CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporting Police Brutality

Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by FJim on Sunday August 05, 2012 @05:41PM (#4342746)

According to the one other source I found, it wasn't the video which led to the charges.

He recorded a subsequent phone call with the police department without notifying them that the call was being recorded. According to Wikipedia, regarding the recording of telephone conversations, New Hampshire is an 'all parties consent' state, and seemingly by his own admission he broke this law. Thus the calls for jury nullification, to ignore a law which they find unjust.

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by gst on Sunday August 05, 2012 @06:03PM (#4342809)

So recording a phone call (without consent) is a reason for locking someone up for 21 years?

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Re:CopBlock.org Founder Faces 21 Years in Prison for Reporti... by droithomme on Sunday August 05, 2012 @08:03PM (#4343116)

Good question. Here is a complete transcript that I have typed up of the 24 second long phone call that is the controversial call in question. (source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEhFwI6IyMU)

Patrol Captain Office, can I help you?

Ah yes, I was calling to see if there was a comment about a video that is surfacing on line of Detective Murphy slamming a 17 year old child on top of a table.

Well, I haven't seen the video. Where is it?

It's on a web site called CopBlock.org.

OK, I'll take a look. (Click.)

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