[Noisebridge-discuss] Arrests for taping police

[Sai Emrys]

http://carlosmiller.com/ has more of the same. Should be of concern to
most of you.

Is this something hackers could do something about short of getting
these states to change their laws?

One thing to note is that both the Maryland & Massachusetts
prosecutions seem to be crucially about covert *audio* recording.
Perhaps a cheap, small, video-only sousveillance unit plus a happy
"ironic" button that says "this interaction may be monitored or
recorded for quality assurance"? I don't really know the tech here.

- Sai

References (omitting secondary sources):

Illinois
Christopher Drew - filmed his arrest for selling artwork on the
street; prosecuted for felony illegal recoding

Maryland:
Preakness - witness commanded to stop recording an excessive force arrest
- full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWF3Ddr7vdc
Havre de Grace - 2 people arrested for filming traffic stops
Anthony John Graber III - stopped by undercover cop w/ gun drawn for
doing >100mph, wheelies, unsafe passing on motorcycle on freeway; not
arrested on scene. Covertly filmed it, uploaded to YT. Served search &
arrest for the filming.
- full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7PC9cZEWCQ&feature=player_embedded
Prosecutor: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/ha/html/msa14104.html

Massachussetts (mainly Boston):
Simon Glik - arrested for filming cops doing drug arrest; dismissed
(for being open)
Jon Surmacz - arrested for filming cops breaking up party; dismissed (ditto)
Michael Hyde - secretly filmed his own stop; used it to file
harassment charge; countercharged & convicted, illegal wiretap.
- Upheld by state supreme court. Commonwealth v. Hyde, 750 N.E.2d 963:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10186151351863998941
Jeffrey Manzelli - filmed police action at protest w/ hidden mic;
convicted of illegal wiretap
Peter Lowney - found w/ hidden camera at protest; convicted of illegal wiretap