Massachusetts Man Files Lawsuit over Arrest for Recording, Deletion of Footage
George Thompson was shoved to the ground and arrested in January by a Massachusetts cop for the crime of standing on his porch and recording a police officer with his iPhone. The cops then deleted his...
View ArticleThe Media has been Lying to You: The Illinois Eavesdropping Bill Explained
Just when you thought it was safe to record cops in Illinois without spending more than a decade in prison, along comes a bill that is said to be as Draconian as the previous law, which was ruled...
View ArticleIllinois Cop Joins Misinformation Campaign Regarding State Wiretapping Law
It didn’t take for Illinois cops to start thinking they could start arresting people for recording them thanks to the onslaught of misinformation that went viral this week, convincing much of the...
View ArticleMassachusetts Woman Arrested for Wiretapping After Openly Recording Cop
A woman in Massachusetts was arrested on wiretapping charges after she openly recorded a cop, which once again shows cops are clueless about the laws they are supposed to enforce. After all, the...
View ArticleIllinois Cop Claims It’s “Now Illegal to Record” Cops After Caught Sleeping...
An Illinois cop told a man it was “now illegal to record a police officer in public” after the man claimed he had caught him sleeping in his car on Friday. It is not illegal to record cops in Illinois,...
View ArticleLAPD Caught on Video Shooting Unarmed Homeless Man to Death While Holding Him...
An LAPD cop shot and killed a homeless man on Los Angeles’ Skid Row earlier today as other officers held him facedown on the sidewalk, sparking outrage from dozens of witnesses, calling the cop who...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Man Beats Wiretapping Charges After Recording Cops Who Raided...
Despite coming up with a novel argument to justify wiretapping charges against Alfredo Valentin, the New Hampshire man arrested in March for recording police as they searched his home, prosecutors were...
View ArticleLouisiana Arrest of Man Recording Sheriff Leads to Wider Spy Scandal...
Newell Normand, Sheriff of Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish, enjoys talking politics most mornings with his breakfast club of cronies at the Royal Blend Coffee shop in beautiful historic Metairie. But...
View ArticleControversial Conservative Group Sues to Overturn...
The Project Veritas Action Fund, a conservative nonprofit known for releasing undercover videos, filed a federal lawsuit last Friday seeking to overturn aspects of the Massachusetts wiretapping law,...
View ArticleMassachusetts Wiretapping Law Targeted by ACLU Lawsuit, The Second Such Suit...
The Massachusetts wiretapping law makes it a felony to surreptitiously audio record anyone — even police officers and other government employees, and even when in a public place. But a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleHomestead PD Still Doesn’t Know Photography Is Not A Crime
Homestead Police Department (HPD), in South Florida, has myriad problems respecting the First Amendment. I went to HPD this week to serve some officers in a civil rights suit, the story was covered...
View ArticleMiami-Dade Prosecutor Loses Landmark Right To Record Case In Federal Court
A Florida man won the right to surreptitiously record police officers while making internal affairs complaints without the threat of prosecution when he defeated the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office...
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