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A U.S. Congressman has introduced a resolution that would protect citizens who videotape cops in public from getting arrested on state wiretapping charges. Edolphus Towns, a Democrat from New York, introduced the resolution on Thursday, the same day USA Today wrote a scathing editorial denouncing these types of arrests.
These types of arrests have become an epidemic throughout the country as more people are carrying some type of video-recording device on them at all times.
But the case that has gained the most national attention has been the arrest of Anthony Graber, a National Guardsman who is facing 16 years in prison because he uploaded a video of a Maryland State Trooper pulling a gun on him during a traffic stop.
More... http://carlosmiller.com/2010/07/16/...-bill-to-protect-citizens-who-videotape-cops/[url]http://carlosmiller.com/2010/07/16/breaking-news-congressman-introduces-bill-to-protect-citizens-who-videotape-cops/[/URL]
These types of arrests have become an epidemic throughout the country as more people are carrying some type of video-recording device on them at all times.
But the case that has gained the most national attention has been the arrest of Anthony Graber, a National Guardsman who is facing 16 years in prison because he uploaded a video of a Maryland State Trooper pulling a gun on him during a traffic stop.
More... http://carlosmiller.com/2010/07/16/...-bill-to-protect-citizens-who-videotape-cops/[url]http://carlosmiller.com/2010/07/16/breaking-news-congressman-introduces-bill-to-protect-citizens-who-videotape-cops/[/URL]