Man Faces Life In Jail For Recording Police

[anthony_semone]

that case won't go two feet, and I'm sure this person's attorney will have learned about this holding in no time flat, assuming he/she is doing their job.

http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2011/victory-recording-public

 

[Roger Hicks]

Police face life on dole for bringing bound-to-fail case...

Cheers,

R.

 

[BillBingham2]

And yet I still get questions about why I took my family and moved out of that state of .........special laws and elected officials!

Little steps, it started with little steps.

B2

 

[anthony_semone]

And yet I still get questions about why I took my family and moved out of that state of .........special laws and elected officials!

Little steps, it started with little steps.

B2

+1 Bill; all we have to do is look at the current crop of politicos. 😀

 

[seanathan]

+1 Bill; all we have to do is look at the current crop of politicos. 😀

You're telling me. Moving to New Orleans in a month. 😀😀😀

 

[majid]

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit just ruled that filming the police is a "self-evident" First Amendment right:
http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2011/victory-recording-public
Now Illinois is not in the First Circuit, but it is hard to see how the courts would rule otherwise.
The problem is that the poor guy's life was made a living hell, and the responsible parties will almost certainly evade any accountability for their actions.

 

[lynnb]

more interesting background:
http://www.alternet.org/story/15180..._defense_against_police_brutality?page=entire