Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Police continue to twist the law, and themselves, to prevent you from videoing them

The debate over whether citizens should be permitted to record on-duty police officers intensified this summer. High profile incidents in Maryland, Illinois, Florida, Ohio, and elsewhere spurred coverage of the issue from national media outlets ranging from the Associated Press to Time to NPR. Outside the law enforcement community, a consensus seems to be emerging that it’s bad policy to arrest people who photograph or record police officers on the job. The Washington Post, USA Today, the Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, and Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds, writing in Popular Mechanics, all weighed in on the side that citizen photography and videography can be an important check to keep police officers accountable and transparent.

Gee, ya think that's why the police are against it?

At some point, we have to put some faith and trust in our authority figures

HAHAHAHAHA

OMFG. We have nothing to hide, but you can't record anything because well just because.

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