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i agree with seaver as well. i was thinking about philadelphia's finest and their long and glorious history of beating the shit out of people and also beating the shit out of people who document them beating the shit out of people. so yeah, this is a tactical move by the maryland state police aimed at preventing real evidence of real problems from ending up on youtube.
and no, i don't think there's a presumption of privacy in a situation where a cop is acting in his official capacity as a cop, even one who's off duty seemingly and doing a bit of rambo action. i think rather the contrary--that the police in their official capacities should be subject to maximum public scrutiny to keep them in line.
but off duty and not acting in their official capacities, police officers become regular folk with day jobs and i'd expect the presumptions would be different. in other words, i wouldn't be cool with broadcasting footage of cops hanging out at a barbeque.
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