[SeaHawkFan]

It should be accepted law in all the United States, that video/audio recording of public officials involved in their public duties is always legal.

It is.

[marktwain]

I would like to believe so, but I recall an incident in California, where police were audio taped during a traffic stop. When the people who were stopped went to the station to complain about the police behavior (the tape showed the police to be lying), they were arrested for “violating the officer's privacy rights”.

California is one of the few states that requires all parties to a conversation to give consent before the taping is considered legal, or so I understand.

[BansheeBill]

Similar things have happened in Massachusetts.
http://thephoenix.com/boston/News/56680-Echoes-of-Rodney-King/