Police limits on taking photo's in DC; can we hear an opposing view?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Gerry Faulhaber <gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com>
> Date: July 27, 2010 9:58:57 AM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Police limits on taking photo's in DC; can we hear an opposing view?

> If there are any IPers in law enforcement, perhaps they could offer a comment regarding the rationale for banning 
> video/audio recording of police contacts with citizens.  Other than the obvious CYA rationale, it is difficult for me 
> (and I am LEO-friendly) to see why this makes any sense.  But I'm willing to be instructed.
>  
> Any LEOs out there who could enlighten us?
>  
> Professor Emeritus Gerald Faulhaber
> Business and Public Policy Dept.
> Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
> Professor Emeritus, Penn Law
>
> From: Dave Farber
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:50 AM
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] re Police limits on taking photo's in DC
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> > From: Labmanager <labmanager () gmail com>
> > Date: July 26, 2010 9:04:30 PM EDT
> > To: dave () farber net, plevy () citizen org
> > Subject: Re: [IP] Police limits on taking photo's in DC
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> > This isn't a trivial issue.  A Maryland motorcyclist is facing 16 years in jail for video taping a police officer 
> > with his helmet camera during a traffic stop.  When he posted the video on Youtube.com, they raided his home, 
> > confiscated this camera, computer and arrested him.  
> >
> > http://abcnews.go.com/US/TheLaw/videotaping-cops-arrest/story?id=11179076
> >
> > "That Anthony Graber broke the law in early March is indisputable. He raced his Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95 
> > in Maryland at 80 mph, popping a wheelie, roaring past cars and swerving across traffic lanes.  Anthony Graber was 
> > arrested for posting a video of his traffic stop on YouTube.
> >
> > But it wasn't his daredevil stunt that has the 25-year-old staff sergeant for the Maryland Air National Guard facing 
> > the possibility of 16 years in prison. For that, he was issued a speeding ticket. It was the video that Graber 
> > posted on YouTube one week later -- taken with his helmet camera -- of a plainclothes state trooper cutting him off 
> > and drawing a gun during the traffic stop near Baltimore.
> >
> > In early April, state police officers raided Graber's parents' home in Abingdon, Md. They confiscated his camera, 
> > computers and external hard drives. Graber was indicted for allegedly violating state wiretap laws by recording the 
> > trooper without his consent."
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> >
> > Jerry
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> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
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> > Begin forwarded message:
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> > > From: Paul Levy <plevy () citizen org>
> > > Date: July 26, 2010 7:52:57 AM EDT
> > > To: dave () farber net
> > > Subject: Police limits on taking photo's in DC
> >
> > > The Washington Post carries a story this morning about the tendency of many police officers to interfere with 
> > > people taking photographs of buildings and police operations in DC on vague claims of security or in one hilarious 
> > > case, by citing the entire criminal code as authority.
> > >  
> > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072502795.html?hpid=moreheadlines
> > >  
> > > Reminds me of my travels through the Soviet Union in the early1980's.
> > >  
> > > Paul Alan Levy
> > > Public Citizen Litigation Group
> > > 1600 - 20th Street, N.W.
> > > Washington, D.C. 20009
> > > (202) 588-1000
> > > http://www.citizen.org/litigation
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