Re: Court says cops can't yank video: 'Baby cam'catchesarrest on tape

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 2/21/06, Gary Funck <gary () intrepid com> wrote:

> I'm in the uncomfortable position of defending an action that I don't
> fully support.  That said, I don't think the statute said that you
> can't tape the arrest ... they said that you can't "take the tape
> public", providing that you knew "it was intentionally recorded".
> Whatever that means -- I think we'd need to read the actual statute
> to decipher that last bit.

But again, what is the legal cause for not being able to make it
public. For that matter, what's the point of video taping crimes or
cops if you don't take it public?

So, you tape some cops being bad guys and then have to hand the tape
over to the cops in hopes that they'll police themselves?

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