The beginning of martial law.
How come it is not legal for you to video them, but it is legal for them to video you?
And why are they frightened if they are performing their job correctly.
How come it is not legal for you to video them, but it is legal for them to video you?
And why are they frightened if they are performing their job correctly.
Don't worry though, after you get your phone taken, hand cuffed, throw in jail, and strip searched, you'll get released. No big deal.
Now, if the officer is interviewing a domestic abuse victim on the sidewalk, and a bystander wants to record it, that's not valid, nor if an officer is meeting with a confidential informant.
But oddly enough, we never see cases like that, it's always being done by some officer who thinks he's freaking Judge Dredd.
if the Uniformed Officer is standing in a 'Public' Space ... anyone should be allowed to record the interaction , if a detective wants to meet a CI in a back alley, he is probably not going to be getting random people stopping and recording ...
and he Police want to do their thing with no one questioning them .... I am COP OBEY ...
Anyone IS allowed to film/record. There is NO expectation of privacy in public. If you can see it with your eyes, you can film it.
Agreed, but do keep in mind, while some places like CA have codified a citizens right to record
Isn't the right to record codified in the 1st Amendment? We are all citizen journalists. We are all media. We are all press.
I mean I am glad that states are taking an active role in amplifying these rights that exist. The issue I take is that these rights are not conferred to us by government, but of course by God, our Creator. They exist by virtue of our humanity, not by virtue of a government who gives them to us. My fear is that if we as citizens keep relying on government to pass laws like this we will forget where these rights come from in the first place and become too reliant on government as the source of our rights.
Isn't the right to record codified in the 1st Amendment? We are all citizen journalists. We are all media. We are all press.
Isn't the right to record codified in the 1st Amendment? We are all citizen journalists. We are all media. We are all press.
I mean I am glad that states are taking an active role in amplifying these rights that exist. The issue I take is that these rights are not conferred to us by government, but of course by God, our Creator. They exist by virtue of our humanity, not by virtue of a government who gives them to us. My fear is that if we as citizens keep relying on government to pass laws like this we will forget where these rights come from in the first place and become too reliant on government as the source of our rights.
It's not the video recording that gets one in trouble in Maryland but the audio recording. You can't surreptitiously record a person as Maryland is a two party consent state. You can't record with one party consent without certain codified exceptions. There is no difference between the media and citizens anytime when it comes to public information.
It's not the video recording that gets one in trouble in Maryland but the audio recording. You can't surreptitiously record a person as Maryland is a two party consent state. You can't record with one party consent without certain codified exceptions. There is no difference between the media and citizens anytime when it comes to public information.
Agreed, but do keep in mind, while some places like CA have codified a citizens right to record barring interference with the officers, a lot of places have not. MD and FL, for instance, while there has been guidance issued by the AG, but that is not law, just the AGs guidance on what they will or will not prosecute. Small department like down here, the SA says dont do it, you can feel pretty sure it's not going to happen. Baltimore or MSP? Maybe not so much.
That does not bar, as you saw in the OP, an officer going after you for this, knowing full well it will never go to trial, just doing it to harass and make the point that recording officers might net you a night in jail