Comments on: Recording of Police can get you arrested? http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2010/01/13/recording-of-police-can-get-you-arrested/ Audentes Fortuna Juvat Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:29:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CmdrFenix http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2010/01/13/recording-of-police-can-get-you-arrested/comment-page-1/#comment-279 CmdrFenix Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:09:48 +0000 http://www.cmdrfenix.org/?p=458#comment-279 No I also agree 100%. Some of the encounters I have seen basically show a level of contempt for police. Should you be allowed to record them? Yes. Should you show respect and courteously at all times? Absolutely. Does that also mean you should know your rights and if asked to be searched or what not you should just submit? Absolutely. That is why I like the video. Bad acting. Good message. No I also agree 100%. Some of the encounters I have seen basically show a level of contempt for police. Should you be allowed to record them? Yes. Should you show respect and courteously at all times? Absolutely. Does that also mean you should know your rights and if asked to be searched or what not you should just submit? Absolutely. That is why I like the video. Bad acting. Good message.

]]> By: Tim http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2010/01/13/recording-of-police-can-get-you-arrested/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Tim Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:23:25 +0000 http://www.cmdrfenix.org/?p=458#comment-278 I couldn't agree more with what Chip said. The majority of these cases I've heard about (basically 100%) have all been people who frankly were looking for a problem. Does it mean that incorrect police get a free pass? No. But if you go out of your way to look for trouble, you'll probably find it .. and people who look for trouble with the police (or are so over paranoid as to create trouble where none would have otherwise existed) usually succeed in finding it. I couldn’t agree more with what Chip said. The majority of these cases I’ve heard about (basically 100%) have all been people who frankly were looking for a problem.

Does it mean that incorrect police get a free pass? No. But if you go out of your way to look for trouble, you’ll probably find it .. and people who look for trouble with the police (or are so over paranoid as to create trouble where none would have otherwise existed) usually succeed in finding it.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2010/01/13/recording-of-police-can-get-you-arrested/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Jeremy Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:11:14 +0000 http://www.cmdrfenix.org/?p=458#comment-277 The biggest problem with this is that they never prosecute people for "wiretapping" because the RSA states that the person being "wiretapped" must have a reasonable expectation that their communications are secure. If you tell someone you're recording them, then they no longer expect that they are having a secure conversation. There are NO cases of this being prosecuted. The police use this as an excuse to arrest people when they don't want to be recorded, then later drop the charge. It happens quite frequently among the freestaters that record their interactions with the police to protect themselve and the police, it's hard to charge someone that has proof that they didn't do something wrong. The biggest problem with this is that they never prosecute people for “wiretapping” because the RSA states that the person being “wiretapped” must have a reasonable expectation that their communications are secure. If you tell someone you’re recording them, then they no longer expect that they are having a secure conversation. There are NO cases of this being prosecuted. The police use this as an excuse to arrest people when they don’t want to be recorded, then later drop the charge. It happens quite frequently among the freestaters that record their interactions with the police to protect themselve and the police, it’s hard to charge someone that has proof that they didn’t do something wrong.

]]> By: Chip http://www.cmdrfenix.org/2010/01/13/recording-of-police-can-get-you-arrested/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Chip Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:26:25 +0000 http://www.cmdrfenix.org/?p=458#comment-276 A lot of the videos I've seen are of freestaters going out and basically trolling the police, which I think it really dumb and morally wrong. The police are out there doing their job, and if you want them to respect you, I suggest you respect them. Do unto others, etc. On the other hand, if the police are acting in an illegal manner, it should be within a citizen's right to gather evidence against him. This should be taken to a court of law though, not posted on the Internet. A lot of the videos I’ve seen are of freestaters going out and basically trolling the police, which I think it really dumb and morally wrong. The police are out there doing their job, and if you want them to respect you, I suggest you respect them. Do unto others, etc.

On the other hand, if the police are acting in an illegal manner, it should be within a citizen’s right to gather evidence against him. This should be taken to a court of law though, not posted on the Internet.

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