Growing number of prosecutions for videotaping the police.

[Os Cangaceiros]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/TheLaw/videotaping-cops-arrest/story?id=11179076&page=1

Land of the free!

[Adi Shankara]

so wait--why would it be a crime to record the police if the only thing they do is a non-racist, non-abusive good job? shouldn't the police be welcoming the videotaping, since they have such a stellar human rights record? :rolleyes:

[Rusty Shackleford]

fucking a. i was at a counter-demo in walnut creek(bay area) and the cops had at least 6 cameras all on the crowd. no one was arrested but everyone was on film.

oh, and i counted at least 6 grenade launchers(tear gas) the cops had when there were only roughly 300 counter demonstrators. in a very small place. overkill if you ask me