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First Circuit Panel Says There’s a Clear Constitutional Right To Openly Record Cops.

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lpast said:
Sorry but I have to laugh when I read this thread. Laugh at all the clueless mindless police haters.

There are thousands upon thousands of police officers on duty at any minute of any day anywhere. Police Officer deaths have been rising dramatically...Officer deaths increased 37% in 2010 are increasing over that so far this year.
Im going to cut this short because to be honest...cops dont care if you like them or not...the hugs they get from the people they help and save and their loved ones more than comepensates for the police bashers that see the miniscule amount of police actions gone wrong in the media.
A large city precinct can have hundreds of calls an hour every day of the week...they get no thanks for the lionshare of those events, many of which threaten their well being, and cop haters want to make big hay over the one incident that finally hits the papers.....shrug, we dont care.
If the day ever comes that YOU or yours really really need a cop and you call...and they dont come...video that.
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I'm a big supporter of law enforcement. There has been quite a few cases like this lately. Not even groups I support can be allowed to ignore our Constitutional rights.
 
Re: First Circuit Panel Says There’s a Clear Constitutional Right To Openly Record Co

lpast said:
The intent of videotaping police officers is not because you feel the love for them..lol..please man ive been around too long....
Too many times the person taking the video conveniently doesnt video THE ENTIRE INCIDENT..and thats why so many of these taping resulit in no disciplinary or charges whatsover.....
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Nor should they in that case. We really haven't discussed this part of the equation IMO. The discussion is around the idea that the police can't hassle, arrest or confine you for filming their actions in the vast majority of cases.
 
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Dittohead not! said:
Cop haters? Is that what people are who have written posts in favor of the continued legality of videoing cops doing their jobs?

If they are really protecting the public, then they should applaud videos of them doing their duty. They should be happy when a video of them rescuing an elderly woman from a potential mugger goes viral on U Tube.

Why would the police have any more expectation of privacy while on public streets than any of the rest of us have?
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Absolutely. A recording can protect an officer as well as condemn.
 
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