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~~FYI~~ States it is ILLEGAL to film police in
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The Freeman has an interesting look into various states’ efforts to make illegal the recording of police activity. In Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maryland, wiretapping and eavesdropping laws have been used to prosecute individuals who have recorded police activity in a public location.
In one example case, motorcyclist Anthony John Graber III was stopped for reckless driving. A plain-clothes police officer stopped him, jumped out of his car waving a gun and screaming, and issued a ticket. Graber had a video camera mounted in his motorcycle helmet; he posted video of the encounter to youtube. Ten days after the police encounter, after police found the video on youtube, Graber was arrested and charged under felony wiretapping laws, which could result in up to 5 years jail time
[link to www.dvafoto.com]
I was driving to work this am, and saw a motorist filming a stopped car in Maryland. Just thought I'd look it up on line. I thought it was PERFECTLY LEGAL to film the police in public. Well, it's NOT legal in my state. It's a freekin FELONY!
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