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Woman Faces 15 Years in Prison for Recording Police
Forbes ^ | 24 Aug | Kain

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.

State’s 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, it’s 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 – can’t imagine why – said woman records her conversation with internal affairs. The state attorney then proceeds with criminal charges because…okay, I can’t 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 you’ve 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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Cops seem to love recording you, but they often hate being recorded.
1 posted on 08/31/2011 10:16:52 AM PDT by flowerplough
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To: flowerplough

The hallmark of a police state. We are becoming a sugar coated version of the USSR.


2 posted on 08/31/2011 10:19:44 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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Did Tiawanda Moore vote for Daly and Emmanuel? If she did, she has reaped what she sowed.

Stop voting for 3rd world trash, and you might not have these problems.

3 posted on 08/31/2011 10:25:27 AM PDT by FlyVet
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To: flowerplough

“Those who would give up Essential Liberty
to purchase a little Temporary Safety,
deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

Attributed to Ben Franklin


4 posted on 08/31/2011 10:27:39 AM PDT by all the best
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To: flowerplough

Everyone should have the right to record every bit of audio and video that can be heard/seen within a 3ft invisible sphere around their own head.

Your memory already does this, so what is so different about doing it digitally?


5 posted on 08/31/2011 10:27:59 AM PDT by GraceG
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Did Tiawanda Moore vote for Daly and Emmanuel? If she did, she has reaped what she sowed.

This is not about HER. It's about you, me, everybody.

6 posted on 08/31/2011 10:33:30 AM PDT by Lady Lucky (Heavy the head that wears the tiara.)
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To: DesertRhino

>> The hallmark of a police state. ...

Watch the video from reason.tv - about halfway down the page:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/08/chicago-district-attorney-recording-bad-cops_n_872921.html


7 posted on 08/31/2011 10:34:52 AM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: flowerplough

“Cops seem to love recording you, but they often hate being recorded.”

You are 100% right about that.


8 posted on 08/31/2011 10:39:07 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: flowerplough

Typical.


9 posted on 08/31/2011 10:41:23 AM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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To: flowerplough

Honest cops have absolutely nothing to fear from being recorded.


10 posted on 08/31/2011 10:42:51 AM PDT by pallis
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To: flowerplough

People don’t have the right to defend themselves—that’s the socialist way.


11 posted on 08/31/2011 10:44:41 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
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People don’t have the right to defend themselves—that’s the socialist way.


12 posted on 08/31/2011 10:45:00 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Rabid democRATS and 0bama the dictator own it all now.)
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To: Lady Lucky

Steve Chabot republican rep tried the same tactic. This is not a republican or democrat problem but a govt vs everyone problem..


13 posted on 08/31/2011 10:46:30 AM PDT by GreaterSwiss
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To: flowerplough
I wonder if Tiawanda is any relationship to Spike Lee?

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14 posted on 08/31/2011 10:51:30 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
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Cops seem to love recording you, but they often hate being recorded.

Criminals hate witnesses.
15 posted on 08/31/2011 11:00:24 AM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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Your memory already does this, so what is so different about doing it digitally?

You can be called a liar, your memory can be questioned, you can be threatened into silence. A video camera has no agenda and records everything it sees without bias or fear.

If you can't impeach the credibility of witnesses against you, it's really hard to get away with criminal activity.
16 posted on 08/31/2011 11:04:46 AM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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“So let me get this straight. A woman is allegedly sexually assaulted by a police officer. Worried that the police might be corrupt – can’t imagine why – said woman records her conversation with internal affairs. The state attorney then proceeds with criminal charges because…okay, I can’t continue. My brain hurts. What is wrong with these people?”

Nothing is wrong. Their mentality is that of the Leviathan State, where government is the most important thing and the little people only exist to support government. This is what a relationship based on power as compared to principle eventually ends up looking like.


17 posted on 08/31/2011 11:12:17 AM PDT by theBuckwheat
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[ Your memory already does this, so what is so different about doing it digitally?

You can be called a liar, your memory can be questioned, you can be threatened into silence. A video camera has no agenda and records everything it sees without bias or fear.

If you can’t impeach the credibility of witnesses against you, it’s really hard to get away with criminal activity. ]

Nailed It!


18 posted on 08/31/2011 11:30:38 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: GraceG
Folks, this thing is cool, and not expensive:

And, yes, it's audio too.

19 posted on 08/31/2011 11:35:12 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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thumbs up


20 posted on 08/31/2011 11:38:35 AM PDT by advertising guy (if a politician from either party was to say hello to me, it should be law I can shoot em)
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