Proposed law to make it legal to photograph the police

[FluffyMcDeath]

Edolphus Towns D. NY has introduced a resolution that would ensure the public the right to film the police.

This is a response to the recent spate of arrests for doing exactly that - filming the police in public places while they were doing their duty (and contentiously, things that they shouldn't have been doing). Of course, this will probably come down to an argument over states rights if it even manages to get anywhere.

Of course, the best recourse is for juries to realize that they don't have to find defendants guilty just because the judge instructs them to or because they defendant broke the law. If every case of "wire tap" against police officers was dismissed by juries it would be more effective than any bill in congress.

 

[cecilia]

frankly, taking pictures of people committing crimes and publishing it on the web is the ONLY real journalism american's can have these days

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

The picture thing comes up in this list! It's worth a quick look as some of it may be surprising. There were a few in there that I hadn't heard of yet.

6 Completely Legal Ways The Cops Can Screw You

 

[Glaucus]

Of course, the best recourse is for juries to realize that they don't have to find defendants guilty just because the judge instructs them to or because they defendant broke the law. If every case of "wire tap" against police officers was dismissed by juries it would be more effective than any bill in congress.

Unfortunately people who think this way are weeded out of the jury selection process early on.

I hope the proposed law succeeds.

 

[metalman]

Police should have no expectation of privacy. They certainly don’t recognize any such privacy of the rest of us.


Photography is Not a Crime