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It should be every persons right to video tape, including audio, all public occurrences. If a citizen/victim requests privacy, the courts can legally pursue obtaining the recording.
One of the things about today's program that bothered me was that the host clearly had a bias against the police point of view. Of all people, the host should stay completely neutral, yet he clearly displayed his bias.
Another thing that occurs to me is that our society NEEDS the police force. The more that we who are law-abiding citizens support our officers, rather than fostering adversarial relationships with law enforcement, the better results we will have from them. If a particular officer crosses the line, he should be properly punished; but it is not in the best interest of society to treat all police officers like adversaries. Regardless of what some Oregonians think, anarchy is NOT a better option.

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