One of the things that popped into my head when I read the “it’s against the law to tape a person without their prior permission” was does the Baltimore police or any Maryland troopers or county Sheriff’s use dash cams in their police cars with the officer mic’d and recording audio? I wonder if any episode of Cops was taped in Maryland?
It would seem to me that dash cams in police cruisers with their ‘recording’ of the audio of the person stopped and not telling them that they are being recorded would be a violation of the state law.
Ooooops... crazy me. For a second there I forgot that the law doesn’t apply to any of them. Only when it’s done for a conservative effort does it violate the law.
All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.
If they did prosecute and get a conviction on this it would be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court on 1st Amendment grounds. The public has a right to know how Government funded organizations behave.
If you put a search in google for Baltimore sting, you will get a few links to stings by law enforcement.