I'm only catching up on this conversation now, but coincidentally, I asked the Feds during a "press conference" at Defcon what they'd think about such a project. The federal agents who showed up were anything but receptive at my suggestion that all interviews and correspondence be recorded via videocam etc. and released after the trial was over, at the latest. Hah. -Declan On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 11:13:07PM -0400, Greg Newby wrote:
I followed a link in the /. thread to http://policeabuse.com , highly recommended. They track episodes of police abuse, and do some quality-control on the procedures police departments to handle (or avoid) complaints.
They contend that taping police (video and/or audio) is legal in most states, in most circumstances. An alleged lawyer posted to the /. discussion, saying the Mass. story the thread is about was actually narrower than simply "recording police is illegal."
This is a good opportunity to urge cp's who haven't yet, to read David Brin's "Transparent Society." It's pie in the sky, but essentially advocates having cameras everywhere, so that anyone anywhere can tap into a video feed.
-- Greg
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 07:16:36PM -0500, Aimee Farr wrote:
Sorry Choate, didn't catch your "analysis" in time. ;)
Your subj line is descriptive, but somewhat misleading.
~Aimee
-----Original Message----- From: owner-cypherpunks@lne.com [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@lne.com]On Behalf Of Jim Choate Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 6:47 PM To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com; hell@einstein.ssz.com Subject: Slashdot | Recording Police Misconduct is Illegal