I think a lot of people here are missing the most outrageous part of all of this... this is not about wiretapping laws or obstruction.
1-party/2-party wiretapping laws pertain to voice recording, not video. But that's not my point.
Recently, many states, MA & CT included, have passed NEW laws that make it a crime to video a on-duty police officer or government official.
People have been charged with this already, and now a lawyer who was charged with this (in either MA or CT, I forget which) has vowed to challenge it all the way up.
It is complete BS.
Nobody else in an open, public space has an expectation of privacy, but cops do. Um, ok. That makes sense.
These laws will get struck down. Guaranteed.
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New Laws
1-party/2-party wiretapping laws pertain to voice recording, not video. But that's not my point.
Recently, many states, MA & CT included, have passed NEW laws that make it a crime to video a on-duty police officer or government official.
People have been charged with this already, and now a lawyer who was charged with this (in either MA or CT, I forget which) has vowed to challenge it all the way up.
It is complete BS.
Nobody else in an open, public space has an expectation of privacy, but cops do. Um, ok. That makes sense.
These laws will get struck down. Guaranteed.
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