Jump to content

Supreme Court Inaction Boosts Right To Record Police Officers


Recommended Posts

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Courtdeclined to review a decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocking the enforcement of an Illinois eavesdropping law. The broadly written law -- the most stringent in the country -- makes it a felony to make an audio recording of someone without their permission, punishable by four to 15 years in prison.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/supreme-court-recording-police_n_2201016.html

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yahoo!! This is what public accountability is all about. Civilian control of the police and police accountability for their actions. I feel much better today about our future.

 

Every encounter with police that results in an arrest or fine should be recorded. I can't believe that anyone (other than the police) would even consider that such an activity would be illegal. The police should be required to wear cameras in order to record their interactions with citizens, and the cameras should be able to be activated by the citizen - in other words not controlled by the police.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...