Last month, NY police arrested 28-year-old Emily Good for refusing an officer’s order to go into her home. She was later charged with a misdemeanor: obstructing governmental administration. Good was filming a traffic stop from her own front yard. When the police saw this, they demanded her to stop and go inside. Is this fair? Was […]
Video Voyeurism Law
Video voyeur laws exist in all 50 States, making it illegal to capture images of a person’s private areas without consent. In some states the crime is a felony while in others classify the crime as a gross misdemeanor. State law provides citizens with a “reasonable expectation” of privacy. Pictures or videos taken when people […]
Wiretapping, the Law, & the Public
Did you read the one about the motorcycle-rider who–while riding his bike–was confronted by a plain-clothed police officer in an unmarked car? While the biker was breaking the law (speeding), the officer’s actions were all caught on video from the biker’s helmet cam. Once said biker, Anthony John Graber III, posted the video snatched by his […]
