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Posted on 07/19/2010 4:56:18 PM PDT by Nachum
Prosecutions Draw Attention to Influence of Witness Videos
That Anthony Graber broke the law in early March is indisputable. He raced his Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95 in Maryland at 80 mph, popping a wheelie, roaring past cars and swerving across traffic lanes.
But it wasn't his daredevil stunt that has the 25-year-old staff sergeant for the Maryland Air National Guard facing the possibility of 16 years in prison. For that, he was issued a speeding ticket. It was the video that Graber posted on YouTube one week later -- taken with his helmet camera -- of a plainclothes state trooper cutting him off and drawing a gun during the traffic stop near Baltimore.
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Goodbye bathwater, goodbye baby. So, you wouldn't have any problems if at your parent-teacher conferences about one of your children, the teacher surreptitiously records that conversation, and posts it on YouTube?
I can think of hundreds of reasons why what you suggest is a bad idea. I think the standard, "reasonable expectation of privacy" is a sound standard. The problem is it's not be enforced. The threshold were a cop loses his expectation of privacy should be low - perhaps not non-existent, but very low.
Nailed it!!!!
Couldn't agree more!!!!
WTF did you say????
and yet it is legal for police to video and wiretap the back seats of their cars.
it is legal to video their own actions themselves.
Police have no expectation of privacy when in uniform. this is why they have appearance and conduct rules.
The ACLU is against the butchering of children for meat...
o__o
Even a blind mouse can find some cheese on occasion. I am ALL for recording EVERY encounter with cops!
Nah, it's better if they mind their own business and let us do it if we want to. When they're in charge of the taping, the tape only appears when it supports their version of events. If it's bad for them, there are "technical difficulties".
So cops call ahead and have the 7-11 turn off the camera if they want to stop for a donut?
...because you are incapable of independent thought?
lol, huh?
I will type REAL SLOW this time and try to get it correct!
There is no good reason to prohibit the taking of pictures of officers doing there job. There, I think that’s right. Boy am I having a tough day!
Thanks!
I will type REAL SLOW this time and try to get it correct!
There is no good reason to prohibit the taking of pictures of officers doing there job. There, I think that’s right. Boy am I having a tough day!
Thanks!
If the cop is in a public space, he’s subject to be videotaped. Period. The first amendment applies to ALL people. If he wants privacy, he should stay home.
Taking them where?
Stop it! Leave me alone! Mamma, they’re picking on me! And to make matters worse, I used the wrong there there. This reminds me of my years at a major daily newspaper. The copy editor was the bane of my existence. My writing was limited to captioning the photos I had taken, but they could always find something to pick on. Much of it was in good jest, but they can be picky, picky, picky. There was one in particular that lived to edit my work. Thanks!
So, NOW we know why the Las Vegas Costco won’t release the videos.
/S
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