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Here the impression that I got of what happened
(I listened to it via the podcast so couldn't call in)

- the cops simply didn't like being taped
and so they thought, being in the position of power,
they could just take the video camera from him

but then they saw that he was walking to the police station to complain
and so they asked him to meet them (I guess instead of filing a complaint),

and then while he waited in the lobby,
it sounds like they took about 20 minutes to think about SOMETHING they could charge him with...

And since there's no law saying you can't do what he was doing
they used another law against eavesdropping/wiretapping or something on him
because his video recorder also records [i]audio[/i] (shocking!).

And I must say, I found the whole talking-point about
[i]"Well, the simple reason we don't let people record audio is because we ask every single jaywalker to have a three minute discourse with us about their HIV status as well as their checking account numbers"[/i]
as extremely disingenuous.

posted 4 years, 9 months ago
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