The only thing this has to do with is upper level police officials putting pressure on political candidates to protect their own ass. The Police in Maryland have a LONG history of pulling the gloves off and going overboard, doing this helps them prevent actual evidence to be shown.
It's against the Supreme Court Ruling that there is 0 promise of privacy for anything done in public space.
The dashboard cameras routinely have "corrupted disks/tapes" whenever the evidence would point to police corruption/abuses, yet work 100% of the time in court cases for any non-police offender.
It's BS, and if I was this guy I'd turn to the ACLU and take it all the way to the Supreme Court.
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I agree with B_G that putting it on YouTube may be what takes it over the line. A local newspaper may, by law, publish a list of Registered Sex Offenders (probably in the lower corner of page 37) without violating their privacy. Is putting those same names (a matter of public record) on a roadside billboard in letters 4-feet high also a non-violation?
Does privacy come in degrees, like murder charges? Or is it an all or nothing matter?
Will we go from trial by judge or jury to trial by YouTube?
How about trial by the mob in the coliseum?
I would not dispute the right of the motorcyclist to record this "transaction." I think that publishing it on YouTube takes it over the line.
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If you take pictures of an individual in a private setting, you need written permission to publish said picture.
If you take pictures of an individual on the street, you do not need any permission whatsoever.
If you record a conversation over the phone or in a private space, you must get written consent prior to.
If you record a conversation in a park or public space, you do not need any permission whatsoever.
The Supreme Court ruled that there is 0 promise of privacy in public settings. That's why the malls/casinos/schools/hotels/hospitals/etc do not need your permission... ever. There is 0 promise so anything you do can be videotaped, this cop should have even less promise as he's a public servant.
Releasing it over YouTube is the only sometimes to fight back. While I hate Rodney King, a bad person with a LONG list of arrests/prison/etc, without videotape no one would have ever heard of it... and beating unarmed people would still be a relatively common occurrence. If they are actually good cops, they shouldn't oppose these things as it'd help weed out the dipshit ones.