

FUCK THOSE LAWS .
( understated for additional impact )

I thought the supreme court just ruled that fiming police must be permitted?

da fuck

Shocking!

if you can't videotape police, and we all know the police lie and the judges take their word over other witnesses when they go to court, the only other option is to stop the police immediately when you see them doing anything illegal. And since the police have guns you have to have guns too.

Damn..everyday it crazier and scarier...

Is the "chicago way" expanding across the state, keep an eye on that Rahm dude.

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Opposing view on cops and cameras: Respect officers' rights
By Dennis J. Slocumb and Rich Roberts

Much is said about First Amendment rights regarding the videotaping of police officers. While officers often have legitimate complaints about misuse of video tapes, we are still sensitive to the right granted under the First Amendment. That's because we don't always enjoy that right.
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If we make a statement contrary to what a commander thinks, we may face subtle but onerous retaliation in our workplace. It may be a demotion, a negative evaluation, days off without pay or a transfer to less than desirable duty.

In today's environment, police officers have to assume that every action they take is captured on tape, somewhere. They must be comfortable that everything they say or do in the course of their duties may be shown on the 5 o'clock news.

Our problem is not so much with the videotaping as it is with the inability of those with no understanding of police work to clearly and objectively interpret what they see. Videotapes frequently do not show what occurred before or after the camera was on, and the viewer has no idea what may have triggered the incident or what transpired afterwards.

Policing is a job full of extraordinary risks. Officers have no choice but to make decisions based upon split-second determinations coupled with their training and experience. Out of approximately 400,000 men and women who regularly patrol the streets and highways (we are not counting an additional 400,000 who have purely administrative assignments) an average of 160 will be killed, 60,000 will be physically assaulted and 20,000 will receive serious injuries in the line of duty every year.

No one can speak knowledgeably about a piece of video without viewing it through the prism of experience and training. It is not a question of whether a citizen has the right to videotape an incident, but a matter of ensuring that any officer involved has the right to due process and fair, objective treatment independent of subjective and sometimes ill-informed opinion based on a videotape showing but a vignette of a significant event."
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Dennis J. Slocumb is international vice president and Rich Roberts is public information officer for the International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO.

I remember back in the good old days. We had this thing called "the Constitution."

This is about as screwed up as anything I have ever seen or heard of.

no law=no crime...the whims of some state legislature do NOT equal the law of the land.

Serious offense my ass, and I'm sorry, but more laws is not what we need. What we need is to stop electing officials who cannot comprehend the freedoms that were written into our Constitution.

Maybe it's time to tar and feather some corrupt judges, police and DAs.