Posted on 08/31/2011 10:16:48 AM PDT by flowerplough
The felony charge against Tiawanda Moor has finally reached a courtroom.
Moore faces up to 15 years in prison for recording her attempt to report a Chicago cop who she says sexually assaulted her. Moore says she recorded the conversation because she felt Internal Affairs officers were pressuring her not to file a complaint. The Tribune article focuses on whether or not that claim is true. Which really misses the point.
States Attorney Anita Alvarez ought to be tossed on her tuckus for bringing this case in the first place. In a city with a long history of police abuse and corruption, where we only recently learned that for two decades people were tortured in police stations while Chicago police supervisors, prosecutors, and politicians looked the other way, its an absolute outrage that Alvarez would prosecute a woman for trying to protect herself while trying to file a complaint. And shame on the Illinois legislature for not having the courage to repeal this ugly, blatantly unconstitutional law."
So let me get this straight. A woman is allegedly sexually assaulted by a police officer. Worried that the police might be corrupt cant imagine why said woman records her conversation with internal affairs. The state attorney then proceeds with criminal charges because okay, I cant continue. My brain hurts. What is wrong with these people?
I hear this a lot from people who say we need to trade off civil liberties for security: If youve done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear (from cameras, domestic spying, DNA gathering from innocent people, the Patriot Act, etc.)...
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Where did you get it? How much?
$20-34 depending on capacity. Cheap, eh?
For just basic audio a lot of MP3 players have a record function, not usre how good the audio pickup is on them.
Only in original form. A edited video can lie convincingly.
That, of course is AN edited video...
Correct. And if the video they make corroberates your side of the events against a cop's story, you can bet the video will be "lost."
Thanks for the link. Great prices. Re: “I don’t live in one of those highly corrupt areas.” I don’t think you have to. All it takes is one corrupt cop. I bet you have at least one in your area! Even if most of the cops in your area are good people, one of the problems I have seen is that the police have a tendency to defend their own. When and if the truth comes out, they may backtrack some. But until it does, you can’t defend yourself against them because it is your word against theirs.
it is pretty awesome when it works...
but i was impressed with the audio quality too...
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i have three. just incase they find the one in my shorts.
Thanks for the review, would you mind giving a bit more extensive description of your experience with it?
“when it works” is hardly a resounding endorsement.
i needed a small camera for some lego competition work on the cheap as a volunteer... found this “pen” for about 75 bucks... bought three to surround the robotics course... charges in the usb port... i couldn’t get the data info off screen with the instructions they sent... but was impressed with the quality of the video for the cost and the audio...
as a throw away camera i enjoyed it... it is quite possible that it may not be accessible after the capture, but most of the time it is...
sorry i cannot be more helpful.
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