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Taping a Cop Making an Arrest is a Felony

By Lawrence Taylor

I think the following news story speaks for itself: ACLU Challenges Illinois Eavesdropping Act Lawsuit cites cases of people charged with breaking the law for making audio recordings of police in action Chicago, IL.  Aug. 18 – It’s not unusual or illegal for police officers to flip on a camera as they get out of their squad car to talk to a driver they’ve pulled over.  But in Illinois, a civilian trying to make an audio recording of police in action is breaking the law. "It’s an unfair and destructive double standard," said Adam Schwartz, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.   On Wednesday, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago challenging the Illinois Eavesdropping Act, which makes it criminal to record not only private but also public conversations made without consent of all parties...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on August 30, 2010 (boomark / email).