Slashdot | Recording Police Misconduct is Illegal

[Declan McCullagh]

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 at lne.com [mailto:owner-cypherpunks at lne.com]On
> > > Behalf Of Jim Choate
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 6:47 PM
> > > To: cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com; hell at einstein.ssz.com
> > > Subject: Slashdot | Recording Police Misconduct is Illegal
> > > 
> > > 
> > > http://slashdot.org/articles/01/07/14/0834224.shtml