Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police

Re:Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police by buzzblog on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @08:54AM (#1531874)

These prosecutions aren't just wrong, they're un-American. How police and prosecutors sworn to uphold the law can abuse it to this extent boggles the mind.

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Re:Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police by politicalist on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @09:20AM (#1531949)

The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world, so it unfortunately looks very American. (If "American" refers to the US alone.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rat...

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Re:Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police by stcredzero on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @09:41AM (#1532004)

Indeed. The US laws at various levels are riddled with outdated laws, some centuries old, which can often be conservative enough to do the Taliban proud. At their discretion, the police can decide to enforce one of these on you, which gives them arbitrary power to oppress anyone who pisses them off enough.

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Re:Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police by arethuza on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @10:03AM (#1532068)

Good grief - that's almost 1%. I thought the UK rate was rather high but that's about five times more!

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