New American gestapo emerges. Talk about scary. #policestate #scary
Should recording public servants, paid with state and federal taxes, at work be made illegal? That's what is occuring in three states -- including Massachussetts, the birthplace of the original Tea Party -- where it is now against the law to record police in the process of making an arrest -- seriously. Here's an interesting story from the perspective of what it means for journalists, but really what it means for the American people is concerning to me. Have we slipped this far?
The original story is from Gizmodo and very interesting.
Funny we haven't heard any Tea Party concern about this scary new trend. Also did anybody ever answer the question about where they were when rights of habeaus corpus were being suspended during the previous Federal administration? I can't believe three states have adopted this law and would be very concerned to see how the sitting U.S. Supreme Court handles this. Freaky...Where is Maine on this topic?
We have agreed to not film sensitive operations, upon request before, for the sake of safety but to make it a blanket of secrecy for police to operate under, including the prohibition of individuals recording themselves for defense purposes, is a gross miscarriage of the Constitution. I hope somebody challenges this soon and wins the rights of a free society back in these states.
