Illinois just made it a felony to record police

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December 10, 2014 at 6:51 am #13551

nittany ram
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http://thefreethoughtproject.com/illinois-felony-citizens-record-police-media-silent/

December 10, 2014 at 10:41 pm #13589

Zooey
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I saw that this morning.

I just…I don’t know what to say.

Imagine.

How do you even…you know…cover your tracks on this? What possible motive for this can there be other than to prevent actual evidence of wrongdoing being levied against police action?

December 11, 2014 at 7:02 am #13612

wv
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I dont even have words.

And look at the vote count.
It wasn’t even close.

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December 11, 2014 at 8:20 am #13615

Winnbrad
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It sounds confusing. I can’t make sense of the “legalese”, but Snopes has an article on it.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/eavesdroppinglaw.asp

December 19, 2014 at 8:59 pm #14251

Mackeyser
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Yeah, based on the wording of the law, it’s still legal to record officers in the public discharge of their duties.

The problem is that folks on the Dem and Rep side of things in Illinois (can’t really say left and right there….) have had such an issue with corruption that it just reeks of everyone trying to enact legislation that makes it illegal to “catch them on tape” doing something illegal.

Which… won’t hold up in court.

That will get struck down, too.

It’s disgusting, but… it is what it is…

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