For daring to record what police were doing. After all if video evidence of interactions with police was common, the police couold no longer routinely lie to get convictions and will have to stick to the truth - a major blow to law enforcement and government in general.
I understand what you are saying, but the law(s) was/were not originally created to stop people from recording LEOs. Most cases prosecuted don’t even involve any government actor. I’m just trying to understand the mindset of those in State legislatures who decided recording someone without their knowledge and consent rises to the level of a criminal tort which must be punished with(or up to) a lengthy prison sentence. It just doesn’t make any sense to me. Seems like a clear civil case or tort to me.