Supreme Court Says It's OK To Record Cops In Illinois en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:02:44 -0400 Michael Kelley jack nichols Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:28:03 -0500 watch them squeel like little pigs Ella Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:29:53 -0500 Record police red squads, too. They all drive the same color of car: Dark Red, like the color that is in EVERY car ad. They harass people, let's film them, every time you see one, take a picture, and keep it in a file, because the day will come, just as it did in NAZI Germany, to take down the Gestapo, and the Red Squads are the Gestapo. LowPage Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:19:59 -0500 This is unbelievable. Attempts being made on our rights are similar to rain drops against a cracked window. " is The New backpage Mr. Obvious Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:40:17 -0500 The state hates people who record police in public for the same reason it hates private firearm ownership - it ruptures the state's monopoly on information and force. When police are recorded in public, they can no longer make outrageous claims about a defendant's conduct or trump up charges beyond where the facts will allow them to go. They are caught conspiring with other police officers to entrap people or are caught assaulting innocent people on camera. Recording police is a paramount right not only because it's a core part of the 1st Amendment (no value to be able to a free press if the press cannot gather information to report) but also because it's an essential part of due process. Most juries and judges will auto convict people if they hear an officer's testimony, when they see an officer exposed as a liar on tape, they will do justice. Vafer Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:42:14 -0500 Kind of a duh decision. Any politician or govt official who supported this “anti-eavesdropping law” should be constantly reminded in the public eye of their position. Fascist-like ideas really.