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Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police
abc ^ | 7/19/10 | RAY SANCHEZ

Posted on 07/19/2010 4:56:18 PM PDT by Nachum

Prosecutions Draw Attention to Influence of Witness Videos

That Anthony Graber broke the law in early March is indisputable. He raced his Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95 in Maryland at 80 mph, popping a wheelie, roaring past cars and swerving across traffic lanes.

But it wasn't his daredevil stunt that has the 25-year-old staff sergeant for the Maryland Air National Guard facing the possibility of 16 years in prison. For that, he was issued a speeding ticket. It was the video that Graber posted on YouTube one week later -- taken with his helmet camera -- of a plainclothes state trooper cutting him off and drawing a gun during the traffic stop near Baltimore.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; growing; lping; number; policestate; prosecutions; videotaping
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To: The Bronze Titan
'I say let all video and audio recordings "

Goodbye bathwater, goodbye baby. So, you wouldn't have any problems if at your parent-teacher conferences about one of your children, the teacher surreptitiously records that conversation, and posts it on YouTube?

I can think of hundreds of reasons why what you suggest is a bad idea. I think the standard, "reasonable expectation of privacy" is a sound standard. The problem is it's not be enforced. The threshold were a cop loses his expectation of privacy should be low - perhaps not non-existent, but very low.

21 posted on 07/19/2010 5:31:27 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: jwparkerjr
"IMHO, there is absolutely NO good reason to make the video taping of officers doing their job."

Nailed it!!!!

Couldn't agree more!!!!

WTF did you say????

22 posted on 07/19/2010 5:37:00 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allerious; ...



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23 posted on 07/19/2010 6:09:50 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: All

and yet it is legal for police to video and wiretap the back seats of their cars.

it is legal to video their own actions themselves.

Police have no expectation of privacy when in uniform. this is why they have appearance and conduct rules.


24 posted on 07/19/2010 6:12:07 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Nachum
How in the hell are you going to punish someone for recording the light reflected from an adult in a public area?
25 posted on 07/19/2010 6:28:47 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: 83Vet4Life

The ACLU is against the butchering of children for meat...

o__o


26 posted on 07/19/2010 7:52:52 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: 83Vet4Life

Even a blind mouse can find some cheese on occasion. I am ALL for recording EVERY encounter with cops!


27 posted on 07/20/2010 5:09:35 AM PDT by dcwusmc (A FREE People have no sovereign save Almighty GOD!!! III OK We are EVERYWHERE)
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To: metalcor
It should not only be legal, it should be required that officers themselves record every official act involving members of the public.

Nah, it's better if they mind their own business and let us do it if we want to. When they're in charge of the taping, the tape only appears when it supports their version of events. If it's bad for them, there are "technical difficulties".

28 posted on 07/20/2010 7:25:40 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Nachum

So cops call ahead and have the 7-11 turn off the camera if they want to stop for a donut?


29 posted on 07/20/2010 7:26:30 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: diogenes ghost
Well, what I MEANT to say and what I ACTUALLY said are, as is frequently the case when I fail to carefully proof my post, is there is NO good reason to PROHIBIT the taking of officers doing their job! Geesh. Seems like I'd learn.
30 posted on 07/20/2010 9:14:40 AM PDT by jwparkerjr
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To: 83Vet4Life
"If the ACLU is for videotaping police, I’m against it."

...because you are incapable of independent thought?

31 posted on 07/20/2010 1:02:07 PM PDT by monday
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To: jwparkerjr
"... is there is NO good reason to PROHIBIT the taking of officers doing their job!"

lol, huh?

32 posted on 07/20/2010 1:09:50 PM PDT by monday
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To: monday

I will type REAL SLOW this time and try to get it correct!

There is no good reason to prohibit the taking of pictures of officers doing there job. There, I think that’s right. Boy am I having a tough day!

Thanks!


33 posted on 07/20/2010 1:41:45 PM PDT by jwparkerjr
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To: monday

I will type REAL SLOW this time and try to get it correct!

There is no good reason to prohibit the taking of pictures of officers doing there job. There, I think that’s right. Boy am I having a tough day!

Thanks!


34 posted on 07/20/2010 1:42:00 PM PDT by jwparkerjr
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To: Nachum

If the cop is in a public space, he’s subject to be videotaped. Period. The first amendment applies to ALL people. If he wants privacy, he should stay home.


35 posted on 07/20/2010 3:02:30 PM PDT by meyer (Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
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To: jwparkerjr
"Well, what I meant......there is NO good reason to PROHIBIT the taking of officers...."

Taking them where?

36 posted on 07/20/2010 3:21:52 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: diogenes ghost

Stop it! Leave me alone! Mamma, they’re picking on me! And to make matters worse, I used the wrong there there. This reminds me of my years at a major daily newspaper. The copy editor was the bane of my existence. My writing was limited to captioning the photos I had taken, but they could always find something to pick on. Much of it was in good jest, but they can be picky, picky, picky. There was one in particular that lived to edit my work. Thanks!


37 posted on 07/20/2010 3:39:19 PM PDT by jwparkerjr
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To: Nachum

So, NOW we know why the Las Vegas Costco won’t release the videos.

/S


38 posted on 07/20/2010 3:41:34 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
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