Abuse of Law
July 20, 2010 – 8:33 amThis headline,”Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police“, should concern liberty loving Americans. Executed most frequently as “wiretapping” crimes it is abused by police and state attorneys to prevent free citizens from being able to watch and report on those vested with enormous authority. Protecting individual citizens’ privacy I’m all for. Those paid by the citizens, vested with the power of life, death and taking liberty should be subject to every form of monitoring that doesn’t directly expose an investigation.
What do you think?
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One Response to “Abuse of Law”
You beat me to the punch on this one! I was also going to write about this. Thanks for highlighting a disturbing trend. I phoned my state rep., Rick Jones, who just authored a bill to compel cities to follow state speed limit guidance (i.e., no more ‘speed traps’) and asked if there could be a legislative remedy here in Michigan. I’ll update as information on that becomes available.
By ssgconway on Jul 24, 2010