Police Continue to Use Wiretapping Laws to Crack Down on People Recording Them (carlosmiller.com)
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ACLU of Illinois
May 25, 2010 12:00 am
With shocking regularity, police throughout the United States are being allowed to use felony wiretapping charges to arrest people who happen to videotape or record them in public.
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