Wasn’t there some law that you just can’t go filming someone and distributing it publicly without the person’s permission? At what point could it be considered stalking?
Haven’t watched the video yet, but pretty sure the phrase “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” applies somewhere here. Along with the usual overall plan of “do everything you can to make everybody mad at everybody”…
Not that I know of. But if you obscure the other people there’s nothing they can do.
Either way, these guys travel the country doing this. Trying to elicit that exact response they got from this detective. They will now get paid.
It’s no different than the guys that walk around with rifles strapped to their backs and chests. They’ve studied these laws inside and out and know exactly what they can get away with
Are they idiots, jerks, morons, and dunbasses? YUP. 100%.
But the law is on their side. Nothing you can do about it.
If you’re in public no permission is needed to video or take still shots of you.
I forgot the estimated number but when you leave home, you are photographed and or videoed almost every step of the way through a town or city.
The outside of your home can be photographed and or videoed, from the street or public access, or sidewalk.
Pull your curtains, close your blinds and you’ll have some privacy…….but then your T.V., internet, cell phone can get ya too.
“Wasn’t there some law that you just can’t go filming someone and distributing it publicly without the person’s permission?”
Massachusetts and a few other repressive Democrat states were using wiretapping laws from the 1930’s to prohibit public photography and particularly public videography of police in public areas. Numerous Federal and state court decisions have since made clear that public photography and videography are 1st Amendment protected activities.
Law enforcement officers and agencies that think otherwise will correctly be made to pay penalties for violations of civil rights and in some cases they will also face criminal charges. As they should.
“At what point could it be considered stalking?”
If I go to a sidewalk near a police station or even a residential neighborhood and spend an hour video recording whatever I see that is not stalking.
If I follow you around all day and video record you from public that still isn’t stalking but a case could be made for harassment. Unless you’re newsworthy.
Stalking requires a few more elements than just public photography. There’s usually an element of threat involved and not just to your career but to your person.