[Immerito]

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http://reason.com/blog/2011/08/24/concord-cop-threatens-camera-w

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Criminals of every stripe fear the impartial, incorruptible gaze of the camera.

[the invisib1e hand]

gawd save us from the lemonade stands!

[rabscuttle385]

A Concord man giving away lemonade at a farmer's market was threatened with wiretapping charges last Saturday when he refused to stop filming a police officer and a fellow vendor. Garret Ean didn't have a permit to sell lemonade, which drew the ire of the president of the Concord Farmer's Market. Ean filmed the confrontation, and continued to film when a Concord cop showed up and threatened to arrest him for wiretapping.

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[gaijin]

to ALL:

This is that same place where it turned out the cops were setting up husbands with ho’s who would encourage them to drink, and then get PULLED OVER FOR DUI.

And then end up losing custody in a divorce, and then getting taken to the cleaners.

I’m serious.

Also up the hill a cop was dealing drugs and busted massage parlors that were competing against the one HE WAS RUNNING..!!

[keat]

Rules are rules. Follow them or sell your lemonade somewhere else.

[AD from SpringBay]

When law enforcement wishes to infringe upon the privacy of a citizen they say, “If you are doing nothing wrong, you should not mind.” Why does this not apply to law enforcement, especially regarding something as innocuous as a lemonade stand? Photographing and videotaping in public settings are not crimes. Pray for the republic.

[neodad]

These number of these camera confrontations with cops and politicians continue to grow. Darkness fears the light of truth...

[Paladin2]

Is this Massholechussetts or NH?

[Paladin2]

Ahh, CA,

Nevermind.

[ThunderSleeps]

No reasonable expectation of privacy there. Keep filming...er...recording. Dang, starting to show my age...

[buccaneer81]

I'm 48. I've known cops all my life through friends, traffic stops and one arrest. I never felt I was a victim.

What is going on these days? Some act as though they're on commisssion.

[Vendome]

Stoopuhd Citizen...

[lowbridge]

bump

[tarotsailor]

Bad cops are making it a more dangerous job for the few good cops left. Somebody’s going to come out of a beatdown convinced there’s a war.