Recording a Police Officer Could Get You 15 Years in Jail

with the history Illinois has...(Chicago)....I'm not surprised.

Oh, I see it's ok for them to record us with their dashboard cameras, but we can't record them to protect ourselves from corrupt cops. Also fifteen years seems a little excessive to me.

Well it sounds like something Illinois would do, just look at what Blagoyavich (sorry if I spelled it wrong) did with Obamas senate seat.

Hate to point it out, but this is in no way isolated to Illinois. Sadly such "laws" have long been cropping up all across the country, either officially or more often unofficially - as in when the nice officer notices filming occurring your camera (if you're lucky only your camera) ends up being seized or damaged.

This is an absurd position to take. It hardly seems much removed from not permitting witnesses to testify at all in such cases.

Where is the line drawn? Are citizens or bystanders permitted to take written notes during encounters with law enforcement? Are we permitted in court to demand nearby security-camera video which may have incidentally captured events? What about TV, radio, print reporters who happen to be on the scene? Do they have to turn their recording equipment off?

I understand that the state attorney general of the People's Republic of Virginia is trying to put this in effect in Virgina. Gotta make sure we control the rif-raft (once proud citizens). How about bringing the rubber hose and back room back?

Now how about a law to supress media coverage without official permission? Corrupt official exposed? Send the reporter who breaks the story to jail! Officialdom rules!