Illegal to film police officers while making an arrest. Insane new trend in state laws.

[Magiver]

@MOIDALIZE

UPDATE: The charges in the Maryland case were dismissed.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/story-lab/2010/09/wiretapping_charges_dropped_ag.html

A hearty 3 cheers for Judge Pitt (Jr). It’s nice to see a common sense opinion rendered in a lower court.

[Ogre]

@msmith537

In Massachusettes, a man was arrested in a similar fashion for videotaping an arrest. The charges were dismissed and he and the ACLU are now suing the city and the arresting officers.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/02/man_arrested_for_taping_police_sues_city_officers/
From what I can tell, this is not a new law, but cops taking advantage of existing wiretap laws that make illegal to record conversations without concent or due process.

Resurrecting thread to note that Simon Glik, the guy in Massachusetts who was arrested for filming police officers, sued and won. The police officers in question appealed, and lost again.

Warning: PDF.

10-1764P-01A.pdf

[Snowboarder_Bo]

New thread started to discuss the latest appeals court verdict in the Glik case.